The years we spend at the University typically
represent the most information-rich and transformational time of our lives.
Access to such vast amounts of valuable knowledge outweighs our capacity to
store it in our minds and even in our notes – we can only keep up with so much!
Transcription is a tool that many who were studying before the age of
technology could only have dreamt of…
For academic institutions in today’s modern world,
here is how you can leverage the power of transcription tools to offer the most
efficient and enriching academic experience for your staff and students:
1. Multi-Speaker Meetings and Focus Groups
Whether it’s recording smaller departmental staff
meetings, more formal board meetings, or even research focus groups, there are
many ways you can benefit from our highly accurate, human-assisted transcripts
for easy-to-use text that can be logged and circulated online.It can be highly
complicated for a person to take notes during a meeting with multiple
participants – especially if they are trying to process what is being said
during overlaps of more than one speaker. This everyday dilemma is easily
solved through human-assisted machine transcription.
2. Recordings of Lectures and Seminars
This has been shown to be of great value, whereby
both students and professors are granted access to the transcripts in the
format they require. Students can use this for studying and note-taking
purposes, which can particularly come in handy during the more stressful exam
periods.
As for professors, this feature is extremely
practical when it comes to creating teaching materials and easily revising them
year-after-year to keep them relevant and up-to-date for the following batches
of students.
3. Dictation by Professors
A professor’s spoken words during a lecture are
often more insightful than the class notes provided beforehand. Expert
transcription provides an easy and affordable way to tap into all the
worthwhile information that comes up during class time, including the great impromptu
debates that can spark from sharp questions.
In fact, through the use of our very own
transcription app for Android and iPhone, dictation can easily be recorded from
the comfort of the professor or student’s own phone. A year’s prescription to
this easy-to-use tool could be a great perk to add value to your student
welcome pack and services.
4. Research Interviews
To obtain statistical significance for scientific
studies, a large sample size is normally required. This directly creates the
need to conduct hundreds, or even thousands in the case of bigger cohort
studies, of interviews that tend to be carried out in collaboration with other
partner institutions. Our NVivo integration makes it incredibly fast and simple
to transcribe recordings, then quickly and securely analyze all of the text.
Maintaining records of this important primary data
in a format that can be easily edited and shared digitally is a painful task
that expert transcription services like ours take care of. In addition, should
the research be international, VocalScript offers transcription translation
services in Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, Chinese, Spanish, French and many more
widely-spoken languages.
5. Ideas for Theses and Dissertations
One-on-one consultations with regards to
dissertation research is where a lot of interesting exchanges that provide
plenty of food-for-thought take place. Being able to generate an accurate
digital transcript of these guidance sessions make going back to the drawing
board and idea reiteration easier than ever before.
From a professor’s perspective, this type of
transcript would be of great help with the gathering of ideas for future
research. It can be of aid in the suggestion of PhD thesis topics and other
areas of advanced research to students seeking advice on the matter.
The Key to Academic Success
Our best-in-class transcription services provide
one critical factor that is key to academic success, the mental bandwidth to
focus on the information being shared in real time, safe in the knowledge that
the supporting notes and commentary are taken care of. Professors, teaching
assistants and students alike can all reap the benefits of automated
transcription and rely on the skilled expertise to deliver highly accurate
results in a timely manner.
We offer completely customized packages to fit any
project specifications as per your own academic transcript needs. We can
accommodate any frequency, should they be recurring daily, weekly, monthly, or
even yearly as well as any specialized formatting requirements.
We have a proven record of high volume
transcriptions that are completed quickly, accurately and to scale. With a
secure, automated workflow and team of experts, we develop a plan of action and
ensure that everything is handled safely; while respecting any privacy obligations
or compliance as needed.
Ready to upgrade your institution’s educational
experience with our professional transcription services? Contact our sales team
today so we can provide you with a custom quote as per your academic profile!
Remember…if you can Speak it, we can Script it!