Thursday, April 2, 2009

Seminar Transcription

Business organizations, educational institutes, law firms, research groups and medical institutions are in need of documented form of seminars, interviews, meetings and discussions. Converting of audio or video of such events is known as seminar transcription or conference transcription. Such services can also be used for lectures, presentations, speeches, breakout sessions, keynote speakers, round table discussions, road shows, plenary sessions, workshops and Q&A sessions. It is considered essential pat of post-conference business to provide seminar papers to delegate and clients who didn’t attend the event.

It is important to understand why seminar transcription is needed. By transcribing the valuable information given by speakers in seminars or conferences, the information can be reformatted into books, articles, reports, workbooks, or newsletters. This will add value to the existing products. The transcripts can also be put up on the sites to create additional income.

The transcripts of the seminars or interviews can be easily used by the media to cover the event. They can also become an integral part of the media kit. Transcripts help to keep the seminar talks fresh and reuse them when situation arises.

Transcription version of seminars rather than the video ones are easier for search engines like yahoo and Google to locate. It makes the sites more search-engine friendly and people can easily access to the contents on the websites by entering the key-words .It is very difficult to locate useful information on seminar video; transcribed version makes it easier and quicker to get to the relevant part of the seminar for the user. Transcription of seminars makes it available for people who are not able to attend the seminars for any reason. Transcripts from the Q&A sessions of seminars and lectures help in the compilations of FAQs. FAQs also help in understanding the needs and problems of the customers. The transcribed version of the seminars or tele-class may be send to prospective clients who do not have the time or patience to go through a 60 minutes audio or video.

There are two types of seminars. Single-Speaker Seminar and Multi-Speaker Seminars Seminar Transcription is carried out in two different modes viz. Literal and Essence. In Literal mode the source media file is transcribed word by word. It is literal copy of the source file or video. In the essence mode of transcription all the main point of discussions are covered. The non-essential portion of the media file is ignored.

For seminar transcription, high tech tools are used by a well trained and knowledgeable work force. Numerous rounds of proof reading are carried out to ensure the best quality of output.

Transcription Institute is a Transcription Service company that provides accurate and professional transcription services in various fields.
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2 comments:

Gaynor Paynter said...
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Gaynor Paynter said...

Hi, I own my own transcription company Typewrite Transcription and Typing Services CC (www.typewritetranscription.co.za) and am a moderator of a transcription discussion forum, TAVASA. I would like to make the point that proofreading work and checking it for grammatical errors is a vital part of the service we offer as transcriptionists. I offer proofreading of subquality transcribed or typed documents (such as the article above, whch has a number of errors) as a service (see my service page at http://www.typewritetranscription.co.za/en/services.html)