Production Package

• Font type - Lato

• Size - 12pt

_{Tip: Lato does not support Cyrillic and Arabic alphabets. For Cyrillic, we recommend Arial, and for Arabic, we recommend installing IBM Plex Sans Arabic font.}

• Left-aligned

• If possible, use basic colour design of the document

• Use pagination, if there are more than two pages of the text (e.g. Page 1 of 3)

• Include the title at the top (also, indicate it's a transcript)

_{Example: Video/Audio transcript – Interview with XY}

• Include the video/audio duration

_{Example: Duration: 00:03:53}

• Provide full names of speakers and their roles – in the introductory part

• When speaking for the first time, include full name(s). Afterwards, use only the first name(s)

• Write down all video annotations and anything relevant happening in the video; use square brackets "[ ]"

_{Example: [On-screen annotation: Text…]}

• Divide the text into logical paragraphs

• Emphasize questions, if any

_{Example: Question: Can you provide more details…?}

• Don't transcribe false starts, stutters, fillers like “err, umm” etc.

• Correct repeated words/mistakes, but without changing the meaning

_Example:

_{Original audio – Aya: It was quite, it was quite challenging to ride a horse for the first time.}

_{Transcribed audio – Aya: It was quite challenging to ride a horse for the first time.}

• Use square brackets “[ ]” to help clarify a sentence, when the audio is unclear or words/phrases are used incorrectly, in order to avoid a misunderstanding

• If you need to produce verbatim transcripts, it means that you note down all the words you hear, including filler words, stutter, conjunctions. Also, you should include sound/visual events (e.g. car sounds, dog barking, explosion, etc.)

_{Tip: For sound and visual events, use square brackets "[ ]" when describing them.}

_{Example: [dog barks] Aya: If only I had come earlier, I wouldn't have missed a spot.}