GoTranscript Exam Notes
Always capitalize...
AM and PM
If you cannot hear
Mark as inaudible or unintelligible and specify time.
Clean Verbatim does not include
Speech errors False starts (unless they add information) Stutters Repetitions. Filler words Slang words
Full Verbatim Errors include
Speech errors: "I went to the bank on Thursday-- no, Friday." False starts: I, um, wanted-- I have dreamed of becoming a musician. Filler words: um, uh, kind of, sort of, I mean, you know... Slang words Kinda, gotta, gotcha, betcha, wanna, dunno... Stutters: I-I went to the bank last Tu-Thursday. Only use these forms for the affirmative/negative: Mm-hmm, Mm (affirmative) or Mm-mm (negative) Uh-huh (affirmative) or Uh-uh (negative)
NEVER use the
Tab button.
Full Verbatim
The text is transcribed exactly as it sounds and includes all the utterances of the speakers.
Timestamping time format must be
[00:00:00] (always in bold)
When you cannot hear only use
[inaudible 00:00:00] and [unintelligible 00:00:00] in bold
Show audio cuts or edits using...
[sound cut].
If you cannot identify who is speaking...
add a question mark before the speaker label. For example, ?Speaker 2, ?Interviewee 3.
Sounds made by someone else...
always on separate line [present and gerund]: [applause] [cheering] [chuckling] [laughter] [phone ringing].
Everything with a time-stamp should be
bolded.
Speaker labels and marks with time-stamps should be
bolded.
Cross talk or silence...
can be placed in separate line or same line.
Never change spoken
contractions (e.g. y'all, ain't, don't, can't, it's, et cetera.)
Transcribe...
curse words.
Abbreviations & acronyms don't include...
dashes or periods.
Spell out time.
eleven o'clock.
Italicize the following:
film, book, magazine, song titles, as well as artworks, plays, TV and radio programs, foreign expressions.
Commas and periods always go...
inside the quotation marks.
If speakers full name is used...
last name can be dropped later in the transcription.
Capitalize...
logical divisions and nouns followed by numbers of letters that are part of a series (E.g. Grade 8, Section B, Chapter 1, Article VI, et cetera). However, do not capitalize smaller divisions: page 1, paragraph 7, et cetera.
Notes are in...
lower case.
If there is a foreign language...
mark it as [foreign language] or [French language], [German language].
Always use the correct spelling for
misspoken words.
Include speaker role, as...
much detail as possible.
How to write numbers...
nine, 10, 1492.
Use brackets not
parenthesis.
When to use commas for conjunctions.
precedes an independent (main) clause, use a comma before the conjunction. Correct: Jack tried a new diet, but he still gained weight. Correct: Jack tried a new diet but still gained weight. Incorrect: Jack tried a new diet, but still gained weight.
Sounds made by speaker...
same line and always in present tense. [snaps fingers] [phone rings] [laughs] [chuckles] [giggles].
Background noise ambient vs while speaker speaking...
same line if a significant unidentified sound occurs while the speaker is talking.
When there are conjunctions like 'and', 'so', or 'but' to connect longer stretches of thought, it's often a good idea to create
sentence dividers.
Clean Verbatim is
shorter
Turn longer speeches into
smaller paragraphs.
One speaker? Always use...
speaker label. Ex: Speaker:
Always check
the comments section
Never paraphrase or reconstruct
the speech in the audio you are transcribing.
If more than one speaker...
their names (if they are known) must be used.
Do not transcribe
translations.
When there is a change of thought (false start) or a speech error, or to mark an incomplete sentence...
use double dashes.
When speaker is cut off...
use single dash.
Do not use quotation marks...
when the speaker paraphrases.
Double quotation marks used...
whenever there is a direct quotation. Example: She said, "Don't bother telling me."
Speaker labels must be...
written in bold, followed by a colon and a space.
How to write links...
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