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About Me – Academic Transcriber Par Excellence
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…
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Sony ICD-ux560: Low Cut Filter (LCF) and Noise Cut Filter (NCF)
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
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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.
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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,
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Telephone Microphones: Olympus TP8 vs Sony EMC-TL3
Let’s compare the Olympus TP8 versus the Sony EMC-TL3 telephone microphones. Telephone microphones are a microphone encased in a open/hollow earbud capsule. To use them, you simply plug the 3.5mm mic jack into a voice recorder, insert the
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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
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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
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HIPAA/HITECH Compliant Cloud Storage for Researchers
Is there a HIPAA/HITECH compliant cloud audio storage secure to store clinical research interviews? Can you provide a list of cloud services?
What is HIPAA/HITECH? HIPAA/HITECH refers to two laws: HIPAA is the acronym for
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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
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Best Sony Voice Recorder
Truth be told, I’ve never been a fan of Sony. I’ve always thought their build quality was “so so” – owned a Sony Walkman that gobbled up my MJ tape, I was not happy. However, I now own a few Sony voice recorders and I’m impressed. Because I had such low expectations?
