Transcribe
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪb
Origin
From Latin trÄnscrÄ«bÅ ("to write again in another place, transcribe, copy"), from trans ("over") + scrÄ«bÅ ("to write"); see scribe.
Full definition of transcribe
Verb
- To convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc., to another representation. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text.
- (dictation) To make such a conversion from live or recorded speech to text.The doctor made several recordings today which she will transcribe into medical reports tomorrow.
- (computing) To transfer data from one recording media to another.
- (music) To adapt a composition for a voice or instrument other than the original; to notate live or recorded music.
- (biochemistry) To cause DNA to undergo transcription.
- (linguistics) To represent speech by phonetic symbols.