‘Work smarter, not harder’ is a phrase we have all heard before. We all want ways of working smarter – faster and more efficiently – without having to sacrifice on the quality of our work.
Outsourcing interview transcription can seem like an expensive thing to do, but having a professional transcribe your focus group or meeting can help you use your time a lot more effectively and increase your productivity. Here are the ways how transcribing your audio can make you work smarter:
Saving the time you spend making notes.
Both students and researchers need to collect high-quality data from their lectures, interviews, and focus groups. If you rely on taking physical, handwritten notes, you wouldn’t be focusing 100% on the discussion and you might miss something out which is important.
If you capture an audio recording from this meeting, it can be written out by a typist. This will make the meeting and all the information shared a lot easier to digest and will be easier to revisit.
Helping you focus on the most important parts.
The analysis of the collection of data is the most important factor in your research project. You will put so much time into this, and not to mention money and effort, it is well worth having this translated into clear and accurate words.
Learn to delegate.
Many professionals are now using ASR (automatic speech recognition) to delegate their audio. This not only has many hidden costs, but it also struggles to reach accuracy rates over just 80%. Even when the audio is ideal for transcription, it could turn out a mess.
If you have tight deadlines, delegating your transcription needs will enable you to save time and focus properly, bringing your project to a great conclusion.
Realise value isn’t just about the cost.
There is a difference between cost and cost-effectiveness. As previously stated, ASR transcription is a lot cheaper – and for a reason. By the time you have gone back through the audio and edited it to make it usable for ASR, this will cost you a lot more in time and effort than if you had just gone to a transcriptionist in the first place.
How does human transcription add value?
Professionals will understand exactly what you will need from the recording and will produce a very well reflected written and clear result of this.
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