I have taken the next step and it is a small one - I have reformatted the typed transcript to facilitate inclusion of more detail. I took formatting ideas from Jenks ("Transcribing talk and interaction," 2011; John Benjamins publishing). The steps I followed were: Copied the F5 file and pasted into MS Word. I retained the F5 file which has active time stamps. The time stamps remain in the Word version but are no longer active. I am using Word because I will need symbols. I have played around a little more with Transana but do not plan to use it for this project. Widened the margins to 2" on each side. I do not have more than one speaker in this excerpt so did not make room for speaker identification. I do have some extra spaces where the time stamps are - and I hit return to insert these - so they may be at 'natural' break points. One of the things that Jenks suggests is using section labels to help with the organization. I can see the sense of this, especially when an interview guide is used and there are clear topic areas. There may be clear topic areas and transitions even when an interview guide is not used. Inserted line numbers. I separated the time stamps onto their own lines and deleted the numbers from those and the blank lines, so only the lines of text are numbered. Widened spacing to 1.5. I may end up with double or more, depending on how much detail I fill in and how hard it is to make sense of it when I read it. This excerpt does not contain any really challenging elements - no other speakers, no movement, just audio of a single person. I think this is going to be challenging enough to start with. You can see my revised file after the break.
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AuthorI am Sheryl L. Chatfield, Ph.D, C.T.R.S. I am a member of the faculty in the College of Public Health at Kent State University. I also Co-coordinate the Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Research and I am a member of the Design Innovation Team at Kent State. Archives
February 2024
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