Transcription
refers to the conversion
of audio files into typed scripts by professional transcriptionists.
Common forms of transcription include
medical transcription, legal
transcription and general business
transcription. Verbatim transcription
involves typing from audio files every
thing that is heard as it is without
changing or editing any sounds. It
includes sighs, stutters, slang, and
also fillers like "you know", "err"
and mm When verbatim transcription
required? In the field of law quite
often legal transcripts are ordered
prepared in a verbatim manner, especially when it involves the
interview session with a witness, lie detector test tapes, or
police files of wire tapped conversations and call intercept
tapes, CCTV tapes/, or excerpts from security videos, minidisks
etc. Quite often these transcripts become critical evidence
in a case and a
verbatim
transcript can record the actual words that were spoken by both
the parties. Verbatim transcription
will also reveal the quality of response and hesitations, surprise
anger etc while replying to questions or during any conversation
or interview.
Some of the different types of verbatim transcription
examples include, Police station interrogation Radio/ TV interviews
Wire tap files transcription Court proceeding transcription
Telephone interview Journalism interview Speeches transcription
Research transcription
In the US legal court reporting sector, many of the states require
a voice writer to have a license or to be certified by the National
Verbatim Reporters Association. NVRA offers three levels of
certification: Certified Verbatim Reporter,
Certificate of Merit, and Real-time Verbatim Reporter. Earning
all three types of certification is equivalent to being licensed.
After being certified, a verbatim court reporter needs to take
courses and retain his status. (Author)
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