About Me – Academic Transcriber Par Excellence

Date: February 26, 2019 Author: Isaac Comments: 8 Replies
Academic-Transcription

If you have rummaged through this site, (which you should – it has great tips on how to make your qualitative research a success), you’ll have noticed that it lacks an about me page. And that’s because I am (I really should say “we”) client-centric. This site is not about me, an academic transcriber or us, Weloty. It’s about You, the researcher. It’s about helping YOU, again, have a successful research project. My sole aim to provide a transcription service that assists researchers achieve their research goals – and I want to help you make your research experience better and easier.
Recently though, I had a chat with a researcher from California. I am transcribing his dissertation interviews and he asked me, “Don’t you find transcription monotonous, a chore?” I “interpreted” the question and… Continue reading…

Sony ICD-ux560: Low Cut Filter (LCF) and Noise Cut Filter (NCF)

Date: February 11, 2019 Author: Isaac Comments: 4 Replies

Sony ICD-ux560 comes with two recording filters; noise cut filter (NCF) and low cut filter (LCF). According to the ux560 manual, the NCF “cuts high-frequency sounds except for human voices as well as low-frequency sounds”. And the LCF, “cuts low-frequency sounds, including noise from projectors and roaring wind sounds.” That’s it.
I’ve tried to find more details about how these two filters work. I even reached out to Sony Continue reading…

Best Voice Recorder for Interviews (Updated 2019)

Date: February 7, 2019 Author: Isaac Comments: 97 Replies

There’s a myriad of ways to record your research interviews. You could use your phone, laptop, or even a camcorder. However, I strongly recommend using a digital voice recorder. Handheld digital voice recorders are compact, affordable and enable you to easily manage the audio recordings, which makes the process of getting your dissertation interview transcripts easy and cost effective.

Summary: Best Recorder for Interviews
Sony ICD-UX560: lightweight and low profile; powers up instantly; amazing sound Continue reading…

Sony ICD-ux560 Voice Activation

Date: February 6, 2019 Author: Isaac Comments: 1 Reply
Sony ICD-ux560 Voice Activation

Yes. The Sony ICD-ux560 does come with a voice activation feature, though it’s labeled as Voice Operated Recording (VOR). This is a feature that I rarely used, but I’ve been looking for ways to use my Sony ICD-ux560 a lot more and decided to try it out. I’m not going to share why I decided to use the VOR feature – it’s rather embarrassing, but I was disappointed with the results.

How does voice activation feature work? The voice activated (VOR) feature enables the ux560 to automatically starts recording when a sound louder than a preset voice activation level is detected, and automatically pauses recording when the sound volume level falls. Continue reading…

The 64GB SDHC Memory Card

Date: February 4, 2019 Author: Isaac Comments: 5 Replies
The 64GB SDHC Memory Card

Yes, a 64GB SDHC Memory Card. SD standards limit the size of a SDHC card to 32GB. And you’ll never find a manufacturer that’ll make 64GB SDHC card. YES, all those 64GB Samsung SDHC cards are fake! But, in this post, I’ll show you I magically turned my Samsung EVO Select 64GB SDXC memory card into a Samsung EVO Select 64GB SDHC memory card. Why?

A couple of reasons really. If you’ve read my review of the Zoom Hn1 recorder, Continue reading…

Best encrypted voice recorder

Date: January 28, 2019 Author: Isaac Comments: Leave a reply
Best Encrypted Voice Recorder

“…only query I have is, is it possible to password protect the recorder?”

Being easily portable and valuable, voice recorders are easily lost or stolen. If you are recording sensitive information, for instance patient health Continue reading…

Recording Qualitative Interviews: Mobile Phone or Dedicated Voice Recorder?

Date: January 23, 2019 Author: Isaac Comments: Leave a reply
Recording Qualitative Interviews: Mobile Phone or Dedicated Voice Recorder?

Obviously a dedicated voice recorder. That’s been my default answer. But I recently got this comment from a reader of this blog:  “Have recently finished about 20 qualitative interviews and used a ‘Voice Recorder’ app downloaded to my phone. Everything was crisp clear except for one interview in a ‘quiet’ restaurant that later became noisy – so yes I agree with you about location.”
And so I set out test a few recording apps on Continue reading…