The word verbatim transcription simply means typing out each and every word that is on the sound recording. To do it in a good way, keen ears are needed and not only that, your attention should be very high too since it is lot different than normal styles of transcription, though you can even use verbatim transcription services. Generally it is classified in two categories namely true verbatim and intelligent verbatim. To do this job in an effective manner you should be very good with your skills and your concentration power must be very high.
TRUE VERBATIM
In this kind of verbatim transcription the transcriptionist captures the sound of the recording and also the captures any non verbal activity that is present on the communication of the recording. It records the things like the laughter, smile or any other kind of nonverbal act in the recording. This type of verbatim transcription is essential for the research work that is needed in the near future. People engaged in the research work use this kind of verbatim transcription to make their study more and more effective and easy to understand in the near future.
INTELLIGENT VERBATIM
This is the kind of verbatim transcription in which the transcriptionist captures every word of the recording except the sounds like the nm, oh etc. so in this kind of verbatim transcription some part of the recording is edited and rest all the part is captured. This type of verbatim transcription is generally preferred by the authors, journalist etc for the writing work so that it can be read month, year later.
In practical, the clients may opt for verbatim transcription that is smooth that may not include some of the utterances as per the instructions; this is most preferred because it does not contain any tics. But some of the people want to have the things like the emotions, laughter etc. the process of the verbatim transcription involves the person to listen the audio recording several times before he finally writes them up correctly. It is important to write things in the correct manner as the chances of miss spell is more. It is very necessary that the person knows the meaning of the phrases or the utterances in the recording. Many of the companies reviews the recording many times to ensure the absolute correctness of the data written. And this is the reason that is costs higher than any of the normal transcription.