Simply put, verbatim transcription is the transcription of every word and sound on the recording along with non-verbal communication such as laughter, pauses, etc. For example: Interviewer: Did you ever correspond with him at the time? Interviewee: [Silence] No… er… I don’t recall that. I think.. um… I think I have some letters from him in my file though…which came some months…years later. In the verbatim style of transcription text is NOT edited to remove fillers (ums, ahs, ers, etc.), [...]

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