Hi there all, I responded with some tips privately already but I just wanted to add that with transcription, there are lots of ways you can do this but I’d recommend considering the sensitivity of the particular subject/whether it’s a high profile individual. This might not be relevant for all but some should consider. With my often sensitive research I do transcription in two ways 1) I hire research assistants, individuals I do not advertise for as this would attract influencers and intel companies -I personally carefully vet the assistant - for the most sensitive interviews - this is labour intensive and expensive but important. Less sensitive interviews I use Rev.com which is probably the best and most secure ordinary transcription service I’ve found. Auto transcription I am concerned about often it harvests data and is not secure, it also isn’t often good and you need to go through it correcting everything extensively anyway. Best wishes, Emma On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 at 20:18, Sarah Ann Oates <soates@umd.edu> wrote:
Hi, if you set it up in advance in the settings, Zoom will record your session AND transcribe it. I did this for accessibility in my Zoom sessions last semester. The transcription is pretty good, but will need light editing. You may need an upgrade from free Zoom to get this but I think probably worth it. I am not sure where you'll be recording but be aware in some parts of the US (probably elsewhere as well) you need both parties in the recording to affirm that they agree to be recorded. No doubt that is part of your informed consent, etc., but just throwing it out there because a lot of people are unaware of that law in some states (such as Maryland) in the US. Good luck with the project! Sarah
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On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 6:11 AM Zach Bastick <zach.bastick@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi everyone,
Given these times of social distancing, a colleague and I are conducting interviews by telephone. We are looking for solutions to record the interviews locally (so that we can transcribe them), but also maintain the privacy of the interviewees. We have considered various options (from conducting the interview over loudspeaker with a recorder next to it, to using Google Voice, to using subscription services). We have decided against services that ‘join’ the call as a conference call participant and send you the recording because we would like to maintain full control over the recorded data (again, for ethical reasons). So, we were wondering what the experience of the community here has been. Are there any recent and reliable tools that people here are using? What have you found to work well?
Thanks!
Zach
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