{"id":925,"date":"2022-05-20T14:15:01","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T14:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/?page_id=925"},"modified":"2025-05-12T16:48:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T16:48:00","slug":"audio-transcripts-transcription","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/audio-transcripts-transcription\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio Transcripts &#038; Transcription"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>All non-textual content require alternative text in order to aid those who cannot see or hear the media. Alternative text also&nbsp;assists in SEO ranking by including important keywords&nbsp;in your audio content. Examples of audio content that need alternative text include, but is not limited to,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>live \/ recorded broadcasts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>podcasts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>interviews<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>music with lyrics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>sound effects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>video with a static (unchanging) image and dialog<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>webinars or chat rooms with audio functionality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Alternative text for audio content comes in the form of a transcript which describes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>who is talking, including cross-talk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>what they are saying, including tone of voice when it helps convey the message<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>any relevant sound and sound effects<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Transcribing recorded audio is easy but time consuming. Transcribing live audio require a dedicated transcriber for your event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Depending on time and budgetary resources, you may either do the transcripts yourself (e.g. your staff, interns, or volunteers) or hire a transcription service to transcribe your audio for you. Contact Web Operations for assistance and approved transcription service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creating Your Transcript<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are transcribing your audio content, a good way to do it is to open up a word processor and start typing what you hear, pause and rewind the audio, and keep typing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An official transcript should include a title of the audio, the date of the recording, and the name of the speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is speaking?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you only have one speaker, you are not require to identify the speaker.&nbsp;Otherwise, distinguishing speakers is done starting with double arrows (&gt;&gt;) (if you are preparing the transcript for&nbsp;conversion to closed captioning), followed by the speaker&#8217;s name in uppercase, followed by a colon (:) to start the actual dialog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For general transcription:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MARK:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MAN:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GIRL:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For closed captions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&gt;&gt; MARK:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&gt;&gt; MAN:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&gt;&gt; GIRL:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are they saying?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure you respect the integrity of each speaker and the context of their speech. Unless relevant to the message, avoid&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eye_dialect\">eye dialect<\/a>&nbsp;and sound effects that are not relevant to the context of the message (e.g. police siren heard outside during the recording).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use appropriate punctuation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the grammar of the speaker (you are not require to correct their speech patterns)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use capitalization on proper nouns, including names and titles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check your spelling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avoid including &#8220;uh&#8217;s&#8221; or coughing unless it is relevant to the context of the message<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What else is happening?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Music and sound effects can sometimes be important in creating the tone of the message or telling the story. If the sound is relevant, it is encapsulated with square brackets ([]).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>[poorly playing \u201cHeart and Soul\u201d on the piano]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[engine starting]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[upbeat music]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guides and How-To&#8217;s<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webstandards.hhs.gov\/guidelines\/\">Usability.gov&#8217;s Web Standards and Usability Guidelines<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chapter 3: Accessibility<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 14: Graphics, Images, and Multimedia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/tips\/writing\/#create-transcripts-and-captions-for-multimedia\">Create transcripts and captions for multimedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Web&nbsp;AIM\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/webaim.org\/techniques\/captions\/\">Captions, Transcripts and Audio Descriptions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/webaim.org\/techniques\/captions\/realtime\">Real-time Captioning<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guidelines<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/WCAG20\/quickref\/#media-equiv\"><abbr title=\"Web Content Accessibility Guidelines\">WCAG<\/abbr>&nbsp;2.0 Guideline 1.2 &#8211; Time-based Media<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20\/media-equiv.html\">Understanding&nbsp;<abbr title=\"Web Content Accessibility Guidelines\">WCAG<\/abbr>&nbsp;2.0 Guideline 1.2<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20\/media-equiv-av-only-alt.html\">1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) Level A<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20\/media-equiv-captions.html\">1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded) Level A<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20\/media-equiv-real-time-captions.html\">1.2.4 Captions (Live) Level AA<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20\/media-equiv-sign.html\">1.2.6 Sign Language (Prerecorded) Level AAA<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20\/media-equiv-text-doc.html\">1.2.8 Media Alternative (Prerecorded) Level AAA<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20\/media-equiv-live-audio-only.html\">1.2.9 Audio-only (Live) Level AAA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simulations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SpKKYBkJ9Hw\">User Simulation: Cochlear implant: simulation on speech and music<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1dhTWVMcpC4\">Cochlear Implant Research Laboratory: What a Cochlear Implant sounds like<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All non-textual content require alternative text in order to aid those who cannot see or hear the media. 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