Comments on: Transcripts

By: Anthony Ennis

Anthony Ennis — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:33:39 +0000

Dr. Dave, first of all thank you for putting in the hard work on your side for making this happen all happen. It has opened up my mind in a way, that I have answers where there where questions before. Your guests are v. informative, your questions are probing and illuminating Moreover the quality of content is so important in a world which is saturated with information. So keep up the good work. Anthony

By: Pat Meiswinkel

Pat Meiswinkel — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:43:10 +0000

Thank you for your service.

Note: really like where the transcripts highlight in blue link links to referenced internet sights. I listen to your pod casts on my walks and can come home and check the transcripts for a quick link to the mentioned websites.

By: Anybody

Anybody — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:32:31 +0000

The email address is on the contact page … right above the phone number. Duh!

By: Tracy Padalino

Tracy Padalino — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:43:36 +0000

I would love to help with this transcription. I would like to drop you an e-mail before I start, but I cannot seem to find an e-mail address or link. The contact us link is just a phone number to the show. Maybe I am missing something, but can you please post an e-mail, or direct me to the link.

Thank You

By: irfan

irfan — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:24:25 +0000

I have visited this site and it is really great especially for reading about pyschology. I am also a transcriber and I can work for you on volunteer basis, but want some MT work as well. Can you get me some homebased MT work which is paid, other than this one??

regards

By: shrink

shrink — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:31:59 +0000

Here’s another transcription tip from Jason Howard: “Something I actually just discovered — I can’t believe I didn’t discover this sooner — is to use the AutoCorrect feature of Microsoft Word to expand text. So I type tyvm and it turns into “thank you very much,” and idk turns into “I don’t know.” I use thec as a shortcut for therapeutic, wful and bful for wonderful and beautiful, psy for psychology and psyl for psychological. Srr for Shrink Rap Radio. bc for because. diff for different and bc for because. ppl for people. I started with a few of these and an easy reference next to me while I typed. As they gradually become second nature to me I added more.”

“In my version of MS Word, I go to tools, AutoCorrect Options and replace psy with psychological, for example. In this way my typing speed has increased so much and as I add more shortcuts will get even faster!”

By: shrink

shrink — Mon, 26 May 2008 16:43:53 +0000

TIPS FOR TRANSCRIPTION

Here are some tips which may make the transcription process easier for my volunteers.

Jason Howard uses a wonderful FREE software program which works on both Windows and Mac. It’s called Express Scribe (http://nch.com.au/scribe/).

Here’ what they say, in part: “Express Scribe is a professional audio player software for PC, Mac or Linux designed to assist the transcription of audio recordings. It is installed on the typist’s computer and can be controlled using a transcription foot pedal or using the keyboard (with ‘hot’ keys). This computer transcriber application also offers valuable features for typists including variable speed playback, multi-channel control, file management and more. This program is free. The full features list of Express Scribe transcription playback software follows but a quick way to test is to simply download and install it. You don’t need to purchase anything and it only takes a couple of minutes to complete downloading and installation.”

Jo Kelly reports she likes a Windows program called TranScriber (http://www.planet.dk/transscriber/), which is also free. According to the TranScriber site: “TransScriber is a small tool for playing back a sound file while you type the words spoken into your favourite text editor, like Microsoft Word. TransScriber can play sound files in a number of formats and lets you control the speed, pause, create bookmarks and navigate around the timeline of your interview, all while you are using your word processor in full screen. TransScriber simply sits in the background and waits for your commands, which it can detect while you are working in any other program.” According to Jo, this program is simple to install and easy and intuitive to use.

Susan Argyelan reports that she uses her iPod to do the audio playback, which makes it easy to start and stop and rewind in small bits.

Regardless of which player you use, it can be helpful if you slow down the speed of the player.

You should do your transcription in MS Word and send it to me that way. Use #140, above, as a template for formatting. I’ll convert to an Adobe .pdf.

Thanks for your help!

Dr. Dave

By: Jo Kelly

Jo Kelly — Wed, 21 May 2008 07:39:32 +0000

It is great to see so many transcriptions being prepared! I must say I thoroughly enjoy transcribing a session every now and then. Thanks for finding such great guests Dr. Dave.