RTRAVSKY@UWYO.BITNET (Richard W Travsky) (02/11/90)
Saw this on the ANTHRO-L list and thot I'd pass it on here: Date: Fri, 9 Feb 90 12:26:07 MST Sender: General Anthropology Bulletin Board <ANTHRO-L@UBVM> From: "Robert T. Trotter, II" <CMSRTT01@NAUVM.BITNET> The nature of my ethnographic research dictates that I record very lengthy interviews. Many of the interviews are extremely open ended and it is common to reinterview a particular informant multiple times. For every hour of interview, I face between four and six hours of transcription, since I feel I need verbatim transcripts, rather than summaries, for analysis. There is new software/hardware available that has been discussed on a couple of networks that allows visually impaired individuals to hear their screens. I would like to know if there is any equipment that would allow us to move information in the other direction. We need to be able to play a tape and have it transcribed into the computer. Does anyone out there know if all or part of this processes can be accomplished? I would be happy to summarize any responses sent to me, for the network. RTT.