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Are you working on research interviews? Do you find it difficult, because you do not know where to start, or maybe you have already started but it looks like you are not going to meet your deadlines?
How much time a research takes, varies a lot. Some researches can take years upon years while some researches only take a week. One thing is almost always the same though: the production of the interview transcript takes up a majority of the time. It does not matter how long your research takes, it is always a good choice to save time. This allows you to focus on things that are truly important, like analyzing the data and drawing conclusions.
Your research is the core of every dissertation, thesis or market research. When conducting research it is important not to deviate from your research question too much. You will probably use desk and field research. Field research can take the form of qualitative research or quantitative research. Most researches require qualitative research. You have multiple types of qualitative research. Research though qualitative research usually takes the form of interviews. You will need an interview transcript for your report, and it will also help you to better analyze data. We are going to talk about:
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The purpose of an interview is to get the right and enough information from the interviewee. It is important that the information contributes to your research, and that you get enough information. To gain the right information from an interview you will have to prepare good questions. You will also have to question the interviewee in the right way. 5 tips that will allow you to get the most out of your interview:
This creates a kind of shopping list, so you are ensured you will not forget anything during the interview. A questionnaire or topic list also ensures you don’t lose the thread and do not deviate from the main topic too much.
By not influencing the interviewee you get more honest and reliable answers. For example do not ask the question: ‘What do you like about Los Angeles?’ (perhaps the interviewee does not like Los Angeles at all), but ask: ‘What is your opinion about Los Angeles?’
Show appreciation and understanding for the interviewee, but do not exaggerate. Behave in a way that shows the interviewee you are genuinely interested in what he/she has to say. If you stick to these points the interviewee will me more open and honest. This will allow you to gain more information from the interview.
Remember this person has probably never met you, if you start asking personal questions right away the interviewee will probably go in defensive mode. It is important that you warm the interviewee up first with easy questions, this will build trust. Later on in the interview, you can start asking harder questions.
The best way to get better at interviewing is to practice. That is why you should practice your interview first. You can practice your interview on a classmate or on an acquaintance first. Ask this person to give you feedback on how the interview went. Pay extra notice to your posture, your questions, your introduction, the structure, how you ask supplementary questions and whether you are polite. You can also record this practice interview and listen to it later. This way you can find ways you improve yourself.
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Now that you know what to do and what not to do during your interview it is time to go and conduct your interviews. A research interview usually consists of three parts it is important that you walk through these points chronologically:
When conducting the real interview it is important that you make recordings as well. Do not think you can remember everything said. In the opening of the interview ask if the interviewee has any problems with being recorded, they usually do not, but if they do make notes. By making audio recordings you can fully focus on the interview itself instead of making notes. Afterward, you can listen back to your recordings and analyze everything. Preparing well for your research interview takes a lot of time, but it costs even more time to convert your audio to text. To analyze your interviews and to include your interviews in your report, you need to transcribe your interviews. This is an extremely time-consuming and mentally demanding process. Fortunately we have thought of a solution which can save you a lot of time and pain. You can read about this below.
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If you want to analyze your interviews and include them in your research, it is necessary to transcribe your interviews. Transcribing is an extremely time-consuming process to do manually. Every minute of audio takes about 8 to 10 minutes to transcribe. Having a human create a transcription of an hour-long interview can easily set you back €100. If you have conducted multiple research interviews this can quickly get very expensive. Fortunately, with our transcription software it is possible to have your interview transcript in a cheap and fast way. The only thing left for you to do is make small improvements to make the transcription 100% correct.
Deadlines for researches can be really tight and can have a disheartening effect on you. But by using our transcription software you have the ability to save a lot of time. You can spend this extra time on the things that are truly important in your research, like analyzing the information and drawing conclusions. This will ultimately improve the quality of your research.
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If you have exported the transcript as a SRT, EBU-STL or VTT file, you can easily burn them onto your video using video-editing software.
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Transcriptions can make data recorded in audio (interviews, meetings, phone calls etc.) readable and easier to analyze. Transcripts and subtitles also make audio and video content accessible for the deaf and hard of hearing, and allows video content to be indexed for SEO.
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Yes, our software can transcribe multi-speaker files and can also distinguish different speakers in the transcript. Different speakers will be indicated as “speaker 1”, “speaker 2”, etc. You can rename speakers in the online editor.
To transcribe a Zoom meeting, you will first need to record the meeting. Read more about how to record and transform a Zoom meeting into an audio or video file on our blog. Once you generate the audio file, you can simply create an account, upload the file and transcribe automatically or order a manual transcription.
To transcribe a Skype meeting, you will first need to record the meeting. Read more about how to record and transform a Skype meeting into an audio or video file on our blog. Once you generate the audio file, you can simply create an account, upload the file and transcribe automatically or order a manual transcription.
To transcribe a Google Hangouts meeting, you will first need to record the meeting. Read more about how to record and transform a Google Hangouts meeting into an audio or video file on our blog. Once you generate the audio file, you can simply create an account, upload the file and transcribe automatically or order a manual transcription.
