He shared his thoughts on the deep community value of Keith Brooks’ personal story. Jordan, like the Brooks family, is from the Fort Worth area. Jordan is transcribing an interview with Keith Brooks, son of Charlie Brooks, Jr., who in 1982 was the first person in the U.S. After I snapped this picture, they popped the discs into the laptops, put in their headphones, and commenced “ listening for a change.” Jordan, Sharla, Lillie, and Tu-Uyen are pictured here showcasing the discs that hold the video-recorded interviews they’re transcribing. Jordan: “This is gold!” From left: Jordan Weber, Sharla Biefeld, Lillie Leone, and Tu-Uyen Nguyen. Standardizing transcriptions also makes them more useful as research tools, since researchers know where to look for certain information and what to expect in terms of layout.Īfter the transcription workshop, the interns jumped in to the transcribing task! It gives the oral history archive a professional edge, which conveys respect for narrators’ contributions.

We agreed that while transcribing and formatting interviews might initially seem like straightforward tasks, in practice they involve a lot of careful judgement calls.ĭespite the challenges, we agreed that there are many benefits of adhering to a standardized formatting system. In accordance with the Style Guide, she doesn’t want to include every false start, but at the same time she doesn’t want to compromise the integrity of the narrator’s voice. Lillie, who has done some important work formatting TAVP transcriptions, brought up the challenge of determining when to edit out false starts and hanging phrases.

Making reference to the Baylor Institute for Oral History Style Guide, we discussed the challenges and responsibilities that come with transcribing spoken testimony.

Today I met with four members of the TAVP digital archiving internship team for a transcription workshop and work session.

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