Dear Ben:
Thanks so much. This list is really a wonderful resource.
At 09:32 AM 3/2/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Kristen,
>
>Voice recognition is just not there yet, especially for interview
>applications. I use a software solution that is essentially free - the poor
>graduate student's version of transcription equipment. I record interviews
>on a mini-disc recorder (any type of recorder with an earphone/output jack
>will do). I then use a standard audio cable with 1/4" jacks (from
>Radioshack, Wal-Mart, etc.) to connect my recorder to the sound card on my
>PC. Using mp3 recording software (I prefer MusicMatch, which is a mp3
>player with recording capabilities and is available for free online), I
>re-record the audio to a mp3 file. If you have a decent notebook computer
>or you are conducting the interviews near your desktop PC, you could even
>dispense with the recorder and capture the audio directly to mp3 by
>connecting a microphone to your computer's sound card.
>
>You can then use any mp3 player (Real Player, Windows Media Player, etc.) to
>transcribe the interview, but it needs to be one with hot keys to start and
>stop playing. Using the ALT and TAB keys in Windows, I toggle between the
>mp3 player and a word processor (any will do, but I like MS-Word 2000 before
>it checks spelling as I type). I like mp3 players that let me see the sound
>wave - i.e. see how much sound I am about to encounter. It's a bit awkward
>at first, but the ALT/TAB and hot keys quickly become a reflex, and this
>works quite well.
>
>There are several advantages to this approach - no moving parts to wear out,
>mp3 files can be easily archived (burned to CD, etc.). The disadvantage is
>that there are no reverse keys, but that has not caused problems for me.
>You can purchase software programs for PC transcription (see link below) and
>these have reverse keys, but I felt that their incremental advantage did not
>justify their cost. However, the PC transcription software programs usually
>can work with a foot pedal, which you can buy in a bundle. I summarized
>this info on a webpage for a research methods class; below is the link.
>Hope this helps.
>
>http://www-management.wharton.upenn.edu/szulanski/Mgmt953/technologies.htm
>
>Ben Powell
>Ph.D. Student
>Dept. of Mgmt.
>Wharton/Univ. of PA
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Kristin Luker" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 1:06 AM
>Subject: transcribers
>
>
> > I know I have seen this addressed in previous posts, but I'm still not
> > clear, and would love the benefit of the collective wisdom of the List.
>Is
> > there any way around spending a lot of time and money transcribing tapes
>to
> > make them ready for qualitative analysis on the computer? I know C-TANKS
> > has been mentioned, but I can't quite figure out how it works (I ordered
> > the demo.) How about voice recognition software? I suspect it can't work
> > off a tape, but how about a person who has "trained" the software
>repeating
> > a tape into the voice recognition mike? How about digital recorders that
> > have voice recognition built in? (I read in the New York Times about an
> > Olympus digital tape recorder that has this.) And finally, if I have to
>go
> > the old-fashioned way (again!) can anyone recommend a good tape
> > transcription machine, i.e. a tape recorder that you can slow down, speed
> > up, and use with a foot pedal, etc. I know this is a pain for all of us,
> > and I'd love to hear thoughts as well as name-brand recommendations.
> >
> > Kristin Luker
> > UC Berkeley
> > Kristin Luker
> > Professor of Sociology and Professor in the Jurisprudence and Social
>Policy
> > Program,
> > Boalt Hall School of Law
> >
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Program,
Boalt Hall School of Law
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