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A group of graduate students and I will be conducting a series of 30 +/- semi-structured interviews, about 60 minutes each, with social entrepreneurs in Ireland. We will record them and need to transcribe each interview verbatim for purposes of analysis.  I Googled transcription software and was overwhelmed by the choices and my lack of understanding. Does anyone have recommendations for good software? 

Hi

We have used Express Scribe by NCH, although there are many others ... 

This is simple to use, and provides converters if the sound files arrive in funny formats (as different recording software uses different formats)

You can also keep track of the files and allocate them to different people to transcribe. It also has a speech to text option (voice recognition) but I have never tried this.

You can also use foot pedals with express scribe, and many other software forms, to play and rewind the audio file which is great when transcribing. Otherwise you need to stop typing hit or click  rewind and play. With foot pedals you can improve the speed of transcription, and it has a set say 5 second rewind which is really helpful when you are having trouble with a particular word.

Hope this helps

Best wishes

Dear Fredric,

I have used Pandora to record SKYPE interviews. It integrates with SKYPE very well. Gives you a MP3 file (or other audio file type).

http://www.pamela.biz/

You can also use the file with  voice recognition software to create a first draft transcription. I haven't tried  that recently. When I did a few years ago the transcription required a lot of editing.

Hope this helps!

Cheers,

Roxanne

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Dear Fredric,

I have had good luck with Rev.com   They charge $1 a minute for transcription.  Turnaround is often 24 hours-at most a couple days.  Could maybe work something out with them to get the same transcriber if you find one you really like...could talk to them about it.   My belief is that they have a competent cadre of transcribers which will require limited editing.

Good luck,

Harriet Stephenson

Dear Fredric,

I have used Pandora to record SKYPE interviews. It integrates with SKYPE very well. Gives you a MP3 file (or other audio file type).

http://www.pamela.biz/

You can also use the file with  voice recognition software to create a first draft transcription. I haven't tried  that recently. When I did a few years ago the transcription required a lot of editing.

Hope this helps!

Cheers,

Roxanne

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