Alright! 30 minutes of transcription from last week's meeting DONE! Only
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Just a note about transcription from oral to written: 30 minutes of spoken time takes about 2 or 3 hours of listening and summarizing just for the first draft. ☹️
@Fritillaria2 I transcribed 23 hours of interview material for my dissertation. That nearly killed me.
@bluebirch Holy crap don’t say that. 😳 I’m dyin’ already.
@Fritillaria2 You only have two hours and a half, if I got it right? You'll survive. 😉
@bluebirch Yeah, I’m creeping my way through it. Now I know my limit seems to be around 20 minutes so I can plan my time better. My brain starts shutting down after that.
@Fritillaria2 Everyone does after 20 minutes of transcribing. I seem to remember that I averaged one litre coffee a day during that period. 😉
@bluebirch That’s good to know it’s normal. I didn’t quite make 20 minutes last night, but it took 1.5 hours and my brain was trashed. One more hour... one more hour...
Yes, I'm going to try the transcription feature on my voice recording app, but I don't have much hope in its efficacy. Even I don't understand the casual jargon and acronyms tossed around in this group. I suspect an app would just annoy me, but I'm giving it a try next meeting.
PS This is me in avoidance mode. Back into the transcription mines y'all.