Transcription & Captioning

TRANSCRIPTION

We offer audio, video, and hard-copy transcription.

COST:

  • $1 to $5 per audio minute, depending on several factors (a quote is provided once we have reviewed the source media)

  • Quality of audio

  • Number of speakers

  • Type of Transcription:

    • Medical transcription: Transcribes medical professionals' voice recordings into written documents. This is an important part of healthcare documentation. 

    • Academic transcription: Transcribes recorded academic material, such as lectures, seminars, interviews, online courses, and research data. 

    • Focus group transcription: Transcribes the natural and unplanned conversations that happen during a focus group discussion. 

    • Legal transcription: Transcribes written records of depositions, trials, and other legal proceedings. Legal transcriptionists may also transcribe police interrogations, victim interviews, and undercover law enforcement recordings. 

    • Interview transcription: Transcribes audio or video recordings of a one-on-one or group interview between a moderator and respondent/s. 

    • Verbatim transcription: Captures every word and sound. 

    • Intelligent verbatim transcription: Removes unnecessary fillers. 

    • Phonetic transcription: Records the sounds of the words spoken. 

    • Clean verbatim transcription: Captures all speech but removes audio components that may impede readability.

    • Hard-Copy transcription: Captures written documents (normally handwritten or unformatted typed notes) and produces an easy-to-read typed document.

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CAPTIONING

COST:

  • $1 to $15 per audio minute, depending on several factors (a quote is provided once we have reviewed the source media)

  • Quality of audio

  • Number of speakers

  • Type of Captioning:

    • Closed captioning: (called subtitling in the UK) is the most widely used type of captioning. It provides viewers the option to view captions that are carried with the broadcast signal and the viewer is required to switch the captions on or off. This is done by “opening” the closed captions at the point of viewing. Media that has closed captioning available is commonly identified in program guides, online videos and on DVD/video covers by the closed captioning [CC] symbol. Sound effects that are crucial to the plot (for example, doors slamming, phones ringing) are included as well.

    • Open Captions: Sometimes everyone needs to receive the message. Open captions are on display for everyone to see and are a permanent fixture on a video. It is also known as ‘burned in’ or ‘hardcoded’ captioning. Open captions can be delivered in a variety of fonts and styles – great for public places or events – and even YouTube channels. Subtitled foreign films are an example of open captioning. Sound effects that are crucial to the plot (for example, doors slamming, phones ringing) are included as well.

    • Respeaking: relies on voice recognition software. Respeaking is a process whereby captioners listen to the audio feed of live events and then repeat the speech into their voice recognition software, including all relevant punctuation and formatting with voice commands. The voice recognition software then generates the captions as written text. To ensure high accuracy, respeakers train the dictionary in their voice recognition software to recognize the words that they will need ahead of time.

    • Live Captions: We do not offer live captioning at this time.

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