Transcribe

Verb

 * 1) To convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc., to another representation. 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)  To make such a conversion from live or recorded speech to text.
 * 3)  To transfer data from one recording media to another.
 * 4)  To adapt a composition for a voice or instrument other than the original; to notate live or recorded music.
 * 5)  To cause DNA to undergo transcription.
 * 6)  To represent speech by phonetic symbols.

Adverbs for Transcribe
faithfully; diligently; laboriously; patiently; indefatigably; industriously; ambitiously; accurately.

Thesaurus
record, reduplicate, render, replicate, represent, reproduce, revise, rewrite, score, scribe, scrive, scroll, set, set to music, show, sign, spill ink, spoil paper, stat, superscribe, trace, translate, transliterate, transpose, triplicate, turn into, type, write, write down, write out, English, Photostat, Xerox, adapt, alphabet, alphabetize, arrange, capitalize, character, clone, compose, construe, copy, copy out, ditto, double, draft, draw up, dupe, duplicate, edit, enface, engross, facsimile, harmonize, hectograph, initial, inscribe, instrument, instrumentate, interpret, letter, make a recension, make an adaptation, make out, manifold, mark, melodize, microcopy, microfilm, mimeo, mimeograph, multigraph, musicalize, orchestrate, pen, pencil, push the pen, put in writing, put to music, quadruplicate, recense,

Etymology
< transcribere: < trans: + scribere:; see scribe.

Derived terms

 * transcriber

Related terms

 * transcription
 * translate
 * transliterate

Translations

 * Finnish: siirtokirjoittaa, transkriboida


 * Finnish: kirjoittaa puhtaaksi


 * Finnish: transkriboida


 * Finnish: sovittaa


 * Finnish: transkriboida


 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish: tarkekirjoittaa
 * French:
 * German: transkribieren
 * Hebrew: לתעתק


 * Japanese: 転写
 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: транскрибировать
 * Spanish:
 * Thai: ถอดเทป, คัด, ทับศัพท์
 * Spanish:
 * Thai: ถอดเทป, คัด, ทับศัพท์