I agree that the automatic transcriptions aren't likely to be very
good.  If you want transcriptions, I would suggest using a service,
such as http://www.rev.com/.

Marc

On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 10:40 AM, craig harris <[email protected]> wrote:
> hi detlef,
>
>
>
> i’m not aware of any software that i would even remotely
>
> trust to transcribe anywhere near accurately a research interview . . .
>
>
>
> this is partly because voice transcription programs have to be trained
>
> to each individual speaker,
>
> something that is not feasible with 25 different interviewees . . .
>
>
>
> in addition, i would argue that actually hearing the tone and inflection
>
> of what the interviewee says
>
> is an important aspect of coding and analysis . . .
>
>
>
> cheers,
>
>
>
> craig
>
>
>
> craig k harris
>
> associate professor
>
> department of sociology
>
> michigan agbio research
>
> center for regional food systems
>
> michigan state university
>
> east lansing  michigan  usa
>
> www.msu.edu/~harrisc
>
>
>
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> Detlef Sprinz
> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 8:58 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [gep-ed] Software to record and transcribe interviews?
>
>
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I will conduct some 20-25 semi-structured interviews with experts, in
> English, in the coming weeks.  My plans are to digitally record these
> interviews with my iPhone 5S and transcribe the interviews for analysis.
>
> Are you aware of suitable software, apps, etc. that can both record the
> interviews and transcribe them?  Siri supposedly can be used as a dictation
> device, but appears not to be suitable for the dual task of recording plus
> transcription.
>
> Best regards,
>       Detlef
>
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>
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>
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