[Air-L] Recording phone interviews

[Karin Assmann]

Michael,

What you are describing sounds like what qualitative analysis software like MaxQDA and NVivo do. You import a transcript with timestamps (.srt file) and link the audio. As you read the transcript you can click on the timestamp in the transcript and it takes you to the spot in the audio (and vice versa).

To produce transcripts with timestamps there are a few options that I know of, some I have tried:

The Rev Call Recorder App will produce transcripts with timestamps as well - but it’s not cheap. It’s also one of those apps that has you merging calls.

Otter.ai has both an app and a web interface that both do what you are describing. You can record on the app and it transcribes, you export an .srt file and import that into whatever software you use. This filetype is used for captioning in various video editing programs. 
If you want to export .srt files with otter you’ll have to get the paid version, but for educators, for example, it’s only $5/month and includes 6000 minutes of transcription that resets every month. Otherwise you can keep your data on the Otter.ai server and work with the file there, no download necessary. Your audio is always linked to the transcript.
Another app is Trint.com <http://trint.com/> but that’s more expensive and only has a pay version after a ca. 30 minute free trial (but it’s very good and can do many languages).

All of these apps have you uploading your data to their servers and giving them access. They need your voices to train their machines, right? So for some of us that’s not an option.


Karin





> On Jul 17, 2020, at 3:36 PM, Michael Muller <michael_muller at us.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
>   I used to be able to use a Samsung Android app that was designed for
>   Samsung's "S-pen" stylus. The app would record audio and hand-written
>   annotations, and would sync the annotations to the audio record. To
>   playback the audio, I would tap on the hand-written note, and the audio
>   would start from the moment that I had taken that note. In practice, I
>   would use this in a face-to-face meeting, or I would put the tablet
>   next to a speakerphone or laptop speaker.
>   A subsequent Andriod update seems to have made that app unavailable.
>   Has anyone found a similar app? For me, the crucial part is the
>   synchronization of annotation with audio; I would not care if the
>   annotation were hand-written or typed.
>   what do you think?
>   thanks,
>   --michael
>   -----
>   Michael Muller, PhD, IBM Research, Cambridge MA USA
>   pronouns: he/him/his
>   ACM Distinguished Scientist
>   ACM SIGCHI Academy
>   IBM Master Inventor
> 
> 
>     ----- Original message -----
>     From: Sam Srauy <srauy at oakland.edu>
>     Sent by: "Air-L" <air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org>
>     To: Zach Bastick <zach.bastick at gmail.com>
>     Cc: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
>     Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Air-L] Recording phone interviews
>     Date: Fri, Jul 17, 2020 14:51
> 
>   Hi Zach,
>   If I recall correctly, Google Voice gives you the ability to record
>   phone
>   calls. Privacy concerns, of course, apply.
>   Sam
>   _____
>   Sam Srauy, PhD
>   Assistant Professor
>   Digital Media and Production Coordinator
>   Oakland University
>   Department of Communication, Journalism, and Public Relations
>   On Fri, Jul 17, 2020, 6:11 AM Zach Bastick <zach.bastick at gmail.com>
>   wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> Given these times of social distancing, a colleague and I are
>   conducting
>> interviews by telephone. We are looking for solutions to record the
>> interviews locally (so that we can transcribe them), but also
>   maintain the
>> privacy of the interviewees. We have considered various options (from
>> conducting the interview over loudspeaker with a recorder next to it,
>   to
>> using Google Voice, to using subscription services). We have decided
>> against services that �join� the call as a conference call
>   participant and
>> send you the recording because we would like to maintain full control
>   over
>> the recorded data (again, for ethical reasons). So, we were wondering
>   what
>> the experience of the community here has been. Are there any recent
>   and
>> reliable tools that people here are using? What have you found to
>   work
>> well?
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Zach
>> 
>> Dr. Zach Bastick
>> Postdoctoral Researcher in Political Science
>> European School of Political Science, France
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