Formatting

Question 1

How many spaces go between each sentence?

Answer 1

Press the spacebar once between sentences

Question 2

How do we handle a change in speaker?

Answer 2

Start a new paragraph to indicate a new speaker by pressing Enter once.

Question 3

When do we begin breaking up long speeches by a single speaker into new paragraphs?

Answer 3

Any speech longer than 40 seconds

Question 4

How do we split up long continuous speech by a single speaker?

Answer 4

Create new paragraphs at logical topic changes.

Question 5

Are the first words in our transcripts capitalized?

Answer 5

No, unless they are a proper noun

Question 6

Should we use end of sentence punctuation for the final sentence in our transcripts?

Answer 6

No, we do not end our transcripts with punctuation

Question 7

Are generic drug names capitalized ?

Answer 7

No, do not capitalize generic drug names.

Question 8

Are brand name drugs capitalized?

Answer 8

Yes, brand name drugs are capitalized.

Question 9

If a drug name is in all caps, do we capitalize all the letters or just the first letter?

Answer 9

Capitalize just the first letter of the drug name is in all caps.