transcribing
Converting speech verbatim
Transcribing is converting spoken or recorded words into written form.
A secretary transcribes meeting notes, a journalist transcribes interviews, a court reporter transcribes testimony.
The word also applies to converting music into notation or adapting a composition for different instruments.
In biology, transcribing refers to the process by which genetic information in DNA is copied to RNA.
Oral text for writing
- recordingCaptured audio or video
- speechOral communication ability
- listeningAttending to sound
- stenographyCompressed symbolic writing system
typing · interviews · conversations · podcasts · voicemail · microphone · headphones · playback
Reproducing something exactly
- writingRecorded language on surface
- inscribingCarving text into material
- recordingCaptured audio or video
- chroniclingWriting events over time
archiving · preserving · annotating · noting · detailing · logging · cataloging · handwriting
Systematically positioning elements
- orchestratingArranging complex elements harmoniously
- scoringEarning points in competition
- stavesPoles or music lines
- clefsStaff pitch indicators
notes · rests · measures · time-signature · dynamics · articulation · transposing · instrumentation
Converting between writing systems
- romanizingConverting to Latin alphabet
- phoneticRelating to speech sounds
- IPASound notation system
- orthographyStandard writing conventions
alphabet · characters · Cyrillic · pinyin · Hangul · encoding · diacritics · symbols
dictation
Oral text for writing
stenography · typing · interviews · conversations · podcasts · voicemail · microphone · headphones · playback · timestamps
copying
Reproducing something exactly
- writingRecorded language on surface
- inscribingCarving text into material
- recordingCaptured audio or video
chronicling · archiving · preserving · annotating · noting · detailing · logging · cataloging · handwriting · manuscripts
arranging
Systematically positioning elements
- orchestratingArranging complex elements harmoniously
- scoringEarning points in competition
- stavesPoles or music lines
clefs · notes · rests · measures · time-signature · dynamics · articulation · transposing · instrumentation · parts
transliterating
Converting between writing systems
- romanizingConverting to Latin alphabet
- phoneticRelating to speech sounds
- IPASound notation system
orthography · alphabet · characters · Cyrillic · pinyin · Hangul · encoding · diacritics · symbols · pronunciation
- note-takingnotes, jot, notation, write down, note down
- audio tasksrecording, mixing, editing, mastering, playback
- digitizationdigitization, scanning, OCR, scanners, document imaging
- jazz educationjazz composition, ear training, sight reading, jazz standards, jazz history
- writingwriting, drafting, authors, author, books
- academicsprofessor, course, university professors, math, professors
transcribingerasing
Removing recorded marks
deleting · destroying · obliterating · expunging · redacting
transcribingsummarizing
Condensing to main points
paraphrasing · abridging · condensing · interpreting · distilling
transcribingreading aloud
Speaking text for listeners
speaking · reciting · narrating · vocalizing · performing
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