When they "pronounce" words

[The Perfect Word]

For verbatim transcripts, do you type words differently when someone is sounding out a word--usually someone's name--when they're trying to figure out how to pronounce it? An example might be my last name, which is Deyerle, but to type it how it sounds if I was telling someone I might type something like, "die er ly."

Most of my transcripts are verbatim, some even want coughs notated, which is the reason for what sounds like a ridiculous question!

Thanks for your input!

[bridiej]

It depends on what the client has specified.

If they haven't said how they want it I would type it in caps as "DIE-ER-LY"

Hope that helps

[The Perfect Word]

Thanks, Bridie! Where this has happened (not very often), the work has been for large companies and my contact is not the person who requested the transcript, so I just wanted to see if there was a standard for this that I couldn't find anywhere. I actually had another one right after I posted this!

And yes, it helps!!

[msmicaela]

Usually when I get audio files it would include a list of possible names that may come up in the audio to help me recognize if the sound may have been a name or something else. I usually get meeting minutes that's why there's a list of names. Not sure with other files though.

[eXPERT Business Support]

Hello -- I just wanted to mention how I deal with this type of verbatim issue. I think verbatim should include absolutely everything but spelled correctly. What I do is if there is something said that is clear but is absolutely not a word, I enclose it in brackets, such as -- He was such a [woofah]. If someone is pronouncing a name, I capitalize it and use dashes -- such as "DIE-ER-LY or D-I-E-R-L-Y." It's always best to be on the safe side and be too perfect and nit picky than to omit something that may really matter. Hope that helped!