Transcription Explained

Transcription refers to the process of converting sounds (voice, music etc.) into letters or musical notes, or producing a copy of something in another medium, including:

Genetics

• Transcription (biology), the copying of DNA into RNA, often the first step in gene expression
  • Abortive transcription, the generation of very short RNA transcripts which are not used and rapidly degraded
  • Bacterial transcription, the generation of RNA transcripts of the genetic material in bacteria
  • Eukaryotic transcription, the process of copying the genetic information stored in DNA into RNA in eukaryotes
  • Reverse transcription, the process of copying the genetic information stored in RNA into DNA in viruses
  • Transcription (journal), an academic journal about genetics
  • Transcription factor, a protein that controls the rate of transcription of genetic information from DNA to messenger RNA

Music

• Transcription (music), notating, converting musical sound into visual musical notes (for any purpose)
  • Piano transcription, a common type of music transcription

Broadcasting

• Electrical transcription, recording of a radio program for future use by the same or another broadcaster
  • Transcription disc, such a recording as cut, and for technical reasons not suitable for domestic replay
  • BBC Transcription Services, distribution service of programmes by the British broadcaster under licence conditions

Speech transcription

The process of converting spoken words into text, such as in:

linguistics

• Transcription (linguistics), the representations of speech or signing in written form
  • Orthographic transcription, a transcription method that employs the standard spelling system of each target language
  • Phonetic transcription, the representation of specific speech sounds or sign components

service and software

• Transcription (service), a service or business that converts speech into text
• Transcription (software), software that aids the conversion of speech into text

other

• Medical transcription, the process of converting a health professional's voice-recorded comments into a text document

Other

• Transcription (novel), a 2018 novel by Kate Atkinson

See also

• Transcript (disambiguation)