Here are some effective tips for recording business meetings that will facilitate business transcription.

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Effective Recording Tips for Easy Business Transcription
Here are some effective tips
for recording business
meetings that will facilitate
business transcription.
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Business organizations have board meetings and interviews to multi day conventions
that involve a lot of decision making and sharing of critical information. Listening to each
and every important detail discussed and remembering it for future reference may be
very challenging. This is precisely the reason why businesses require transcription.
Business transcription covers an array of content types such as business meetings,
seminars, conferences, brainstorming sessions, telecons, speeches, focus groups and so
on. Business transcripts are useful to review the topics covered in such recordingsas well
as for company minutes.Investing in business transcription services helps in generating
valuable text-based content that assists in engaging with the customers and staying
prominenton social media platforms. To produce the transcripts that you need, you have
to create better recordings. The quality of the transcript, the effort to transcribe, and the
cost of producing the transcript are dependent on the quality of the recording. A good
recording can reduce the cost of transcription, reduce the number of unclear sections,
and increase the accuracy of the transcription.
Simple Tips
 Using the right equipment
Having the right recording equipment is a very important element when it
comes to recording. This will help in capturing the voice clearly which
enables quick and accurate transcription. Purchasing an expensive mixing
board or audio interface is not needed; instead a good quality microphone
or smartphone is good enough for recording a business meeting. It helps
in minimizing or eliminating static and other interrupting noises and
provides a high quality recording. For digital or tape recorders, record on
high quality setting or on fast speed. If you are saving files to MP3 files on
your handheld recorder or computer, use CBR (Constant Bit Rate) format
rather than the VBR (Variable Bit Rate) format.
 Testing audio quality before the meeting
Testing the audio quality prior to the meeting is an essential tip for
recording any event. Avoiding this step can lead to poor quality recording.
Conduct a trial recording, check batteries and storage space before the
meeting begins and fix if there is any problem.
 Keeping the meeting on track
Keeping the meeting on track gives plenty of time to go through the audio
tracks for finding out key points in the meeting. Structurally organizing the
meeting and focusing on the meeting saves time to go through the pages
to ensure whether the transcript is accurate or not.

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 Conducting the meeting in the right place
Holding a meeting in a closed room or in a conference hall is a better
option that conducting it in a coffee shop or other crowded places.
Conducting a meeting in a quiet place helps in capturing all the words
spoken by the speakers whereas a recording in a crowded place may
capture other disturbing external noises as well.
 Following additional guidelines for multiple speakers
o Have a microphone for each speaker. While this is usually followed in
conferences, in group interviews, focus groups and smaller meetings, it is
often overlooked. Also, make sure that the speaker is close to the
microphone.
o Each time a speaker speaks, request him/her to identify themselves or
you could have the meeting coordinator do the same. This will help label
each speaker separately in the transcript.
o For a focus group meeting, it is best to have an active facilitator present.
This will help prevent overlapping conversations and lost information.
o In case the audience asks questions, request the speakers to repeat that
question before answering it. This will help avoid using a separate mike for
the audience.
Business transcription involves creating a textual archiving of audio or video recordings
of meetings, conferences or any other business interactions. Outsourcing to a
professional general transcription service provider helps businesses meet even the most
challenging transcription needs. They would ensure utmost accuracy, quick turnaround
time and maintain complete confidentiality of critical information.