UHN Transcript Orders

The more people talking – the longer time it will take us to transcribe. If additional speakers have very minimal/almost no input, the project should be just noted as a “More than two people talking – very minimal/almost never”, otherwise more than two talking should just be labelled as “More than two people”.

Poor quality recordings need more time to help create a better quality transcript, hence the higher rates. Some passages may remain undecipherable despite our best efforts. These moments will be timestamped to aid review. We strongly advise the use of professional level recording equipment e.g. ZOOM H1n.

Some speakers may be difficult to understand, requiring us to slow down the audio to attempt to decipher the recording. This extra time needs to be factored into our rates. Some passages may still be indecipherable despite our best efforts, and these instances will be timestamped for review.

To speed up transcript review and analysis, “timestamps” can be inserted to enable faster matching between the transcript text and the exact time in the recording when something is said. We can insert timestamps every 30secs., 60secs, or 5mins. Or tailor to your needs.