Humph - it certainly is (cheaper that is)
I know the advantages of using minidisks - which is even more of a torture!
Still we're getting closer and closer to using them simply because of the
horrendous length of time good transcription takes and the number of time we
have reduced quality through sketchy transcription...
Sarah Delaney
Research Officer
Health Services Research Centre
Department of Psychology
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
The Mercer Building
Mercer Street Lower
Dublin 2
00-353-1-4022121
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> From: Alan Stockdale
> Reply To: qual-software
> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 2:30 pm
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Returning to the discussions of a few weeks ago: new
> methods of recording and transcribing interviews
>
> Sarah,
>
> I'm using minidisk at the moment and it has been a great improvement over
> tape. I think MD is cheaper here in the US. You can get a good basic
> recorder like
> the Sharp SR60 for under $100, a mic for $50, and discs under $1.50 each.
> So
> it's
> not that expensive. There is a huge difference in the sound quality. If
> you're doing
> a lot of interviews it will easily and quickly pay for itself in reduced
> transcription time
> and costs.
>
> I'm at a large non-profit health and science education research
> organization. We're almost
> entirely supported by soft money, mostly grants from federal government
> agencies,
> international organizations, and large private foundations. Equipment and
> transcription
> costs are written into the grants when needed. On grants I'm working on at
> the moment
> we may have budgeted $20K-$30K for these costs.
>
> Alan.
>
> Education Development Center
> http://www.edc.org/
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sarah Delaney" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 8:08 AM
> Subject: Re: Returning to the discussions of a few weeks ago: new methods
> of
> recording and transcribing interviews
>
>
> been following this thread with interest as we're toying with minidisk and
> reducing transcription
>
> but now I am feeling very deprived.
>
> where do you guys get the money for all these technological gadgets?
>
>
>
> Sarah Delaney
> Research Officer
> Health Services Research Centre
> Department of Psychology
> Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
> The Mercer Building
> Mercer Street Lower
> Dublin 2
> 00-353-1-4022121
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
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