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This probably isn't very helpful to you, Christopher, but I think it is high time we challenged the tyranny of transcribing. It is time consuming and soul destroying. There's no reason I can see these days always to render the spoken into the written. There is ample storage space on anyone's computer for heaps of interviews in the original and that original retains all the intonation, the pauses, the clattering of coffee cups ...whatever. Yes, I know about searching for words/phrases, chunking and coding, but how many of us are actually doing linguistic analysis when we transcribe? In my opinion it has become a piece of empty "good practice". I've gone over to writing guide notes and keeping the original interviews on iTunes. (I record with my iPod, which will happily chop material up into chapters.) Pam Dr Pamela Shurmer-Smith Portsmouth UK ________________________________ From: Christopher Bear [ckb] <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Thursday, 1 December 2011, 7:56 Subject: Transcribers Dear All, Would any of you be able to recommend a reliable and reasonably-priced professional transcriber (suitable for transcribing interviews, focus groups etc.)? Any tips would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance, Chris ________________________________ Dr Christopher Bear [log in to unmask] Institute of Geography & Earth Sciences Aberystwyth University Llandinam Building Penglais Campus Aberystwyth SY23 3DB UK Phone +44 (0)1970 622592 Fax +44 (0)1970 622659 Home page: http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/iges/staff/academic-staff/dr-chris-bear/ Twitter: @bear_chris Academia.edu: http://aber.academia.edu/ChrisBear