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Instructions
Text Audio Correction


In this job, you will need to check that the text matches the audio. If it does not, you will need to correct the text. Here are the steps you need to follow: 

1. Listen to the audio file and read its transcription. We strongly advise you use headphones. Use the speed button to slow down the audio.

2. Answer the question: “Does the text match the audio file and meet our guidelines for transcription?” 

YES if the text matches the audio and meets our guidelines 
 
NO if the text does not match the audio and/or does not meet our guidelines. 
** If you answered NO, please proceed to correct the errors (if you need to enter a tag, just click on it from the list provided underneath the transcription field).  

 

You will make sure

Check if the text matches the audio	You will use

A computer
 

Read the following guidelines carefully before starting the job. 

Guidelines for transcription
 

Whatever is pronounced by the speaker must be transcribed, including elements that are not strictly verbal, such as:  

False starts 
Hesitations/Fillers 
Repetitions 
Interjections (exclamations) 
Truncations or interruptions 
Illogical and/or ungrammatical content 
To guide you through this, the instructions have been organized into two sections: 

1. Quality & Discourse tags 

2. Transcription rules  

Read them both carefully. 

1. Quality & Discourse tags 
Quality tags 
Cut off
if the recording begins and/or ends abruptly, cutting off a word at the beginning and/or end of the file, insert the tag Cut_off. Use this tag only when you are 100% sure, if in doubt, do not use it. Do make the necessary corrections to the transcription.

Note
Do NOT use this tag if the speaker stutters (in this case, refer to the relevant point in the Transcription rules section below).  
Audio example:

 Transcription: Speaker 1 yes I was thinking of going to the supermar  Cut_off

 

If the whole recording does not include verbal speech, use the tag Empty.
Note
Background noises can be present in an empty audio fragment, and you do not need to transcribe or tag those, the focus is on speech from the main speaker. 

Audio example:

 Transcription: Empty  

Discourse tags 


Unintelligible
Words or parts of speech that are not understandable (due to overlaps, garbled speech, interfering conversation in the background, acoustic issues, etc.) should be flagged in the transcription by entering the Unintelligible tag at the exact point in the recording where they occur.  

 

Audio example:

 Transcription: Speaker 1 yes so I Unintelligible "Carla" will do it yes



Hesitation
If the speaker hesitates or affirms/agrees by emitting undefined sounds such as fillers (e.g. um, uh, ah, oh, ahah, etc.), use the Hesitation/Filler  tag. Each hesitation or affirmation must be tagged individually. If the speaker utters 2 or 3 hesitations/affirmations in a row, you must add the equivalent amount of tags to the transcription.  
Note
Only use this tag to flag isolated fillers. If the speaker turns a word into a filler, do not enter this tag. Just transcribe the word as you understand it.  

Audio examples:

Hesitation

Transcription: Speaker 1 Hesitation/Filler well I don't know Hesitation/Filler I would have to check that with my sister

 

Affirmation

Transcription: Speaker 1 Hesitation/Filler  of course I will send you the link to that recipe so you can try it



Speaker tag
Please use the speaker identification tags Speaker 1, Speaker 2, Speaker 3, Speaker 4, Speaker 5 whenever a speaker is producing speech. This applies for all of the transcriptions that contain speech expect for the cases where the audio file is empty. The transcription should begin with the relevant speaker tag, followed by the spoken content. If there is a switch to another speaker, use the corresponding speaker tag and continue transcribing the speech for that speaker. Reuse the tags as needed, following the order of speakers in the audio file, up to a maximum of five speakers.

Audio examples:

Transcription: Speaker 1 that's hysterical Speaker 2 you know what I mean like I was like  Speaker 1 yeah Speaker 2 oh what a weird way to call it I mean sure but why Non-speech: laughter Speaker 1 that's crazy that






Overlapping Speech
Please use the overlapping speech tag to indicate overlapping speech in the transcription. Apply this tag whenever two or more speakers are speaking simultaneously, and transcribe all content produced by each speaker during the overlap.

Audio examples:


Transcription: Speaker 1 crashed into it spewing Overlapping Speech Speaker 2  thirty seconds remaining Speaker 1 enormous volumes of planetary debris into space that eventually accumulated into becoming the moon



Non-Speech tagging:

Non-speech: music - Please use non-speech music to tag any music sounds or melodies in the transcription. This tag is specifically for instances where music is present, including cases where there are lyrics, but the lyrics should not be transcribed.



Non-speech: applause - Please use the non-speech applause tag to flag instances of applause in the transcription, designating moments where applause is present in the audio file as non-speech.



Non-speech: laughter - Please use the non-speech laughter tag to mark instances of laughter in the transcription, indicating moments where someone is laughing in the audio file as non-speech.



Non-speech: screaming - Please use non-speech screaming tag to mark instances of screaming in the transcription, indicating moments where someone is screaming in the audio file as non-speech.



Non-speech: crying/sobbing - Please use non-speech crying/sobbing tag to mark instances of crying or sobbing in the transcription, specifying moments where someone is crying or sobbing in the audio file as non-speech.



