SCMC transcription suggestions.

[joshua raclaw]

Hi all,

I'm working on a transcription system for transcribing conversations held
through instant messages (specifically, through AIM)- it's based loosely off
of the system used in Garcia and Jacobs 1999 for chatroom data.  I'm
interested specifically in doing micro-analyses of the talk, so using logfiles
obtained through the program as data just aren't cutting it.  One of my
problems is recording silences in between utterances, since I'm aiming towards
measuring them in tenths of a second, and the only transcription software I'm
aware of can only measure gaps this closely from an audio file.  All obvious
lack of sound aside, I'm transcribing directly from a quicktime video file of
the interaction.

Is anyone aware of a transcription program that can precisely measure silences
straight from a video file?  Additionally, any other known examples from books
or articles of non-logfile transcription systems for synchronous CMC would be
appreciated.

Best,

Joshua





Joshua Raclaw - MA student
Department of Linguistics
University of Colorado at Boulder
http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~raclaw/


Quoting Pam Brewer <pam.brewer at murraystate.edu>:

* Hello All--
*
* I had responded off-list to Maria, but it appears a number of us are
* involved in some way with distance PhD programs.  I live in Kentucky and am
* studying at Texas Tech.  I have not found many of the limitations that
* others have mentioned.  TTU manages to build accessibility and collegiality
* into this program in a number of ways.
*
* Best,
* Pam
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* Pamela Estes Brewer
* Lecturer -- Coordinator, Professional Writing
* Department of English and Philosophy
* Murray State University
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