How to Transcribe Audio Files to Text Yourself

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A huge area of interest within audio is transcribing audio files to text. It’s easy to let speech recognition software understand and recognize voice automatically. But how do you help those many other people who don’t have access to speech to text converter software to get what they need?

I want to note that patience is also a big part of transcribing audio to text before I give you the step-by-step tutorial. Do not panic if the procedure is long at first. With practice, you’ll get better.

1. The method of transcribed audio or speech to text is not difficult, but you can make it far less effective if you’re not set to succeed. Next, allow yourself quick access to both your word processor and audio files. You’re rewinding regularly, and you don’t want to add minutes to your process by constantly flipping tabs and losing your location.
2. Listen and type what you hear in your audio file. Some stuff, including the names of the speakers, can continuously recur when you are transcribing the audio file. For these stuff that you know you’re going to type over and over, make a fast shorthand reference. If you’re the only one using the transcript, you’ll know what the abbreviation means. If you intend to share the file with more people, when you’re finished, you can either give them the list or easily find it and substitute it with the real term.
3. Take one more listen to your audio file until you’re finished with your transcription to correct any mistakes you may have missed. Be careful to search for any names, references or meaning that you may have overlooked, particularly if you concentrated on just typing word for word what was said.

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