Hi!
We use a couple of Olympus LS-11, great quality.
Magnus
2013-01-17 20:34, Jim Drisko skrev:
> Edirol R-09 is my favorite or Zoom H-2 The edirol is great for large
> focus groups.
>
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 1:57 PM, TOM DAVIS <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Hello:
>>
>> Might anyone suggest the latest small digital recorder that they like and use. I have used the same small one for years now and assume that something better has come along. I do focus group interviews, with about eight people around a boardroom table, and I simply put the small recorder on a slightly raised book, record it, and send the voice file out to a transcription.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Magnus Larsson <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: Thursday, January 17, 2013 8:30 am
>> Subject: Re: Transcription software
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> Thanks for all the suggestions! Part of the reason for my question
>>> is
>>> that Transcriber, as I've been using myself and for our
>>> transcribers, is
>>> getting somewhat old and the latest version is slow in progress, so
>>> I
>>> need good alternatives.
>>>
>>> Of course, I agree with the need to think the process and
>>> analytical
>>> design through first. And I also very much agree with using sound,
>>> and
>>> emerging transcriptions rather than full detailed transcriptions
>>> from
>>> the start. The precise design of that depends, in my mind, as much
>>> on
>>> the analytical design as on the skills of the transcriber(s).
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Magnus
>>>
>>>
>>> 2013-01-17 15:56, Jim Drisko skrev:
>>>> Hi. I have used transcriber (and recommend it to my students with
>>>> Stockdale's word conversion info), f4 (very good) and transana for
>>>> video.
>>>>
>>>> But, in the end, I used Dragon naturally speaking for transcription.
>>>> It's easier - as i am a terrible typist - and faster to listen
>>> with an
>>>> earphone in one ear and speak what I hear to the computer.
>>>>
>>>> It is always interesting to hear interviews I have done randomly
>>>> fragmented during transcription. It adds another perspective.
>>>>
>>>> Of course, having a clear (if flexible) plan for one's research is
>>>> always wise.
>>>>
>>>> I am unsure that transcription of entire interviews, etc. is always
>>>> needed when ATLAS.ti, for example, will work fine off of audio
>>> files.> Transcribing only sections for publication in print is
>>> much ore
>>>> efficient. I find the audio offers much richer information than
>>> does> any flat text.
>>>> But again - you need to make many choices regarding research
>>> purposes,> epistemology, data collection and data analysis.
>>>> Good luck!
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Duncan Branley
>>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>> Gosh that was a long time ago, Ann (20th Jan 2005)!
>>>>>
>>>>> It's still available online - near the bottom of the page. I've
>>> not reviewed
>>>>> it for a while, but will be rewriting it later this term. I'm
>>> also hoping to
>>>>> develop something for video work too, but that will take longer.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> http://www.surrey.ac.uk/sociology/research/researchcentres/caqdas/resources/seminarslides/index.htm>>
>>>>> Best wishes,
>>>>>
>>>>> Duncan
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> On 17 Jan 2013, at 13:26, ANN LEWINS wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Magnus,
>>>>>
>>>>> Duncan Branley gave a very useful workshop for the CAQDAS
>>> Networking Project
>>>>> - it was a while ago now, so the individual softwares will have
>>> changed>> substantially - but his powerpoint on Audacity and
>>> Transcriber used to
>>>>> available on the CAQDAS site... if you can't find it there - I
>>> think have
>>>>> kept it by my side :-) and with Duncans permission, I can let
>>> you have it.
>>>>> Don't reply to the list please - my address
>>> <[log in to unmask]>>>
>>>>> It can be a good idea however to be aware if you are going to
>>> use a specific
>>>>> software package for the analysis of data because certain
>>> transcription>> devices have particular 'relationships' with some
>>> softwares.>> F4 and F5 -are two such packages respectively
>>> transcription softwares for PC
>>>>> & MAC - (the former has either a free version or a low cost 'plus'
>>>>> version..the latter you have to buy). Theres an optional foot-
>>> pedal to
>>>>> purchase which enhances the to-ing and fro-ing of the physical
>>> processes of
>>>>> transcribing. The relationship in this case works
>>> between two
>>>>> analytic CAQDAS type analytic packages - MAxqda and ATLAS.ti
>>> (my aplogies
>>>>> if I am omitting others included in this relationship). For
>>> instance when
>>>>> you import the transcript (that you have generated in F4) into
>>> the software
>>>>> 'project' where analysis is going to happen, the import process
>>>>> automatically also brings in the associated sound or video file
>>> from which
>>>>> the transcript was made. Of course you don't have to keep the
>>> multimedia>> file in the software - you could delete it and only
>>> retain the transcript.
>>>>> However if you keep it the transcript, the two are then
>>> synchronised - so
>>>>> as you playback the multimedia file the transcript scrolls through.
>>>>>
>>>>> Re Transana - one of its unique assets as a transcription
>>> package is that
>>>>> you can have multiple transcriptions or sets of notes (all
>>> synchronised, all
>>>>> codeable) all separately dealing with the different dimensions
>>> of the one
>>>>> original recording - maybe the verbatim transcript, the non verbal
>>>>> reactions, notes about the dynamics of communication etc. There
>>> might>> specific types of observational research which calls for
>>> that level of
>>>>> multi-dimensionality and close contact with the original media.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> cheers
>>>>> Ann Lewins
>>>>> QDAServices
>>>>> http://www.qdaservices.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 17 January 2013 12:10, Magnus Larsson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am curious about what transcription software for audio
>>> recordings>>> (interviews etc) that people actually use with good
>>> experience these days. I
>>>>>> am talking about dedicated software, like Transcriber or
>>> Transana, and not
>>>>>> primarily the somewhat more limited transcription functions of
>>> data analysis
>>>>>> packages like Nvivo.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So: What software do you actually use, recommendable for
>>> serious research
>>>>>> projects?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The reason for my question is that I am involved in a research
>>> project,>>> where we need to transcribe substantial amounts of
>>> interviews in the near
>>>>>> future.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Magnus Larsson
>>>>>> Associate professor
>>>>>> Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Ann Lewins
>>>>> QDAServices
>>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.qdaservices.com
>>>>> +(44) 07966541518
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> T
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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