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Focus Group Transcription - 40% cheaper than in-house

Do you want accurate transcriptions for focus group discussions? Then come to Transcription star .We can convert your focus group conversation recordings into written document. We accept all types of recording like telephone focus group recording, round table conference recording, teleconference focus group recording, broad meeting recording, lectures recording, seminars recording, and etc. Our transcription technical support team helps you to transport/upload digital, audio, or video files to us. We can handle all variety of non digital mediums like VHS, Micro Cassettes, and Mini Cassettes. Digital formats like MP3, MP4, WAV, AU and etc.

Market Research companies, Universities, Training Companies, Local Bodies Marketing Consulting firms, Non Profit Organizations and other research based organization conduct Moderated focus group sessions. These sessions about specific subject ought to be documented for research purposes. At TranscriptionStar recoding and transcribing these sessions are done with extreme care with specific formatting guidelines.

We do focus group transcription services from video tapes and usual audio formats. We recommend that you shoot focus groups on video to enable transcribers to identify multiple speakers. This will greatly enhance and help you to get quality transcript.

To get time code in the transcript, we advice our clients to either
Submit audio material on VHS or DVD with a visible time code "window burn,"

Or

Pick the start and end time code from your video or audio and send along as note. Our transcription process is capable of time coding without video window burn.

Notes on Audio Formats for Focus Groups:

We recommend you to record focus group on DVD
Avoid using micro cassette. Else, the final transcript will most likely be extremely poor. Best of the process recording technique makes a huge difference in transcript quality.

Moderated group discussions about specific subject ought to be documented for research purposes. Recoding and transcribing these sessions are done with extreme care with specific formatting guidelines

We have been successfully satisfying many Market Research companies, Universities, Non Profit Organizations, Local Bodies, Training Companies, Marketing Consulting firms . We help our customers to conduct Moderated Focus Groups sessions with professional recording and transcription. Our expertise in recording, formatting, transcribing Focus Group recordings is one of the best and very hard find in the market. Our satisfied customers vouch this on request.

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We have worked on various Non Profit Organizations, Market Research companies, Universities, Local Bodies, Training Companies, Marketing Consulting firms in Focus Group documentation works . Here is a partial list since we have limitations in disclosing many of our customers.

Clients list and cost saving

Working with Police department, Media professionals, Journalists, Independent book authors, Insurance adjusters, new media online blogers and researchers, podcasters, University PHD students who conduct Dissertation/Thesis Interviews has made us pride in close relationships we have with our clients.

Here is a focus group transcription which we have handled recently: A potato chips company based in California sent us an audio recording of a focus group interview of market research of their products, our team of transcribers was able to document the audio and deliver it in less than 12 hours with an accuracy rate of 99.5%.

Our clients are satisfied with our services and some of whom are paying almost twice the charges that we charge our customers. We take pride in delivering high quality services at cost competitive rates with minimal turn around time. No one in the industry can match our Turn around time (from 24 to 48 hrs) and scalability in accepting and delivering large volumes of transcription work

Recording for audio transcription

What you need to do while recording:

A good, clear and accurate recording results fast transcription. We recommend you to use always digital formats as these provide exceptional quality. Individual microphone for each participants are best, move away from noisy places where people speak over each other can make speech extraction virtually impossible. If possible avoid having tea or coffee breaks within actual recording session. Announce and spell the name of the participant-it is important that in 2 or 3 persons identified in the transcript

Causes that take time to transcribe a focus group while recording are:

The quality of recording
The number of external microphones used
Background noise
The clarity and number of speakers whether needs to be identified
Regional or foreign accents
Terminology

Our tried and true method will help you out to save time and money. Contact us at your convenience! Our customer supports are available round –the-clock to assist you in transcribing your files.

our approach of Document formatting

Focus group discussions are becoming popular in health care industry. To transcribe Focus group is challenging due to number of speakers and crosstalk. We at transcription star have well trained and qualified staff to get all your work transcribed. Unless until specified we follow our standard of approach in presentation of transcribed material:

Our transcript are either provided as “verbatim” transcripts and intelligent verbatim .We type want we hear including all the errms,ahs etc.
Indiscernible parts of the recording where speaker speaking too fast or due to muffled voices, are marked as “indiscernible”.
Places where everyone says something together such as “Sure” or “Yes” it will be transcribed bold, just once.
Doubtful words will be marked (?) in the beginning and end part of the sentence if required.
Use Good usage of grammar and style
Names are included if required
Time coding/stamping after each individual speech according to your specification

Once complete we edit and proofread the transcript. However formats are flexible and we are happy to work on your particular requirement formatting.

Time stamping/coding

Clients’ satisfaction is our first priority. We satisfy different time stamping standards. They are:

• Frequency of time coding

• Audio time code style

• Subjective time stamping

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General info (Focus Group Transcription)

A Focus Group Transcription involves the transcription of audio/video recording of a focus group session. These sessions are important means to gauge the prevalent mood of the market and to get initial reactions to a new product or service that is about to be launched.

A focus group is basically a tool used by market research firms. It is similar to an interview except that the there is a single interviewer and many interviewees. A focus group is organized by a marketing research firm by bringing together about 6 to 10 people under one roof, at one time and inviting responses from them for questions pertaining to design, utility or anything about the product that matters. The discussion lasts for about 2 hours. The background of the people invited is not drastically dissimilar. At the same time, the general profile of the group is usually one which corresponds to the kind of idea you will moot or product that you have thought of. Say, if the product is going to be a new aftershave lotion, then the focus group will consist of men only for obvious reasons.

So we can see that a focus group is a very important marketing tool for the qualitative research into user preferences. In fact, most major companies have resorted to this method to get a first hand account of the impression their product or service is going to create. However, such a focus group session is worthless if it is not recorded for reference purpose. The responsibility of quality of discussions and its subsequent use lays with the moderator. All his efforts in conducting such a session in an efficient manner will come a cropper if he does not get a proper recording of the session undertaken. Rather than relying on memory, most moderators now get the session video recorded. This video also needs to be transcribed for the sake of keeping a record. The moderator may either want a brief summarization of the session or he may want to analyze it deeply to gather valuable conclusions. The former case is rare as companies want the focus group to guide the product design and research that would proceed from that point. Also, big companies conduct a number of focus group sessions with groups of different profiles. In order to compare these discussions, nothing but a detailed understanding of each session would do. Analysis of recordings of the sessions will be too cumbersome. Your best bet lies in getting the recordings transcribed by a good focus group transcription company. This is where we step in. Our focus group transcription service has been the choice of several market research firms. Our transcriptions are created by transcriptionists with years of experience behind them. This gives them the edge in accurately transcribing even the most poorly recorded files. Moreover, our company has provided transcription services to a wide range of clients, coming from different sectors. Our transcriptioning infrastructure is as robust as it can get and our acquired expertise is unmatchable indeed. To top it all, our services make use of the outsourcing mechanism. Our Indian arm employs the best of transcriptionists but requiring minimal expenses as operating costs. This cost advantage will be passed on to our clients completely and without any strings attached. In this increasingly globalized world where the battle of bottom lines is cut throat, no company that hesitates to make use of the opportunity of outsourcing can last for long.

We shall consider all your formatting needs while getting your focus group session transcribed. If you want a summarized document with profiles of participants in the focus group and the minutes of the session, we will be glad to extend that service to you as well.

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