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smitkit
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« on: March 28, 2003, 10:07:23 am »

Hi Everyone

I've been asked to get a transcription of a 10 minute report From Radio 4.    I think it was as part of a current affairs programme (I don't have all the details yet).  Aside from listening over the web and doing it myself, does anyone know if the BBC do a transcription service?

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« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2003, 12:15:45 pm »

I don't know whether the network does a transcription of their shows, but I used to work for a company that does this (on a worldwide basis).  

http:\\www.vidmon.com

If they can't help you, contact Burrelle's.

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« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2003, 12:25:06 pm »

Hi

Many of the BBC radio 4 programmes make the transcripts available for free as a pdf download on bbc's website. If the report you want isn't there you can usually request a transcript from the BBC information office. There is a charge for this service though -  their phone number is 08700 100 222.

I hope this helps
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« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2003, 12:38:33 pm »

Hi Gerald

Thanks for your mail, can you tell me where abouts on the BBC site I can find this service?  I've been searching for about 10 minutes now and can't find it anywhere.  The programme I'm after is yesterdays PM (specifically an article about NHS Taregts on clearing A&E)

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« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2003, 12:40:04 pm »

Hi Movinonup!

Thanks for your suggestion but I had a specific article in mind as opposed to ongoing transcriptions.  I was interested in those two companies though as I wasn't aware anything like that existed!

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« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2003, 02:54:43 pm »

Kez

If you try putting /Radio 4 after the bbc.co.uk and see if that helps.  If all else fails, ring Broadcasting House in London and ask to speak to the programme office and see if they can help.

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« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2003, 04:32:43 pm »

Is the particular report still on their website? Some of them you can listen to again. I had a similar situation but I put the file on to CD so all the execs could listen to it in their company cars!

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« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2003, 02:53:22 pm »

I've managed to get a copy of the interview and am going to transcribe it myself.  I also like the idea of making a copy on CD, and will do this as well!

Thanks for all the advice.

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« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2003, 03:48:30 pm »

Probably best. Out of interest, what format did you get hold of the programme in?

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« Reply #9 on: March 31, 2003, 06:10:57 pm »

My super-duper techie fiance recorded it as a .wav file as he played the original on the PC.  Not sure what the copyright implications are, but I could just have easily transcribed it as it was aired, and it's to be used as a learning tool (it wasn't a training article but a report on the use of statistics in the NHS).  

I'd be interested if anyone could tell me the legal standpoint on this, just for interest.

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« Reply #10 on: March 31, 2003, 09:29:01 pm »

Kez

I THINK you might still be on shaky ground here!!!  However, the least said about it.... and all that!


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« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2003, 11:23:06 pm »

Quite right. A certain amount of copying and use (such as videoing a TV program and lending the video to a friend) is tolerated. Decide to use the recording in your company induction pack for ten years and you might have a problem.

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« Reply #12 on: April 03, 2003, 11:17:47 am »

OK, so I've now got the interview typed up, but is there a standard format for this sort of thing?  I know you have the speakers name at the beginning of each section but that's about it.

Can anyone help?

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« Reply #13 on: April 03, 2003, 12:19:22 pm »

Kez

Nothing particularly hard and fast especially when it's for your own use.

I usually just identify the speaker in a left margin and use hanging paras for the speech.

If you want music and other additions identified you could either indent those where the speech starts, or leave at the margins with the speakers

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« Reply #14 on: April 03, 2003, 12:48:22 pm »

Going from memory here...we had a standard format worked into our computers when we typed up the transcripts.  On the upper left hand side we typed the date on the first line, radio/tv station/network on the second, hour of the day it was broadcast on the third, and name of the show it was part of on the last line.  You may want to be more descriptive of the actual time during the show it came on.

Each section was typed with the speaker's name at the left, then indented.  Commercial breaks were broken up with centered asterisks, and we used that again at the end of the transcript.

The company had worked out legal details ahead of time...the work of the broadcaster isn't supposed to be used for free, even though you hear it on public airwaves.  I don't imagine anybody will be after you for this individual copy, however!

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