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Medical transcription involves converting voice recordings of doctors' patient reports and notes into written text format to create accurate medical histories for physicians' reference. It is a detailed process that requires transcribing spoken information into standardized written formats. Medical transcriptionists must be able to understand various doctors' speaking styles, accents, and terminology in order to produce useful written records for assessing patients' conditions and treatment plans.

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Audio Transcription

Medical transcription involves converting voice recordings of doctors' patient reports and notes into written text format to create accurate medical histories for physicians' reference. It is a detailed process that requires transcribing spoken information into standardized written formats. Medical transcriptionists must be able to understand various doctors' speaking styles, accents, and terminology in order to produce useful written records for assessing patients' conditions and treatment plans.

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MEDICAL

TRANSCRIPTION
SERVICES
ICT 2131
MEDICAL
TRANSCRIPTION
Transcription deals in the
process of transcription, or
converting voice recorded
reports as dictated by
physicians or other healthcare
professionals, into text
format.
Medical transcription encompasses the MT,
performing document typing and formatting functions
according to an established criterion or format, transcribing
the spoken word of the patient's care information into a
written, easily readable form. It is a vital step in creating
patient's medical history which acts as a reference for
physicians and lays the foundation for future patient visits. It
helps the doctors evaluate the current physical condition
and chart out a suitable treatment plan and take quick and
correct follow-up measures.
Medical transcription is hard work. Some doctors do not
speak clearly at all, while others have heavy accents.
However, as you work on a given account you learn to deal
with how each doctor talks. Some doctor's dictation will
always be challenging, however.
WHAT IS AUDIO TRANSCRIPTION?
Audio transcription is the process of converting speech in
an audio file into written text. That could be any recording
featuring audio - an interview recording, academic research, a
video clip of your great grandmother's speech at her birthday
party or a recording of a company town hall.

Audio transcription is the conversion of an audio file into a text


format or document. The audio file could be hard copy, such as on
a disc, or it could be soft copy, such as a digital file. Files could be
in .mp3, .wav, .mp4, .mov, .avi, or a host of other digital formats.
HOW DO YOU TRANSCRIBE AUDIO?
Audio transcriptions
1. A human transcriber can listen to the audio files and type what is
said. Transcribers may use technology such as software
programs to slow down the speed of the audio, specialized
headsets, and/or foot pedals to stop and start the audio. Tools
like these improve the efficiency and accuracy of human
transcriptionists’ work.
2. Files can be transcribed automatically using a downloadable
software program or a web-based AI platform. These systems
vary in their level of sophistication and accuracy. Many require
high quality audio files and non-accented, American English to
achieve an accuracy of 80 percent or greater. Some programs
can improve their degree of accuracy over time with machine
learning. With repeated exposure to a speaker’s particular
accent and/or frequently used jargon, these programs can
generate increasing precise transcripts over time.
3. A combination of the previous two methods can be used to
create audio transcriptions.
A software program or web-based AI platform can generate an
initial transcription with .mp3 to text or another audio to text
format. This initial transcript can then be more thoroughly edited
and refined by a human transcriber to achieve greater accuracy
and capture more nuances.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO
TRANSCRIBE AUDIO?
Since we speak much faster than we can write or type, it is almost impossible
to transcribe one hour of recording in just one hour. Unlike court reporters or
stenographers who use stenotype machines to transcribe in shorthand,
freelance or general transcriptionists who use the common keyboard can only
type so fast even with the aid of foot pedals or hotkeys.
Experienced transcriptionists can transcribe an hour of audio or video file in
about 3 to 5 hours. However, There are many factors at play that can
lengthen or shorten the transcription time of an audio or video file, including:

Transcription style – Audio transcription can be done either in standard (or


non-verbatim), pure verbatim, or smart verbatim (slightly verbatim but without
unnecessary words or fillers). Understandably, it is much time consuming to
transcribe every single utterance including false starts and fillers compared to
standard or non-verbatim transcription.
Quality of recording – The accuracy of a transcript highly depends on the clarity
of a recording. A professionally recorded interview in a studio would be much
easier to transcribe compared to a conversation recorded outside with a lot of
external or background noise. If a recording is too noisy, it may take a
transcriptionist multiple rounds of deciphering everything being said by the
speakers.
Number of speakers – The number of speakers contribute to the length of the
discussion in a recording. Focus groups, roundtable meetings, or large conference
calls can be more difficult and time-consuming to transcribe. It is also challenging
to distinguish different voices and accurately identify who said what, much more so
when people in a group tend to crosstalk or talk over each other.
Speaker traits – Speaker accent and talking speed can significantly affect the
total time of transcription. If a person has a heavy accent, it may be harder to
decipher what they are saying. If the speaker is a fast-talker, then it would mean
more words to transcribe per minute, which can add up to a ton of time taken
overall.
Topic familiarity or expertise – Audio transcriptions are used for all kinds of
purposes, including in highly specialized or technical fields. Recordings that are full
of specialized or technical terminology can be more challenging when a
transcriptionist is inexperienced or unfamiliar with the topic they are transcribing. It
would require a lot of research and editing time for a transcriptionist to successfully
produce an accurate transcript for technical or jargon-filled recordings.
Text files have a much smaller file size than audio and video files
and are an excellent way of storing evidence, keeping archives of
research, and documenting events or information. Many of the
fields listed above also use audio transcriptions because they
make documentation more accessible. Examples of using
transcriptions for documentation include:

Lawyers creating memorandums or archiving client interviews


Corporate executives documenting expenses
Researchers archiving the outcomes of experiments
Doctors documenting treatment plans
Journalists archiving source materials
Government or business personnel dictating meeting minutes
.
Audio transcriptions play a major role in search engine
optimization because search engines do not index audio or video
files. By transforming this content into text, transcription expands
its searchability.

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