First, we have to define what the process of audio transcription is all about. To define it simply, it means the conversion of audio to text. A transcriber or a transcriptionist is usually the person responsible for this process. He has to listen to the audio, what’s being said, recognize each and every word, and if the grammar is wrong, ascertain what would be right, and then put it into a written form. A transcriber’s task is also to ensure the output format is exactly the way the customer asked for or at least adhere to the default format the company uses. Then there are variations, such as the verbatim mode, where you have to put in all the sounds you hear (even if the speaker said umm, uh, a million times) in the transcript. Another version is the concise version, which is grammatically correct, print or publishing ready, neat and clean, but still achieving 99% accuracy
- The first group that benefits from a transcription service are people with with hearing impairment, either on the internet or in the frame of any private business, and this represents an important helping hand in the process of understanding.
- Another important group are the people with cognitive disabilities that have difficulties in understanding an audio message and instead prefer the written form.
- Then there are people who don’t have a fast internet connection, and would rather read the information than spending probably twice or thrice the time trying to download or stream the podcast or a radio show in this case.
- Last but not least, the most basic SEO rule of thumb is that a website that provides not only audio files but also their respective audio transcripts is a website with a higher rank in search engines for their respective keywords. This is proven, don’t take our word for it. Making your content easily accessible to users means more traffic, and making your content readable to search engines means better ranking. And, after all, this is what a website owner always aims for, isn’t it?
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