Category: Oral History

  • Transcription Equipment

    Transcription Equipment

    Working as a transcriber is a flexible way to make money from home.  In my previous blog on transcription for beginners I talk about the necessary equipment to get you started and what transcription is all about. You can also have a look at my blog on software transcription tools where I delve into the…

  • 3 Top Tips When Recording Oral History Interviews

    3 Top Tips When Recording Oral History Interviews

    Today I’m going to talk to you about how to properly record oral history interviews from a transcriber’s view. This is a unique perspective from me as a transcriber combining what I have experienced and what I hope to be implemented while recording oral history interviews for oral historians that you may not get from…

  • Well-Being and Oral History

    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…

  • What Makes Oral History Different?

    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…

  • 3 tips While Recording a Phone Interview

    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…

  • 5 Benefits of being a Transcriber

    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…

  • 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…

  • Software Transcription Tools: Pros and Cons

    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…

  • 4 Disadvantages of Video Conferencing.

    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…

  • Oral History Sequence

    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…