Transcription of the audios and videos has become an indispensable part of every profession such as medical, legal, media or finance. All these industries handle very sensitive issues and thus the accuracy and quality of transcription is of utmost importance for them. Most of these companies have their own transcription formats and templates. This helps them to have a smooth process of transcription, resulting in maximum quality and accuracy of transcript text.

If you belong to academic research arena, your transcription needs will definitely differ from what corporates require. There are mainly two types of transcription services needed in the research area.

Interview transcription wherein only one to three individuals participate in conversation

• Focus Group transcription, in which there are many interviewees and identification of each speaker is not important

Academic research transcription is

another complex part of transcription and it can be successfully

accomplished only if few factors are kept in mind. These are:

• Make sure that you provide a great quality audio recording to the transcriptionist as only then you can expect the transcription to be of good quality. So for focus groups and interviews, make sure you have a digital voice recorder.

• A transcription company that understands and transcribes idioms and local dialects and has knowledge about the local groups is better than others. Having knowledge of the specialized terminology of the targeted interviewees will definitely result in quality transcription.

• Any document related to academic research should be kept extremely confident. Therefore, don’t forget to read the ethical standard documents of the transcription company.

• Ask for a transcription format from your transcription company and make sure that this format matches your software. This will allow you to straightly put the transcript documents in the software and thus saving a lot of time and money.

• Financial issues may interrupt your research work. So, better grant a budget initially to the company so that they can work accordingly. Don’t forget to ask for any special discounts for post-graduate or not-for-profits students.

So, you see these factors are quite important to seek a good transcription companion for research purposes. Always rely on professional transcription company only.

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