How do you transcribe?

[Chrysilla Lewies]

Aurora

I know it is so much easier to post a video, but I listen back to my recordings and type them up that way. The great benefit is when you listen back you can hear what goes on in the background such as spirit voices that you couldn’t hear with your physical ears speaking to clients.

[Aurora Quezada]

@Chrysilla_Lewies, oh yes I do that too! Love how you remember even more once you listen back to them too! Thank you!♥️

[beLoved_julia beLoved_julia]

@AuroraMari_Quezada if you don’t want to transcribe yourself (which is understandable because it can be time consuming) I have used rev.com to get transcriptions done in the past – they charge $1 USD per audio minute and their turnaround time is super fast. Great service.

[Chrysilla Lewies]

Julia_Patrisor how much would that cost you then because a session could be lengthy?

[Aurora Quezada]

@Julia_Petrisor, that is super! Thank you so much! I am curious too, so how much does that run typically?

[beLoved_julia beLoved_julia]

Well, @Chrysilla_Lewies and @AuroraMari_Quezada I haven’t actually transcribed one of my own sessions – I use Rev for my ghostwriting and editing work. I help people write non-fiction books so often I upload several hours of audio at a time. But on average it’s $60/ hour (audio hour – it’s $1 per audio minute).

So if you are transcribing just the trance part of the session it could run anywhere from $60 to $120 USD (depending how long you have the client in trance).

[Tom Arild Waagbø]

Transcribing a session is time consuming manual work. It goes like this: Pressing play on the audio… pause…. type…. play… pause… type… rewind a little… play again.. pause… type…. 😀

[Tracy Moore]

I use express scripts transcription software. I also bought a foot pedal with it. It allows you to stop/play/rewind/ff with your feet which frees up your hands for typing. You can also increase or slow down the replay. It still takes a while, but it is much faster than not using anything.

[Heather Holm]

My husband used to dictate translations and have them typed by a typist – sometimes me. In the “old” days there were systems that worked with cassette tapes (and then mini-cassettes) with a foot pedal as Tracy describes. We still have one kicking around, I’m sure. It’s probably what Dolores Cannon used. That’s what the digital systems are imitating. I got an app for my phone that works that way. A pedal would be nice, though. Dictation voice-recognition programs such as Dragon NaturallySpeaking are replacing the typists and getting better all the time. However, you “train” the software over time to recognize one voice speaking clearly into a mic, and it still requires careful editing/proofreading. Using it with a different client every time who may be speaking softly, interspersed with the voice of the facilitator, is a rather tall order, but the day is probably coming and I look forward to it!

Just looked a little more at the Dragon page, and it suggests this, which could work:
(https://www.nuance.com/dragon/transcription-solutions.html)

Since Dragon is speaker-dependent software, it’s not designed for use with multiple speakers. Thousands of customers still successfully use Dragon to transcribe interviews or lectures using a basic technique called “voice writing” or “parroting.”

• Record a lecture using a digital recorder or mobile device and download the audio file to your PC or Mac.
• Activate your Dragon microphone, listen to the recording through your Dragon headset and repeat the recorded text as you hear it.
• Speaking the text aloud in your own voice enables Dragon to accurately transcribe the audio using the Dragon profile tuned to your voice.
• Dragon turns your voice into text as quickly as you can speak the words, so there’s no need to constantly rewind the audio while you try to type out the corresponding text.

[Aurora Quezada]

@Julia_Petrisor, thank you for a great option.❤️

@Tom_Waagboe, lol you are funny!?

@Tracy_Moore, that is geniuse! Thank you!

@Heather_Holm, thank you for sharing this is with us! It sounds like it can save you so much time. As practitioners looking to share the messages that come through in a timely manner for all is important!

Blessings to all! I will look into the dragon one and keep my options open for the others as well! I love the one of freeing up our hands and using our feet!

[Catherine Wyatt]

@AuroraMari_Quezada, there is another post here made by @Christine_Shanesy that you might check out.

[Aurora Quezada]

@Catherine_Wyatt, just read it! Super! Perfect timing lol. Thank you for letting me know!<3

[Aurora Quezada]

@Catherine_Wyatt just read it! Super! Perfect timing lol. Thank you for letting me know!