Definition of "transcription" []

• The act or process of transcribing. (noun)
• Something that has been transcribed, especially: (noun)
• Music An adaptation of a composition. (noun)
• A recorded radio or television program. (noun)
• Linguistics A representation of speech sounds in phonetic symbols. (noun)

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• "Apologies for any mishearings or mistakes in transcription – leave me a comment with any questions or clarifications."
• "Electronic text transcription is fine for recent books, but for things like the Dead Sea Scrolls we'd need something more substantial."
• "Those hired to do the simultaneous translation -- because that's what on-the-spot transcription is -- clearly have only one time through to hear and type the information, and if they get behind (which they do), drop-outs occur."