Thank you! I guess my hopes for an "easy way out" are not realistic. I'll
check out the Sanyo...
Kristin Luker
At 08:17 AM 3/2/01 +0000, you wrote:
>Kristin,
>
>I have transcribed a lot of tapes and tried voice recognition, listening on
>headphones to the tape whilst 'transcribing' into the microphone. Although
>my brain coped well with the task, I found that there are too many
>intricacies in the mechanics of transcription that made this problematic for
>me. Not only do you have to keep a very close eye for 'mistakes' in the
>voice recognition (or not have a clue what the text is about when you go
>back to it some time later) but also I often wanted to add notes, or
>explanations in brackets, or use initials, etc that made the use of the
>voice recognition software alomost pointless. Others may have better
>experiences.
>
>I ended up going back to typing, even though I only type at a moderate speed
>and although this is a painfully long process I find that it allows me time
>to reflect on and consider what I am typing, re-visiting the data again if
>you like, and was also much more accurate as I could easily correct typos as
>I went along.
>
>I use a transcriber which I think is fine: A Sanyo TRC 8080. It has alll the
>things you asked for and seems very reliable and is not too expensive ( I
>have forgotten the price!).
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Alan Simpson
>Brighton, UK.
>
>
>>From: Kristin Luker <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: qual-software <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: transcribers
>>Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 22:06:39 -0800
>>
>>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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