Tags Flashcards
Are any tags capitalized?
Only the [Guess] tag, which follows the rules and punctuation of the sentence it’s in.
Which tag gets its own text line to itself?
[silence] sits on a line by itself
What tags are placed in the same line as surrounding text?
[music], [applause], and [laughter] are placed on the same line as the surrounding text.
What tag do you use when you can’t understand a speaker, even after research? (Due to poor audio quality, a speaker’s accent, or something blocking out the words)
[inaudible]
What tag do you use when you can’t understand a speaker due to someone speaking over them?
[crosstalk]
What tag do you use if you can’t understand any non English words, even after research?
[foreign]
Do you use [foreign] if you can find a non English phrase after research?
No, include the phrase as spoken.
If you get a bilingual file, do you transcribe the non English words or just the English?
Just the full English sentences. Do not transcribe English words interspersed in non English phrases.
Do you put more than one guess in the [Guess] tag?
No, only put a single guess in the [Guess] tag.
If you encounter difficult audio, should you use multiple tags in a sentence or use a single tag to represent the partially obscured sentence?
Use a single tag to represent the sentence, unless the sentence contains meaningful information.
Ex.
Speakers: Okay, class. Discuss amongst yourselves for a few minutes.
[crosstalk] the [crosstalk].
But [crosstalk].
[inaudible] [laughter] [inaudible].
I think [crosstalk].
[crosstalk].
Yeah, [inaudible].
Okay. Are we all finished?
Transcript: Okay, class. Discuss amongst yourselves for a few minutes.
[crosstalk].
Okay. Are we all finished?
Which tag indicates 10 seconds without speech, music, applause, or laughter?
[silence]
What tag indicates music relevant to the audio?
[music]
Should you use [music] for background music?
No, only use the [music] tag for music relevant to the audio UNLESS a speaker mentions the music.
Which tag is used to indicate laughter relevant to the audio?
[laughter]
Should you tag every chuckle or giggle as [laughter]?
No, only tag laughter when it’s directly relevant to the conversation.
If laughter obscures a speaker’s words, how would you tag it?
[laughter] immediately followed by [inaudible]
Like this:
[laughter][inaudible]
