This article provides ten top tips for chairing a meeting. Some may seem obvious but all relate to mistakes I have seen chairpersons make, or made myself!
Transcription - Get Digital Recording Equipment That's Right For Your Needs
This article explains the different features available for recorders, what they’re for and how they will (or won’t) be of use to you, as someone who is recording for transcription. The different features are listed and then explained, and this should allow you to choose a machine that’s right for you and your transcriptionist. As any visit to a good website or shop selling these machines will show you, this is not a comprehensive list. It’s a list of the most important aspects for transcription.Transcription for Oral History Projects – Is It Necessary?
Collecting oral histories has become increasingly popular over the last few years, with the improvements in audio technology allowing good quality digital recordings to be made. Certainly listening to recordings of people reflecting on a specific area of their past is a fascinating experience, and with the improvements in digital technology it is now possible to (relatively) easily edit recordings, but a transcribed written version is still important. This article explains why.Transcription – will it be replaced by voice recognition software?
This article indicates a number of reasons why transcription will not be replaced by voice recognition software, at least for the foreseeable future. Well, maybe as a professional transcriptionist I could be considered biased, but there are issues with voice recognition software that I don't think will be solved in the next few years.