Interview Transcription Services

Interview transcription is a way of converting a conversation between two or more people into a written and eligible text format and can be used for a plethora of scenarios, including academic research and simple day-to-day business use.

By developing an interview transcript, you are creating an official document that can be used to verify, strengthen, and act as proof that a discussion has occurred. This technique can be strengthened further by having your transcript certified by a certified transcription service, like ours.

When submitting any audio file, it is important that the audio is as clear as possible. Whilst some background noise is expected, when recording your interview, doing so in a quiet space is paramount. This way, the ability to transcribe your interview becomes easier and guarantees greater accuracy in the final transcription piece and doesn’t risk impeding your interview recording and/or academic research.

We are an ISO-certified interview transcription agency, meaning that when we are transcribing interviews, we make sure to implement an extensive quality control process to ensure that the certification of your interview transcription meets our agency’s high standards.

Our international transcription network consists of over 2,000 expert transcription specialists, all of whom have a minimum of 5-years of professional experience in developing transcripts from both a video and/or audio recording.

By having such an extensive global network, we can source the perfect candidate with the right credentials to undertake your transcription project. As a result, our interview transcription services can offer our customers interview transcripts with fast turnaround times and in over 150 languages from around the world.

Your transcription project starts by assigning you your very own project manager who will act as your point of contact throughout the project’s longevity. The role of the project manager will be to oversee your project throughout its life cycle, from beginning to end. Our transcription services source the most qualified project manager to meet your transcription project’s needs.

Your project manager will then meet with you to receive a full brief and understanding of the project and its deliverables. Once done, the project manager will go away and research the most qualified and experienced transcriptionist from our network, officially assigning them to the project and briefing them on the project deliverables. Your project manager will be looking for someone with relevant industry background experience as well as selecting someone who is a native of your project’s target language.

Once assigned, the transcriber will start to transcribe your interview and develop an interview transcription. This transcription practice includes a vigorous system of research and editing and proofreading their own work to ensure that no details are overlooked in your interview recording.

The project is then handed back over to the project manager upon completion. From here the project manager will make sure that the transcript meets the logistical and administrative criteria set out for the project.

Once satisfied, the transcript will be sent to a second transcriptionist (also sourced by your project manager) who will complete the transcription process by proofreading the interview transcription; re-listening to the recorded interview to ensure that the transcribed document is accurate and that nothing has been left out of the original recording (depending on the type of interview transcription requested by the customer this can mean ensuring the inclusion of minute details such as any filler words spoken in the interview recording).

Once the second transcriptionist has completed the authentication process, the completed interview transcription is accepted by the project manager who ensures that the correct formatting has been carried out to the project’s specifications and needs.
After the formatting has been finalised, and the project manager feels that the work meets your requirements, the completed interview transcription shall be sent to you for review. In the unlikely event that something is incorrect with your transcripts, our interview transcription service offers unlimited edit requests for up to 14 days after the transcription has been delivered.

Espresso Translations’ quality assurance measures mean that we can develop transcripts with consistently high accuracy and professionalism. Whilst it is important to have clear audio of your recorded interviews for the process of transcribing to function properly and effectively, our authentication measure of having two transcriptionists and a dedicated project manager assigned to every project does mean that should it not be a clear recording and, for example, there is some background noise in your audio files or many accents within the recording, we are still able to produce transcripts to a high standard.

This means that your important interviews and crucial research projects are in safe hands with Espresso Translations as we give you peace of mind that you and your project are being looked after by an expert team of leading industry professionals.
So, feel free to connect with us today to see how our service can be of use to you. Our services offer a same-day free no-obligation quotation, usually delivered to you within 60 minutes.

There are many different ways to get a transcription of an interview. If you speak the language of the interview, you could do it yourself. You could also ask a friend or family member to help you. There are also computer programs that can automatically transcribe audio for you. However, these methods can lead to the transcript containing errors or problems. It is often best to find a professional transcription service to ensure that your interviews are accurately and correctly trascribed. With a multilingual transcription agency you can also get the interview transcription in as many different languages as you need.

Transcription in an interview means taking the audio and writing it down. This is a specialist field because the transcription has to be very accurate. The transcription can be done while the interview is being conducted, but it is more common to have the transcription made from a recording of the interview. It is important to make sure that the recording is clean and free from technical faults to get the best transcription.

It is hard to say exactly how long an interview will take to transcribe as it varies greatly. An interview was clear speech will take less time to transcribe than an interview with fast or muffled speech. Interviews with technical information often take longer to transcribe too. As a general rule of thumb, it usually takes around two hours to transcribe a 30 minute interview.

Professional transcriptions are all about ensuring high accuracy. That is why we make sure to use native-speaking linguistic experts for transcriptions. All out transcribers will carefully listen to the audio and transcribe the speech as closely as they can. This transcription will then be checked by a second professional language expert to make sure that it is free from errors. The whole project will be overseen by a project manager who can answer any questions you have during the process.