transcription
noun
tran·scrip·tion
tran(t)-ˈskrip-shən 
1
: an act, process, or instance of transcribing
2
: copy, transcript: such as
a
: an arrangement of a musical composition for some instrument or voice other than the original
b
: a recording (as on magnetic tape) made especially for use in radio broadcasting
3
: the process of constructing a messenger RNA molecule using a DNA molecule as a template with resulting transfer of genetic information to the messenger RNA compare translation sense 2, reverse transcription
transcriptionally
adverb
Examples of transcription in a Sentence
Transcription of the tapes took weeks.
Recent Examples on the Web
This copy may not be in its final form, may be updated and may contain minor transcription errors.
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ABC News, 21 Apr. 2024
OpenAI allegedly used Whisper, its AI transcription software, to collect more data to train GPT-4, the latest and greatest model underlying ChatGPT.
—Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
According to The New York Times, OpenAI transcribed over a million hours of YouTube videos using its Whisper speech recognition tool and then used those transcriptions to help train GPT-4 despite discussions that doing so might be against YouTube’s terms of service.
—Emily Price, PCMAG, 6 Apr. 2024
Each user’s audio is handled separately, and the notes reflect who said what and when, which is something that the previous generation of transcription tools often have difficulties with.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
Throughout that February, Hall spoke to managers across YouTube about the need for better transcriptions in the moderation software.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2024
The story opens on OpenAI which, desperate for training data, reportedly developed its Whisper audio transcription model to get over the hump, transcribing over a million hours of YouTube videos to train GPT-4, its most advanced large language model.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 6 Apr. 2024
These transcriptions were no longer piano etudes, per se, but the performances conveyed the essence of practicing, of learning a piece by slowly going over and over passages, getting more and more inside the sound of your instrument.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
This mechanism of transcription and translation is now known as the central dogma of molecular biology.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
ABC News, 21 Apr. 2024
OpenAI allegedly used Whisper, its AI transcription software, to collect more data to train GPT-4, the latest and greatest model underlying ChatGPT.
—Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
According to The New York Times, OpenAI transcribed over a million hours of YouTube videos using its Whisper speech recognition tool and then used those transcriptions to help train GPT-4 despite discussions that doing so might be against YouTube’s terms of service.
—Emily Price, PCMAG, 6 Apr. 2024
Each user’s audio is handled separately, and the notes reflect who said what and when, which is something that the previous generation of transcription tools often have difficulties with.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
Throughout that February, Hall spoke to managers across YouTube about the need for better transcriptions in the moderation software.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2024
The story opens on OpenAI which, desperate for training data, reportedly developed its Whisper audio transcription model to get over the hump, transcribing over a million hours of YouTube videos to train GPT-4, its most advanced large language model.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 6 Apr. 2024
These transcriptions were no longer piano etudes, per se, but the performances conveyed the essence of practicing, of learning a piece by slowly going over and over passages, getting more and more inside the sound of your instrument.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
This mechanism of transcription and translation is now known as the central dogma of molecular biology.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
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transcription
noun
tran·scrip·tion
tran(t)s-ˈkrip-shən
1
: an act, process, or instance of transcribing
3
: the process of forming a messenger RNA molecule using a DNA molecule as a guide compare translation sense 2
Medical Definition
transcription
noun
tran·scrip·tion
tran(t)s-ˈkrip-shən
: the process of constructing a messenger RNA molecule using a DNA molecule as a template with resulting transfer of genetic information to the messenger RNA compare reverse transcription, translation
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