Need For Interview Transcription

The basic idea of interview transcription is quite simple. There should be a transcript version of the questions put out to the interviewee and the answers told by him/her. It is an effective document that exudes authenticity and should never be considered as back office stuff. Often the completed transcript is given the status of a research paper, because the thoughts, words and statements of the interviewee are recorded for posterity.

No matter who gives the interview – a political, a criminal, a policeman, a famous sports/TV/film personality, everything is recorded so that no mistakes are made and anybody can access it at a later time. An interview transcription will greatly benefit a person with hearing disabilities. The same document could be sent across to partners who may or may not reside within the country and had no chance to attend the interview.

Sometimes the whole interview as they are told to the interviewer is transcribed without omitting any of the details. At other times, only the main content of the interview is transcribed and this is done by noting down the important points.

Who makes use of interview transcription?

Each segment, company or organization has their vested interests in a transcription. They might use it to promote their business by posting the transcript version on the internet to increase traffic to the website. This actually serves as an advertisement to the company and their website. Here are some of the agencies that make use of interview transcription :

Government agencies
The government has a lot of transcription needs that involves their interrogations, promotions and press releases. Sometimes, they make use of a professional for doing the interview transcription, or sometimes they hire a transcriptionist; it depends on the funds at their disposal.

Media channels
All the interviews conducted by the media will be saved through interview transcription. They use such transcripts while telecasting the interview, so that the viewer will get a clearer idea of the conversation and hence a greater impact. Newspapers, magazines and books record the ‘transcripted’ interview, sometimes the whole interview like how it was told or sometimes just as an extract. Since television is a global media, this will help people from all over the world to follow the interview. Agencies that broadcast news will always keep a record of the interview because they can later publish it at their convenience.

Freelancers
Writers and journalists who earn their income doing freelance jobs will love interview transcription of a personality. It will help them in their writings and they can quote it or include it in their research. When such interviews are available online, the writers can just download it from the net instead of traveling and conducting an interview.