Non-speech: other - Please use non-speech other tag to mark any noises or sounds that do not belong to verbal speech in the transcription. This includes but is not limited to coughing, sneezing, hiccupping, breathing loudly, audio glitches, background noises (such as objects falling, chimes, people talking in the background, TV, music, dogs barking, noise from appliances, etc.).


Note
If the noise/sound is continuous, just tag it once where it first occurs in the recording. 
Audio examples:

Transcription: Speaker 1 I wanted to go actually to the cinema and see a movie Non-speech: other but Hesitation/Filler it's just not possible with the Non-speech:other with the confinement yeah so I have to stay home

2. Transcription Rules 




NUMBERS AND SYMBOLS must be transcribed as words, in the way they are articulated by the speaker in the audio recording.
Examples:
in 1997 = in nineteen ninety-seven 
Oakland 94612 = "Oakland" nine four six one two   
50 $ = fifty dollars 
Note
Numbers that are part of products or brands names (for instance, iPhone 7) must be transcribed using digits:

iPhone 7 = "iPhone 7"
Audi R8 = "Audi R. 8"
Windows 10 = "Windows 10"
Audio examples:

 Transcription: Speaker 1 yes I paid fifty-five dollars for this table

 

 Transcription: Speaker 1 the code is thirteen twenty-one yes one three two one 

 

To report STUTTERING and/or WORDS TRUNCATION, enter a hyphen followed by a blank space precisely where the stuttering or truncation takes place:  
stuttering: l- la- late 
truncation: perf- no sorry 
Audio example:

Transcription: Speaker 1 well I just think this looks fan- this looks fantastic it's amazing

Note
In case of words repetition, there is no need to add the hyphen, the word simply needs to be written as many times as it is said.

repetition: I can can can do that
 

Words must be transcribed following the SPELLING RULES  of English.
don’t NOT  dont  
acknowledge  NOT  acknowlege  
independent  NOT  independant  
they should have shown NOT  they should of shown
shorty NOT shawty 
Note
Do NOT use commas, question or exclamation marks, semicolons, colons, or periods:

can you kindly provide me with your phone number first name surname and date of birth

NOT: can you kindly provide me with your phone number, first name, surname, and date of birth?

Please remember to accurately transcribe ungrammatical content and colloquialisms as well:  

if you would have ask me I could have helped you 
I was gonna ask you to join 
I dunno I gotta go  
When in doubt, please refer to a dictionary to make sure of the correct spelling.
Lack of capital letters at the beginning of transcription is not an error. Elsewhere, capital letters should only occur where required by rule (for example, proper names, place names, etc.). Please, proceed to correct them when they unexpectedly occur in other contexts.
 

PROPER NAMES (that is, first and last names), place names, addresses, brands, weekdays, months, products should be enclosed between quotation marks and spelled according to their official spelling. Please, capitalize the first letter and make sure to use double quotes " " and NOT « » or single quotes '' ''. Products names should be written as they are officially given. 
Examples
"Jack Johnson" said that "Susan" stopped in "Miami"
“Mark” bought a new “iPhone” yesterday
"Rachel" admires "Wal-Mart's" supply chain
the nearest branch is at forty-one “Paterson Street”
it is cold in "January" 
Note
Quotation marks should be used to transcribe proper names and brands included in email addresses and URLs as well.

<PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS> = "Sherri” dot “Clark" at "Gmail" dot com
www.google.com = W. W. W. dot “Google” dot com
 

LETTERS PRONOUNCED IN ISOLATION, for example, in the spelling of a word, should be transcribed using capital letters followed by a period and a blank space after each letter and enclosed between quotation marks when the letters make up a proper name. Please make sure to use double quotes " " and NOT « » or single quotes '' ''. 
Examples
my name is "Diana" "D. I. A. N. A. " 
no not B. it’s P. as in "Paris"  
www.google.com = W. W. W. dot "Google" dot com  
Audio example:

 Transcription: Speaker 1 my name is "Diana" "D. I. A. N. A. "  


ACRONYMS pronounced as REAL WORDS should be transcribed in capital letters without dots or spaces.
Examples
"NASA" 
"UNESCO"  
Note
Acronyms pronounced as sets of letters (that is, initalisms) should be transcribed as explained in the previous point: LETTERS PRONOUNCED IN ISOLATION. For example:
T. V.
A. T. M. 
Note
Acronyms can be proper nouns, in that case, please make sure to apply both the rules for acronyms as well as the rules for proper nouns:
"NASA" 
"N. S. A. "
 

ABBREVIATIONS are NOT accepted. Please, write the whole word instead: 
Examples
doctor "Jones" NOT Dr. "Jones" 
missus "Lippman"  NOT Mrs. "Lippman"
 

FAQs 
Some recordings are full of background noise, why? 
Some of these conversations were recorded on purpose in noisy environments. 

To sum up, what should I transcribe? 
Any words spoken by a human being that you think are understandable.Write what you hear, not what you think, slips of tongue for example should be transcribed as closely as possible. 

I would like to use a tag that is not listed, may I? 
No, please use only the tags provided in the guidelines. If you find a tag that is not included in these guidelines, please replace it with one of those provided here. 

 

*We wish to inform you that you may encounter inappropriate content in some tasks. We are doing our best to remove them. Please accept our apologies in advance.