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What does a transcription service do?
What does a transcription service do? You've come to the right place.
What exactly is a transcription service?
A transcription service is ... more
What is Transcription? Not Just Transcription
What is transcription? I work at a transcription service, so naturally I’ve given a lot of thought to the meaning ... more
Subtitling and Transcription Services Part 3
What is transcription? And what do subtitling and transcription services have to do with each other? This is part of ... more
What is Transcription? Transcription in Painting
Transcription in painting has historically been an essential method of study. Rather than transcribing words, the transcriber deals in images. ... more
Subtitling and Transcription Services Part 2
Subtitling and transcription services: How does a transcription service help with subtitling? You can't make subtitles without a transcript. All ... more
Transcription, New York, and Editing for Clarity
When does editing for clarity get in the way of political humor? I was in New York not too long ... more
Five Best Uses of Lecture Transcription Services in Classrooms
Maybe Richard Feynman and his colleagues were the pioneers, but lecture transcription has become de rigeur in university and college ... more
Best Transcription Q and A from Tigerfish Transcribing
Transcription or stenography? When to leave the stenotype machine at home
Professional transcription services (like Tigerfish Transcribing) can provide accurate audio-to-text ... more
Subtitling and the Art of Transcription for Film
Subtitling and transcription are obviously closely related. Both are audible language written down. One place many of us see edited ... more
The Wide World of Transcription
Transcription is an interesting word, and at Tigerfish we are interested in words. In this blog we talk about transcription ... more
Transcription Questions and Answers from Tigerfish Transcribing:
What is the difference between captions and subtitles?
In film transcription, corporate television transcription, industrial video transcription, educational television transcription, and ... more
Book Report: “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”
The Real Sound of Fake Language
In the last post I was telling the story of Richard Feynman speaking fake Italian ... more
Transcription Questions and Answers from Tigerfish Transcribing:
What is stenography and how is it used by transcription services?
Stenography
You’ve probably heard of stenographers, and maybe seen one at ... more
Transcription Questions and Answers from Tigerfish Transcribing:
How do you make captions for live television?
Real-time Captioning
Whether making captions for pre-recorded video or a live event, high quality ... more
Book Report: “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!
The Real Sound of Fake Language
In the last post I was telling the story of Richard Feynman speaking fake Italian ... more
Book Report: “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”
Just another note about the physicist Richard Feynman and transcription. I was reading some of the stories in “Surely You're ... more
Back in the Day: A Look at Transcription Technology Through the Ages
What makes shorthand short? Making sense, physically and conceptually
One way shorthand speeds writing is by minimizing and smoothing the physical ... more
Back in the Day: A Look at Transcription Technology Through the Ages
What is shorthand?
If you’re like me, as a child you wondered, “What is shorthand? And if there’s shorthand, why is ... more
Back in the Day: A Look at Transcription Technology Through the Ages
How does shorthand work? Making sense phonetically
Shorthand (also called stenography) refers to systems of writing which symbolize sounds, words and ... more
Transcribe lectures: Catch That Idea!
Here is the story of a decision to record and transcribe lectures, and how it made history, brought to you ... more
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