| Transcription service, transformation of a script from one mode to another,
i.e., from audio or video to text format is in a phenomenal growth. Penning
down the conversation or instruction given was the erstwhile method of
transcribing. Later on, the practise of recording the conversation, using
a recorder, to be transcribed made the work of transcriber effortless.
Transcription service providers are ready to help the clients to meet their
varied needs with affordable cost provided a good quality of sound and the
quality of sound depends on the equipments used for recording.
Digital recorder with all its advanced feature is widely used for
transcription services when compared with analog recorders. Analog
formats include cassette tape, wire recorders, reel-to-reel tape which are
not in existence and CD’s, DVD’s, Mp3 comes under digital format.
Digital voice recorder owns the unique charatereistic of converting the
physical properties of original sound to a sequence of numbers whereas
a Analog voice recorder records sounds as waveforms. It is possible to
record 480+ horizontal lines using a digital recorder and it is only 300 lines
in case of analog recorder. Impotent to capture waveform in detail brings
down the eminence of analog recorders.
Extensive rerecording in analog recorder ends up in minimising the quality
of sound at a certain point of time which puts the transcribers in risk. High
durability and preserving quality of sound for a long period of time makes
digital recorder exceptional. In analog recorder, degradation in quality of
sound happens while duplicating the original whereas each duplicated copy
replicates the quality of original in digital recorder. Transferring the data
from digital recorder to a computer is also made easy with the help of USB
which is not available in analog recorder. Investment in digital recorder
pays back high quality of sound which cuts down the cost of transcription
service. |
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