Chapter 6

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6.1 Notation devices for your transcript

6.2 Emanual Schegloff's tutorial on Jeffersonian transcription 

6.3 Watch  ‘express scribe screencast.mp4’ screen cast. Keyboard in screencast is here

6.4 Case studies using AudioNoteTaker

6.5 Paul's experiment with voice recognition software

6.6 Useful tips:

• Choosing headsets and setups with Dragon
• Using Dragon for repetitive tasks
• Watch ‘Using macros in Dragon for transcription’

Additional materials:

• Watch Online QDA lectures on transcription
• Programmable Pedal software
• See ‘Top tips for recorders’for some advice on how to use your audio recording device'
• See ‘Navigation of audio and video files suitable for audio and video’' for advice on types of format and how to move around your files
• Knowbrainer forum is the best online source for speech recognition. Additionally, they have software that extends the range of voice commands. It is also a cheaper upgrade than moving to the professional version of Dragon Dictate if you want to use macros. Highly recommended by Paul.
• New software F4 analysis
• See PowerPoint showing Jeffersonian notation within a transcript (Jeffersonian transcription Woods 2012).
• Read Janine Evers and Fijgje de Boer's new text on qualitative interviewing. This is a very good introductory text with information relevant for transcribing.
• PPT Slides

Further reading:

• Alcock, J. & Iphofen, R. (2007) ‘Computer-assisted software transcription of qualitative interviews’. Nurse Res, 15(1): 16–26. 
• Black, L. (2010) Broken Devices and New Opportunities: Re-imagining the tools of Qualitative Research NCRM Working Paper Series. 
• Bucholtz, M. (2000) ‘The politics of transcription’. Journal of Pragmatics, 32(10): 1439–1465.
• Davidson, C.R. (2009) ‘Transcription: Imperatives for qualitative research’. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 8(2): 35–52. 
• Dempster, P.G. & Woods, D. K. (2011) The Economic Crisis Though the Eyes of Transana. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 12(1). Retrieved from http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1515

• Evers, J.C. (2011). From the past into the future. How technological developments change our ways of data collection, transcription and analysis. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung/Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 12(1). Retrieved from http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/viewArticle/1636
• Green, J., Franquiz, M. & Dixon, C. (1997) ‘The myth of the objective transcript: transcribing as a situated act’. TESOL Quarterly, 31(1): 172–-176.
• Grundy, A. L., Pollon, D. E. & McGinn, M. K. (2008) ‘The participant as transcriptionist: methodological advantages of a collaborative and inclusive research practice’. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2(2), 23-32. 
• Hammersley, M. (2010). Reproducing or constructing? Some questions about transcription in social research. Qualitative Research, 10(5), 553–569. 
• Woods, D. K. & Dempster, P.G. (2011) Tales From the Bleeding Edge: The Qualitative Analysis of Complex Video Data Using Transana. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 12(1). Retrieved from http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1516

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