Transcriptions

A transcript is a detailed writing down of spoken words in a written form. A detailed transcript might include information about intonation, length of pauses, pitch, tempo and volume where these influence the meaning or intention of the speaker. Less detailed transcripts may have the words and only a suggestion of some of the features of actual speech.

By making then reading a detailed transcript we come to a much clearer idea of how we speak.

The following transcriptions are available for study.

Going Equipped (looking at the differences between transcripts)

Catherine Grey aged 2years 10 months

Motor-Racing Commentators

John Snagge, The Boat Race 26th March 1949 (audio)

Weather forecasts (three broadcasts)

Parkinson interviews Cher