Template:Help:Transcribe verbatim

The words in the audio should be transcribed as the speaker says them and in the same order, except in the following cases:

• Speaker hesitations and disfluencies, such as “um”, “uh,” “mmm” may be omitted.
• Repetitions of words or phrases may be omitted.
• One or more sequential may be replaced by an ellipsis "...", providing this doesn't alter the meaning or intent of the speaker.
• Non-verbal or unrecognizable speech may be omitted, so long as these are annotated.

For example:

This is, this uh, this is the most um important announcement of of of the year. I want to go- I thanks. I think everyone will enjoy this.

Becomes:

This is the most important announcement of the year... I think everyone will enjoy this [applause].

General rules

• Please do not paraphrase.
• Please keep words in the same order as they were spoken.
• Except in the abovementioned cases, please do not omit any text.
• Except for [annotations] please don't add words or phrases to the text.

Annotations

Use the following square bracket annotations to designate non-verbal or unrecognizable speech.

• [Applause]
• [Cross-talk]
• [Foreign]
• [Inaudible]
• [Laughter]
• [Lost audio]
• [Music]
• [Phonetic]
• [Silence]