Have you ever stopped in the middle of a transcript and gone ‘Why don’t they just get to the point!’ or ‘Hey wait a minute, this isn’t what the guy said…’ A transcript can be annoyingly hard to read, intelligently edited, or very, very detailed depending on the transcription style used. There are three basic styles of transcription: Verbatim Verbatim transcription is a detailed account of every word, sound and non-verbal communication (like laughter and pauses) on the recording. Here’s an [...]
What is clean read transcription?
Clean read or intelligent verbatim transcription focuses on typing out the essence of what’s being said on a recording rather than the absolute and exact words. This means that the transcript is edited to remove any fillers (ums, ahs, you knows, etc.), false starts, repeated words, side conversations, interruptions, and other speech/sounds irrelevant to the transcript. For e.g., Original transcript- “The idea you know is to take…is to place your umm.. business er…right at the…where your customers can you know [...]