[Air-L] out of luck re transcription?

Rhiannon Bury rcbury at rogers.com
Tue Jan 27 15:43:03 PST 2009


I had no idea what "mechanical turk" was--thank goodness for Wiki. ;) I don't think folks seem to appreciate the skill it takes to do a proper transcription.  A good transcriber is worth his or her weight in gold! I find it hard to believe that top transcribers are lining up to offer their services on this web service.  I recently had some done by a person who came recommended and had experience and it was not well done. 

And I'm totally with Denise. If you want to really understand your data, you need to get your hands dirty.  I always listen to my interviews and take detailed notes, including on intonation etc even if I don't do the transcription myself. 

Rhiannon 




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