transcribe

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: transcript, transcribed, transcriber, transceive, transcribes

Antonyms: transcript, transcribed, transcriber, transceive, transcribes

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Verb

1. To [[convert]] a [[representation]] of [[language]], typically [[speech]] but also [[sign language]], etc., to a written representation of it. 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.
2. {{lb|en|dictation}} To make such a conversion from live or recorded speech to text.
3. {{lb|en|computing}} To [[transfer]] [[data]] from one [[recording]] [[medium]] to another.
4. {{lb|en|music}} To [[adapt]] a [[composition]] for a [[voice]] or [[instrument]] other than the [[original]]; to [[notate]] [[live]] or [[recorded]] [[music]].
5. {{lb|en|biochemistry}} To cause [[DNA]] to undergo [[transcription]].
6. {{lb|en|linguistics}} To [[represent]] [[speech]] by [[phonetic]] [[symbol]]s.

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