Transcription Steps (McComb)

This is a working document - meant primarily to document the various steps. Detailed directions still need to be developed for several of these steps. ~hl

  1. Previous steps (Processing Video Files After the Interview) directed to create and distribute mp3 files to the transcibing computers.
  2. Teacher creates master list of transcription assignments
  3. Students pull assigned mp3 file into Express Scribe
  4. Students rough transcribe their section and DAILY submit using built-in email feature to mccombhistory@gmail.com
  5. In Express Scribe, click the "recover files" button to resume work
  6. After rough transcription, student studies Style Guide and revises transcript section accordingly
  7. Transcript reflects paragraph style to match each movie clip duration. Sample below demonstrate TWO movie clips. The first, "A" is a single question and a lengthy response equivalent to 1-3 minutes. The second, "B" is a series of quick questions and answers that can be combined into one equivalent paragraph length movie, 1-3 minutes long.

    transcript style

  8. "Cleaned" transcript submitted using built-in email feature to mccombhistory@gmail.com - label as "clean1"
  9. Second student PROOF listens and corrects
  10. 2nd Cleaned transcript submitted using built-in email feature to mccombhistory@gmail.com - label as "clean2"
  11. Teacher or student designee constructs single transcript via cut-paste using simple text editor (TextEdit on the Mac or Wordpad on the PC is preferable to Microsoft Word)
  12. Single comprehensive transcript sent to Howard by teacher using simple text editor (TextEdit on the Mac or Wordpad on the PC is preferable to Microsoft Word)
  13. Howard converts to Dreamweaver document and will send back with directions on inserting into draft website structure
  14. Students cut individual movies using Quicktime References - link to text in Dreamweaver and sends to Howard (directions in development)

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