Ways to convert your speech to text
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If you’re doing qualitative research and you need to analyze the text of an interview, you essentialy need to convert your voice to text. Transcribing a recorded interview is an example of converting speech to text. If you want perform a transcription manually, you need to listen to your audio material and then type it out by hand. Manual speech to text conversion can be very time-consuming and mentally demanding. But what is the best way for you to transcribe your interview recording?
There are three different ways to convert voice to text:
Transcribing your audio to text manually
Hire a company to convert speech to text
Use an automatic transcription software
It is also possible to have your transcriptions made by a specialized firm. In most cases they provide 99% accuracy and you don’t have to work on the transcript yourself. The downside of hiring a company for this purpose is the increased cost. Your transcript is prepared by a professional who goes through your audio and carefully transcribes it into textual form. Having a manual transcription made often costs at least $2,00 per minute of audio and takes around a week to be ready. Tip: AmberScript also makes manual transcriptions, by using our software to make a rough version first, we can bring down the price of professional transcription by 50%. It is often necessary to request a quote in which you indicate the number of speakers, accents and other audio characteristics. At AmberScript, you will receive the options and costs immediately. This arrangement is not recommended for people with low budgets.
It is also possible to have your transcriptions made by a specialized firm. In most cases they provide 99% accuracy and you don’t have to work on the transcript yourself. The downside of hiring a company for this purpose is the increased cost. Your transcript is prepared by a professional who goes through your audio and carefully transcribes it into textual form. Having a manual transcription made often costs at least $2,00 per minute of audio and takes around a week to be ready. Tip: AmberScript also makes manual transcriptions, by using our software to make a rough version first, we can bring down the price of professional transcription by 50%. It is often necessary to request a quote in which you indicate the number of speakers, accents and other audio characteristics. At AmberScript, you will receive the options and costs immediately. This arrangement is not recommended for people with low budgets.
Alternatively, you can make your transcripts automatically, using our speech recognition tool. On average, our speech to text software takes 10 minutes to convert your audio into text. All you have to do is to make some minor improvements to make your transcription 100% accurate. This can be done very quickly through our simple-to-use editor that ‘links’ your audio to your text transcript. This allows you to easily make corrections. Our editor also makes it easy to find certain words in your transcription and play the corresponding piece of audio. Our software can convert speech to text in over 35 languages! Automatic transcriptioning is considerably faster than making a transcription yourself or having a transcription made by a company. Futhermore, it is much cheaper than outsourcing! You can try AmberScript for free. After the trial, you can start transcribing your files immediately.