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Well-Being and Oral History
Oral History is sometimes about recounting painful, difficult or traumatic memories. This can be distressing for not only the interviewee but the interviewer as well. Sometimes we can be blindsided or surprised by the impact of conducting an interview regardless of the topic due to all the associations it has brought to mind positive and…
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What Makes Oral History Different?
Oral history is a method that explores and records the biographical accounts people give of their own lives and those of their preceding generations. This method allows the opportunity to study living history through first-hand accounts of those people who have personally experienced it, as well as a unique opportunity for the often marginalized, ordinary…
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3 tips While Recording a Phone Interview
The other day, an oral historian got in touch with me to transcribe an audio on refugees in Sudan. It was about a two-hour long audio file. Exciting right? Well yes, I mean transcription is fun but, in this case, I just had a couple of issues that I felt I needed to share and…
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5 Benefits of being a Transcriber
Working as a transcriber has both its disadvantages and advantages. But in this blog we shall look at the latter. Flexible Schedule As a transcriber you will have the option of working outside of the traditional nine to five hours. You can start and end your day as you please. This also empowers you to take…
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4 Key Factors that Affect Turnaround Time
Turnaround Time or TAT is key in the transcription industry. Some would even term it as the golden rule which draws the line of control in the transcription industry. Turnaround with high quality equates to a happy customer. Being right on time speaks the language of discipline. TAT coupled with quality is key to the…
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Software Transcription Tools: Pros and Cons
A growing number of enterprises, universities, and even individual researchers are seeing the need of having transcribed conversations in addition to the recorded audio data to reference later on either in a meeting or just for easier documentation.There are several software transcription tools that one can use to capture these important audio bites which will…
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4 Disadvantages of Video Conferencing.
The impact of digital surge has risen from 40% to 100% with the outbreak of COVID 19. People have learned to adapt to staying indoors and communicating from the comfort of their home. It is the closest they get to actually having a face-to-face moment with loved ones or for work purposes or any other…
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Oral History Sequence
Oral histories are intended to generate insights on the past and provides one of the most valuable of all historical sources which is one reason that makes oral history different and unique. But in order to collect these insights the interviewer or the researcher needs to have an organized way of collecting the necessary data…
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Best Practices for Conducting Oral History Interviews Remotely
In an era of physical and social distancing, what are some of the best practices for conducting oral history interviews remotely? From insights, talking to oral historians and transcribing their interviews (if you’d like us to transcribe your oral history interviews for you, get in touch) in the past year, we’ll coalesce our recommendations around…
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Top Four Benefits of Video Conferencing
Before 2020, meet ups either socially or work related were not something you had to really think about. Just plan with whoever you’re meeting up with, time and place and showing up was all you had to do, have a good time or discuss serious issues or conduct interviews and that was that. But since…
