[imc-auckland-video] Trotter transcribe done - tips

[Debbie Mathews]

hi guys,
i transcribed about 10mins of Bruce Huckers IV last night - MAN does he 
talk some drivvel !
took about 3 hours just to do that cos he kept saying neoliberalism and 
correspondence and government all in a row and i couldnt keep up !

anyway there are timecoded vhs's of 6 tapes here if anybody wants them 
urgently otherewise ill just keep going till theyre all done.

see yooooou
debbie

Kim Mazur wrote:

>HI - I did the transcribe for the Chris Trotter transcribe interview
>last - thanks Sandra for starting it off. It was about 50 mins - took
>about 5 hours (with lots of tea breaks!) and I just went for it from 7pm
>to 12pm and got it done in one hit. 
>It's good if your computer and TV are real close and headphones help to
>not annoy flatmates. 
>I just type as fast as I can everything I can.
>
>I don't worry about spelling mistakes and I make lots of abbreviations
>because I know I can go back and fix them all up when the tape has
>stopped. 
>
>Basically I just try to write as much as I can in one hit as oppossed to
>stopping and starting the tape a lot and then I play the tape back and
>listen and just fill in the words or lines that I missed the first time
>around. 
>
>For the first main transcribe, I don't watch the TV screen (if it's a
>straight interview)- I just watch my keyboard and typing and do it from
>sound. 
>
>I don't worry about the timecoding the first time around - I go back and
>put that in later when I watch it again - as opposed to the first time
>when I'm mainly listening to it. 
>
>I find this method works well for me for getting it done as quickly as
>possible.
>
>Hope these tips help, Kim  
>
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