Oral History Interview & Importance – Part 29
Transcription Control
Hamid Qazvini
Translated by Natalie Haghverdian
2017-11-14
One of the final steps in an interview is control of the audio and video file and its compatibility with the transcription. This step has to be conducted with outmost care since many users do not refer to the original file for various reasons and study the transcription. Hence, the transcription shall be precise and authentic.
The most important point is that in many cases the interviewer fails to detect faults in the transcription and fail to properly control it might result in irreparable consequences.
The following are most crucial in the control process.
- The individual conducting the control shall be literate to detect the content.
- Computer and relevant software literacy is essential.
- The transcription shall be controlled by an individual other than the interviewer and the transcriber.
- The controller shall precipitancy
- The controller shall keep the content safe and avoid unauthorized publication.
- Identification of vague or missing terms occur at this stage.
- The content prose shall be compatible to the literature of the narrator.
- The font shall remain unchanged.
- The controller is not to edit and include any literary modifications in the content.
- Control shall be based on the guidelines provided by the implementer.
- Punctuation shall be included for fluency; such as full stop (.), question mark (?), exclamation mark (!), comma (,), semicolon (;), colon (:), quotation mark (“”).
- The controller shall note any mistakes separately and hand them over to the relevant authority or the interviewer; the controller shall not modify the content to correct the narrator’s quote.
- The controller shall note additional questions or other remarks separately and hand them to the interviewer.
- Interview identification information control (previously notes) shall take place at this stage.
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 1 - Oral History, Path to Cultural Dialogue
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 2 - Characteristics of an Interviewer
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 3 - Selecting a Subject
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 4 - Narrator Identification & Selection
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 5 - Goal Setting
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 6 - Importance of Pre-interview Data Collection
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 7 - To Schedule & Coordinate an Interview
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 8 - Required Equipment & Accessories
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 9 - Presentation is vital
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 10 - Interview Room
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 11 - Pre-interview Justifications
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 12 - How to Start an Interview
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 13 - Proper Query
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 14 - Sample Query
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 15 - How to ask questions?
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 16 - Body Language
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 17 - Application of Body Language (1)
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 18 - Application of Body Language (2)
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 19 - Listening Carefully (1)
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 20 - Listening Carefully (2)
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 21 - New Questions
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 22 - Duration
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 23 - Arguments with the Narrator
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 24 - Mental Stimulation
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 25 - Ending the Interview
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 26 - Interview Report
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 27 - Additional Questions
Oral History Interview & Importance Part 28 - Transcription
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