transcription

Putting speech down

Transcription is the act of converting something into written form.

A transcription of a speech or interview is a written record of what was said: The court reporter prepared a transcription of the testimony.

In music, transcription adapts a composition for different instruments.

In biology, transcription is the process by which genetic information in DNA is copied to RNA.

genetics

DNA

Hereditary code molecule

  • RNAGene expression molecule
  • polymeraseNucleic acid synthesis enzyme
  • mRNAGene's working copy

promoter · nucleotide · codon · splicing · introns · genome · regulation · ribosome · operon · enhancer

audio

speech-to-text

Audio-to-written conversion technology

subtitles · transcriber · stenography · closed-captioning · audio · recording · dictaphone · phonetic · listening · deciphering

documentation

minutes

Sixty-second intervals

shorthand · stenotype · recordkeeping · deposition · proceedings · clerical · typing · logbook · chronicle · reporting

linguistics

phonetic

Relating to speech sounds

transliteration · notation · romanization · diacritics · allophone · interlinear · syllabification

music

arrangement

Ordered configuration or agreement

instrumental · accompaniment · transposition · notation · harmonization · variation · tablature · voicing · continuo · medley

Categories
Opposites
original vs. derived representation

transcriptionoriginal

First or inventive

source · primary source · source material · live performance · master recording

accuracy of reproduction

transcriptionmistranscription

Faulty copying of text

corruption · distortion · error · misrepresentation · garbling

mode of communication

transcriptionspeech

Oral communication ability

spoken word · audio · utterance · vocalization · recording

Phrases
Family

transcriptions, transcriptionist

Familiarity
Top 100,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G