Valentine’s day. Whether you’re a lover or a hater (excuse the pun!), you celebrate it or avoid it, it seems to get bigger and more commercial every year. So we couldn’t resist jumping on the bandwagon and using it as a good excuse to look at the language of love! Let’s begin with the language …
The other day I came across an article within which a comment about transcription really resonated with me. “Transcription is the process of producing a valid written record of an interview: would that it were so simple,” wrote Bill Graham (2005, p. 121). Transcription is easy right?! Wrong! On the face of it, producing a …
2022 is most definitely underway – and with it, Fiona Shipley’s 32nd year! It’s incredible to think that our transcription service has been providing our clients with accurate, quality transcripts for 32 years. When you put it into context, when our own Fiona began her career in transcription almost 40 years ago, transcripts were produced …
As children up and down the country wait eagerly for the arrival of the man in red, it seems appropriate as a little nod to the festive season to see just where the legend that is Father Christmas or Santa Claus – whichever takes your fancy – came from… Let’s start with the third century… …
Christmas may be a time that’s celebrated all over the world – but not everybody celebrates it in the same way… so we’ve decided to take a look at a very English Christmas! Our English speaking counterparts across the Atlantic are often bemused about some of our traditions here in the UK… here are some …
Understandably the last year has been a whirlwind in terms of having to change the way “business as usual” is conducted, and AGMs and other meetings associated with reporting season were no different. The pandemic caused a number of delays at the start of 2021 but the situation has thankfully improved vastly, at least for …
It’s fair to say that you’d have had to be stranded on a desert island all alone without any means of communication with the outside world not to have heard anything about Squid Game over the last couple of months! The Korean dystopian drama has earned a place in history as Netflix’s most successful debut …
Fiona Shipley transcription has been busy working for a client transcribing police interviews – it’s an area we have a vast amount of expertise in. It’s interesting to see how the world is changing and the advances that are being made in this area. In some ways there are huge leaps being made in how …
We’ve spoken before about how AI currently struggles to deal with some key aspects of transcription, one of which is understanding the emotions behind what’s been said. But those who are behind the development of AI are very much aware of the shortfalls of the technology and are constantly striving to find solutions to the …
We came across this article recently about how the pandemic has made physics more accessible in terms of conference participation and it certainly provides room for thought… It touches on how the pandemic, and in particular the move to virtual events, has enabled a much greater possibility for participation for those who historically found attending …