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Difficulties When Transcribing Oral History Interviews.
The purpose of this blog is to examine the main challenges that arise in the process of transcribing oral history recordings. We will discuss four aspects that make this task particularly complex and demanding, and offer some suggestions on how to overcome them. Overlapping Words Transcribing oral history interviews can be challenging when dealing with…
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Advantages of Transcribing Oral History Interviews
Transcribing oral history interviews is a crucial step in preserving and sharing the stories of people who have witnessed or participated in significant events. It involves converting the spoken words of an interviewee into written text. This can be done manually by a human transcriber, or automatically by a software program. There are several advantages…
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Microsoft Teams Account for all your Remote Oral History Interviews
Hey there, welcome to my blog! Today I’m going to talk about something that you might have heard of but not really know what it is: a Microsoft Teams account. What is a Microsoft Teams account and why do you need one? And what are the benefits of a Microsoft Teams account to an oral…
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Top Four Benefits of Using Microsoft Teams for all your Oral History Interviews
Hey there oral history enthusiasts and welcome back to yet another one of my blog posts. Now, if you’re looking for a way to conduct and record your interviews online, you might want to check out Microsoft Teams. If you haven’t already signed up for Microsoft Teams and want to, then check out my previous…
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Easy Steps to open a Microsoft Teams account for all your oral history interviews
Hey there, welcome to my blog! Today I’m going to show you how to open a Microsoft Teams account in a few easy steps. Microsoft Teams is a great tool for all your oral history, online collaboration, communication and productivity. You can use it to chat with your colleagues, share files, organize meetings and more.…
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Top 5 Tips on How to Make the Most of your interviews Using Microsoft Teams
Of course, conducting interviews via Microsoft Teams also requires some preparation and best practices. Here are some tips to help you make the most of your online interviews using Microsoft Teams – Test your equipment and internet connection before the interview. Make sure your camera, microphone, and speakers are working properly and that you have…
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What is the Importance of Oral History?
Oral history is a method of collecting and preserving historical information through recorded interviews with people who have personal knowledge of past events. Oral history can provide valuable insights into different aspects of history that may not be documented in written sources, such as personal experiences, perspectives, emotions, and opinions. Some of the areas of…
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What are Some Great Oral History Podcasts to Listen to?
Welcome back. In my previous blog, we looked at some great oral history reads. Well, if you aren’t so much of a reader and are interested to learn more about oral history and would love more to listen to orally narrated and analyzed historical data that was collected, documented preserved by oral historians then this…
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What Are the Benefits of Oral History?
Hello and welcome back to my blog! Today I want to talk to you about a fascinating topic: oral history. What is oral history and why is it important? In my previous blog of what is oral history, we defined Oral history as a technique for generating and preserving original, historically interesting information from personal…
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How to Cite Oral History Sources
Oral history interviews are valuable sources of information that capture the voices and perspectives of people who have witnessed or participated in historical events. However, citing oral history interviews can be tricky, as there are different formats and styles to consider. Here are some general guidelines on how to cite oral history interviews, based on…
