Category: Interview Transcription

  • How to Transcribe an Interview for Dissertation – Part 1

    How to Transcribe an Interview for Dissertation – Part 1

    “[I]t is a truism to note that all transcription is in some sense interpretation …” (Cook, 1990, p.12) In summary, here is how you transcribe your research interviews. DIY – Do(ing) it Yourself Hire a Professional Transcriber Use Software. In this first post of a 2 part series on how to transcribe an interview for…

  • How to convert wav to mp3 using Audacity

    How to convert wav to mp3 using Audacity

    Having conducted your research interviews, it’s time to get them transcribed. First you need to get them to your transcriber. If you recorded your interviews in a wav format, which is what I recommend you do

  • 3 Tips for Recording Research Interviews

    3 Tips for Recording Research Interviews

    Recording research interviews is a great way to capture qualitative data in thesis or dissertation research and ensures descriptive validity. While taking notes and writing down your observations is important, it’s likely you’re going to miss out on some details. An audio recording of an interview also allows you to refer back to the interview…

  • NVivo Transcription Services

    NVivo Transcription Services

    Let me take you back to the beginning of this millennium, when I conducted my first qualitative research (bear with me, this is a short story in lieu of why we provide NVivo transcription services). I interviewed 6 key informants. Recorded the 1-on-1 interviews using a mini tape recorder – lots of background noise. Had…

  • How to Record Phone Interviews

    How to Record Phone Interviews

    Update: Here’s a more recent post on how to record phone interviews.  Conducting research interviews over the phone and the internet has become really popular. Mainly because of the widespread use of smart phones and web based services (for instance freeconferencecall.com and Skype). If you conduct your research interviews over the phone it’s important to…

  • When Should You Get Your Dissertation Interviews Transcribed?

    When Should You Get Your Dissertation Interviews Transcribed?

    Recently, I received this email from a doctoral student. “I am in a bit of a bind. I have just defended my dissertation, and I have two committee members who will not pass me, because I coded directly on my audio instead of transcribing. They are now requiring transcripts in order for me to pass.…

  • Intelligent Verbatim Transcription

    Intelligent Verbatim Transcription

    “[A] transcript is a text that ‘re’-presents an event; it is not the event itself. Following this logic, what is re-presented is data constructed by a researcher for a particular purpose, not just talk written down.” (GREEN et al. 1997, p.172) Intelligent verbatim transcription, also known as clean transcripts, is a popular style of transcription…

  • 3 Ways To Share Your Research Interviews With Your Transcriber

    3 Ways To Share Your Research Interviews With Your Transcriber

    Sharing your recorded research interviews with your transcriber can be a mind boggling task. And more often than not the challenge is the size of the audio/video files. Those “file is too big, cannot send” email messages are really annoying, especially after recording high quality audio interviews. So how do you easily and securely share…

  • How To Transcribe an Interview for Dissertation – Part 2

    How To Transcribe an Interview for Dissertation – Part 2

    “[I]t is a truism to note that all transcription is in some sense interpretation …” (Cook, 1990, p.12) In the first post (please read!) of this 2 part series on how to transcribe an interview for dissertation, I gave you on overview of the transcription process, equipment you’ll need, 3 ways to transcribe your interviews and…

  • Psychotherapy Verbatim Transcription Guide

    Psychotherapy Verbatim Transcription Guide

    A while back I wrote a post about general verbatim transcription convections that we use. However, I am always open to creating a verbatim transcription rules for clients. Recently a psychotherapist got in touch looking for a verbatim transcription services of a counseling session using the psychotherapy transcription standards by Mergenthaler and Stinson (1992). The…