In the world of transcription, the standard “verbatim” isn’t always enough. Each client requires unique services to meet their specific needs. At Transcribe It, we pride ourselves on anticipating these requirements to deliver high quality audio transcription services that go above and beyond expectations.
Here’s how we’ve evolved our services to make transcription seamless, accurate, and ready to use, front the minute you receive it.
Customised Transcription Templates
Clients from various industries often need their transcriptions in specific formats. Understanding that formatting is crucial—particularly for those integrating transcripts directly into presentations or documents—Transcribe It provides customised transcription templates. This service not only saves clients time but also ensures consistency across all their materials.
Anonymisation Services
As data privacy becomes more stringent, clients, particularly those in research and healthcare require extra precautions to protect participant identities. This is especially relevant for researchers submitting sensitive data to archives and research conducted with patients. In response, we provide an anonymisation service for transcripts to ensure all personal identifying information is stripped and replaced with general identifiers.
Our team removes or pseudonymise these elements, making the transcript suitable for public or archival storage. This service not only helps clients meet data privacy and compliance requirements but also supports them in securely preserving valuable information for future reference.
Word-for-Word Transcription
For some sectors, word for word transcription hits the “sweet spot” in terms of service levels, in between intelligent verbatim, which includes 95% of the discussion but takes out repetitions and excessive use of filler words [“like”, “you know”, “I mean”], and strict verbatim, that includes every pause, laugh, stumble and hesitation.
Our word for word transcription service includes every word, allowing clients to revisit exactly what was said without having to plough through ums, ers and stumbles. This approach is ideal for situations where accuracy is critical, HR transcription, interviews under caution and specific types of academic research.
Mood and Tone Annotations
Understanding what was said but also how it was said can be pivotal. That’s why, upon the request of a client, introduced mood and tone annotations in our strict verbatim transcripts. This service goes beyond typical transcription to capture subtle elements such as tone shifts, sarcasm, excitement and hesitation—elements that can add layers of meaning to the word themselves, are captured by our expert transcription team, who are trained to listen to changes in tone and reflect them within the transcript.
Excel
At the request of one of our pharmaceutical research clients, we introduced transcribing interviews and groups into Excel. Pre-provided templates with detailed sections, questions, columns are populated from respondents’ responses.
Colour coding participants
We now offer colour coding within our transcripts, in groups from three upwards where respondents can be broken down into professions [nurses – blue, doctors – green , ECTs – orange, for example] or just by respondent, so their individual responses can be quickly digested and analysed when working through the transcript.
Discussion Guide headings
When discussion guides are long and researchers are conducting a high number of depths and groups, it can be helpful if the transcription templates include DG headings, so researchers can work through the transcripts quickly. Transcribe It offers this service upon request, at no extra charge.
Conclusion
Each of these services has one goal in mind: to help our clients achieve theirs with greater ease. By anticipating the unique needs of different sectors and offering tailored solutions, Transcribe It stands out in the transcription industry as a provider that goes beyond standard services.
Ready to elevate your transcription experience? With Transcribe It, you’ll find services designed not just to meet expectations but to exceed them—empowering your work with the accuracy, detail, and usability you need. Get in touch today by calling 01992 445411 or fill out our contact form
