Section One- Most Common Requirements

Rule Instruction Example

Clean Verbatim Transcribe the audio content Spoken:

Transcription exactly as heard, but leave out I, i, It, it, was in two, 2000,
uh, 2015.
Your transcripts provide Transcribe as:
captions for deaf and hard of 1. Disfluencies It was in 2015.
hearing viewers! (um, uh, ah, eh);

Spoken:
2. Filler words
Person 1: I, I, I was um, uh,
(hm, you know,
like); wa- waiting outside and it
was sooo cold, ya know?
3. Stutters, The sky was the colour of
stammers, slate-
unnecessary
repetitions, and Person 2: Hm.
false starts (where Person 1: And I had this
the speaker idear…
changes idea mid-
Transcribe as:
sentence).
I was waiting outside and it
Exceptions: was so cold. The sky was
the color of slate and I had
1. this idea,
Nonconsecutive
repeated phrases
Spoken:
should not be
removed So you know, like, what do
we do when we have text
2. Leave files, CSV files?
deliberate
Transcribe as:
repetitions in the
transcript. What do we do when we
have text files, CSV files?
Use correct American English
spelling and grammar. No Spoken:
exceptions. If you launch it at too high of
When transcribing dialogue, an engine rpm, like 1201
leave out any filler words that RPM, you incinerate the rear
interrupt the primary speaker. tires.
Transcribe as:
*You may be directed to If you launch it at too high of
transcribe True Verbatim an engine rpm like 1201
(transcribe exactly as said) on RPM, you incinerate the rear
jobs with Special Guidelines pop- tires.
ups

Spoken:
I don't think, Paul, I don't
think that's the case.
Transcribe as:
I don't think, Paul, I don't
think that's the case
Transcript Format
1. Beginning of
HIT
2. End of HIT
Transcript Style
Consistency is key!
1. Always 1. To send the
capitalize the first report. I need it
letter of the first by tomorrow
word in a HIT, morning at
even if it's not the
start of a 2. We will call
sentence. them back
tomorrow.
2. Always close
a HIT with a
period, unless
you're sure that
it's the middle of a
sentence, then
leave it open or
with a comma.
3. Never close a
hit with a dash (-
or --) or ellipses
(...).
1. Use the video
to guide style,
formatting (i.e.
capitalization),
and spelling in
your transcript.
2. If the speaker
references
something on
 screen, transcribe
it as shown.

3. Transcribe
elements of a
computer
interface as they
appear on screen.

Sentence Format So tomorrow we will see the

1. Always Challenger-
capitalize the first >> Yes, the Challenger Jobs
letter of the first
1. Beginning Report.
word.
Spoken:
2. Punctuation 2. Separate >> But before I can do the
sentences with a install, I-
3. Interruptions period.
> >> Mm-hm.
>> Have to first make sure
4. Dialogue 3. Use a dash to
indicate an abrupt the server is up-
interruption mid- >> Mm-hm.
5. Spacing
sentence by >> And running and then
another speaker.
6. Sentence Never use a dash
Breaks to indicate a Transcribe as:
stutter. Leave out But before I can do the install,
stutters in Clean
I have to first make sure the
Verbatim.
server is up and running and

4. With spoken then

dialogue do not
transcribe verbal
Spoken:
tics (like habitual
mm-hms) that Now you can see that once
 interrupt the again we've got, you know,
primary speaker’s the preview going on if I click
sentence.
submit you can see that it
does not ah, make uh, it, it
5. Use a single
space between doesn't make a request, and
sentences. query string, you can see
actually, that when I click
6. Break up run-
submit, uh actually, it's
on compound
sentences, and gonna, you know, make the
join fragments network request in the
into complete background.
sentences when
Transcribe as:
possible.
Now you can see that once
again we've got the preview
Do your best to make coherent going on. If I click submit you
sentences out of the speaker’s can see that it does not make
speech patterns. It is perfectly a request, and query string.
acceptable to start a sentence You can see actually, that
with ‘And’ or ‘But’ in CrowdSurf when I click submit, actually,
transcripts. it's gonna make the network
request in the background.
Punctuation Marks Do not use

1. quotation marks I was talking to him and he

(“ “), said yeah, I'd love to go see
The Wizard of Oz.
2. semi-colons (;),

3. colons (:),

4. ellipses (…),

5. em-dashes (--)

in CrowdSurf transcripts.

Exception: If specifically shown

on-screen in a title or a line of
code, then these punctuation
marks may be included.

Silence, Sounds and Non- Check your sound settings

Verbal noises 1. Use one tag per before submitting
uninterrupted [BLANK_AUDIO].
period of silence,
All plot-relevant audio
sound, music, or
content should be recorded non-verbal noises. All sound tag shortcuts
in your transcript. available on the right side of
2. Use bbb (for media tool. Do not make up
BLANK_AUDIO)
your own tags.
when there is no
audio, silence, or
non-relevant Spoken: I know that we all
sounds (like static)
for 2 seconds or want to work towards equality,
more in a clip. (audience applauds for a
second or two, overlapping
3. Use mmm (for the speaker's next word or
MUSIC) to indicate
phrase] but it's not always
music and singing
in the media. Do easy when
not use this for
background music
Transcribe as:
played
simultaneously with I know that we all want to
speaker. Insert a work towards equality,
music tag when
>> [APPLAUSE]
there is only music
or song for 2 >> But it's not always easy
seconds or morein when
the media.

4. Use speaker
changes with ccc
(for COUGH), lll
(for LAUGH), aaa
(for APPLAUSE),
etc.

5. Use sss (for

SOUND) or nnn
(for NOISE) for
distinct, plot-
relevant noises in
transcripts.

6. Use Aah! to
 indicate a scream.

[BLANK_AUDIO]
Static In Audio Ignore it. Don't type sss to denote
sound. If the clip is nothing but
static, then use bbb.

[BLANK_AUDIO]
Noisy Lecture Halls Ignore it. Don't type sss or nnn to
denote the noise. (It is not
relevant to the content of the
lecture) If the clip contains
unintelligble crowd noise, please
use bbb.

Audio Issues and Cut 1. If the audio

Off Words quality is too
challenging,
please skip the
HIT.

2. If the cut-off
word is obvious
based on the
portion of it you
heard and the
context of the
sentence, then
complete the word.

3. If you cannot
discern the cut-off
word, type iii or
[INAUDIBLE].

4. If the word is
cut off at the
beginning and you
can't hear it, do not
type anything.