Group discussion transcription refers to the transcription of recordings of all forms of interaction between people. The various kinds of discussions and communication that are often recorded and submitted for transcription include

• Business meetings (the feedback generated from such group discussions is often invaluable to a company)
• Educational and academic group discussions (among experts and researchers or between faculty members and students, for example)
• Conferences, Seminars and workshops
• Annual Meetings and Board Meetings of different organization types and industries

Some types of group discussions are well organized, and this makes the transcription of audio recordings easier. Examples of organized group discussions would be when a moderator ‘directs’ participants and gives the floor to one speaker at a time, making sure to introduce him by name; in other cases, a panel of speakers will speak and this will be followed by a question and answer session.

The difficulty encountered by many transcription companies with regards to group discussion transcription has to do with identifying the correct speaker in audio recordings of these discussions, as well as issues related to the increased level of background noise associated with most kinds of group discussions. As an established and professional transcription company with many years of experience in multiple speaker transcription, Capital Typing can produce group discussion transcripts that have an extremely high level of accuracy.

We transcribe audio and video recordings of group discussions. Naturally, transcribing the audio content of group discussions recorded on VHS tapes or DVDs makes the transcriptionist’s task easier because he or she can see who is speaking and identify them correctly in the group discussion transcript. However, although we always ask our group discussion transcription clients to provide us with a video source if available, our skilled audio transcriptions and our Triple-Pass Quality Assurance system ensure that ALL group discussion transcripts produced by Capital Typing’s Transcription Service department are highly accurate.

We can work with files in any digital format such as DSS, WAV, MP3, MPEG4, RA, WMA, MOV and AIFF amongst others to transcribe the audio-visual content of all your group discussions into precise and professionally-formatted transcripts. Capital Typing observes full confidentiality with state-of-the-art encryption for your digital audio files and final transcripts, and we will of course provide time-code references wherever you need them if group discussion recordings are on DVD or VHS with burnt-in code.

Capital Typing’s Group Discussion transcription services include transcription of discussions that are broadcast as podcasts or webcasts. According to our clients’ requirements, we can provide a transcript of excerpts or a full transcript, which is then uploaded to the Internet alongside the audio recording (podcast or webcast).

We have established long-term working relationships with most of our group discussion transcription clients who appreciate our user-friendly, one-to-one personal service, our guaranteed transcript accuracy rate, our supplementary outsourced services (such as language transcription and transcript translation), accessibility of our customer support representatives and the unparalleled cost advantage of our Group Discussion Transcription. Contact Capital Typing now.