I have successfully used both Mechanical Turk and transcription services for this type of work. Mechanical Turk has cost less and been equally accurate,
Neil Neil E. Harrison, Ph.D. Executive Director The Sustainable Development Institute (www.sd-institute.org) P.O. Box 423 Laramie, WY 82073 Author, Sustainable Capitalism and the Pursuit of Well-Being (Routledge 2014) more information at www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415662819 Co-Editor, Climate Innovation: Liberal Capitalism and Climate Change (Palgrave Macmillan 2014) more information at http://us.macmillan.com/climateinnovation/NeilEHarrison. Author, Constructing Sustainable Development (SUNY Press) Co-Editor, Science and Politics in the International Environment (Rowman and Littlefield) Editor, Complexity in World Politics (SUNY Press) Editor, National, Regional and Global Institutions, Infrastructures and Governance, Vol. 1, National and Regional Institutions and Infrastructures. London and Paris: EOLSS/UNESCO, 2008. (EOLSS/UNESCO) ---------------------------------------- From: "Marc Levy" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 10:48 AM To: [email protected], "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [gep-ed] Software to record and transcribe interviews? 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 > > -- > > ________________________________ > > > > Detlef F. Sprinz, Ph.D. > Professor - Potsdam Institute (PIK) & University of Potsdam > > PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research > Voice: +49 (331) 288-2555 > [email protected] > www.sprinz.org > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "gep-ed" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "gep-ed" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
