Oral
History Project 
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| Transcribing Directions 1.
When you listen to the tapes, type
exactly what you hear on the tapes. 2.
You may omit things like "hmm" and
"ahh." 3.
If you can't hear or understand, rewind a few times and try to get what
you can. 4.
If they say something that you don't understand, spell it out
phonetically and put (sp?) after it to designate you're not sure about the
spelling. 5.
Put the person's name at the top of the transcript.
Then write the names of the people who conducted the interview and then
write your name. See example. Veteran:
John Malinowski Interviewers:
Shannon Whitman, Cory Thomas Transcriber: Kazoua Vang 6.
Use Times Roman font - 12 point. 7.
Put what the interviewers said in italics,
then skip a line in between what the interviewer says and what the veterans
says. See example. Do
you still have any friends from the war? 8.
Save the transcribing in at least two different places. 9.
Every time you finish, print out a hard copy. That way if the saved version gets
lost, we can still retype the transcribing from the hard copy.
Step 1: The Pre-Interview Stage Step 2: Preparing for the Interview Step 3: Conducting the Interview |
