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At the bottom of this page you will find explanations of the products and additional options offered additional options (e.g. Express). There is separate information on separate pages for a Transcription with translation and for subtitles (e.g. as srt file).

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abtipper.de is the largest German provider for the transcription of audio and video recordings. Our references:

We guarantee you: Transcriptions at prices that can be calculated in advance without hidden costs, with a price and satisfaction guarantee!

• No advance payment: You will receive the finished transcripts for checking and only then our invoice with VAT shown.
• Keine Aufpreise für Aufnahmen mit mehreren Sprechern (z.B. Gruppendiskussionen) oder bei eingeschränkter Tonqualität. – Bitte beachten Sie, dass eine eindeutige Zuordnung der Sprechenden ab 4 Personen nur mit Videomaterial möglich ist.
• No surcharges for foreign-language transcripts in all world languages (e.g. English, French) and all dialects*.
• No file format restrictions: We create transcripts from all audio and video formats.
• No file size limit: You will receive an upload link after ordering and can send us files up to 30 GB.

* The only exception: The conversion from Swiss German to High German written language costs an additional EUR 1.10 per audio minute net (= EUR 1.31 incl. VAT) due to the increased effort involved.

We also guarantee that your data is safe with us. We are also very flexible and can implement your organization's special data protection requirements and measures. You can find all the information you need here: Data protection at abtipper

Quotation or offer: If a written quotation is required for your organization, please send an e-mail to info@abtipper.de or via our contact form form. You will then usually receive a cost estimate from us on the same day.

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Below you will find:

• Services from abtipper - Details and further information
• Products from abtipper - Details and further information
• Additional options with abtipper - Express, time stamp, translations etc.
• Further general information on transcriptions and the price per minute

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Transcription at the best price - details of services:

Accuracy of the transcript:

Our simple, scientific and extended transcripts are created by experienced professionals. The results therefore achieve a very high level of quality.

The transcripts are generated by artificial intelligence using a speech recognition system that specializes in transcriptions. They achieve a good level, especially for recordings with few speakers and good sound quality.

You can find an example transcript for each product under the following link transcriptto convince yourself of our quality.

Transcription rules:

abtipper.de has, as a result of years of experience, developed its own scientifically quotable transcription rules have been developed. Of course, we are also familiar with other common methods and can create your transcripts according to your individual specifications for transcription rules.

Duration of creation:

As the largest German provider of transcriptions, we currently have the capacity to manually transcribe several thousand audio or video minutes per day.

We therefore also have sufficient free capacity for your project. If you provide us with large volumes of files, you will receive the transcripts back within about a week on average.

Sometimes a good transcription result can take a little more time. This is especially the case if your file is particularly challenging (e.g. strong dialects) or if there are holidays coming up (e.g. Christmas time). Translations can also take a little longer, especially for more complicated language combinations (e.g. Arabic -> German). If you are in a hurry and require a quicker return delivery, we recommend our express options with guaranteed return delivery dates within three days or even the next day (see "Additional options" further down the page). 

We currently have sufficient capacity to process even very large and complex orders very quickly. Here you can find all further information on duration of the transcription at abtipper.

Our price guarantee:

We are the cheapest transcription service. If you find a cheaper provider before or during the project, we will undercut their price. With abtipper.de, you are therefore always guaranteed the transcription with the lowest costs. You can find all further information about our Satisfaction and confidentiality guarantee.

Additional options:

We offer a range of additional options. Foreign-language transcripts in most languages (e.g. English, French, Spanish) and recordings with several speakers or with limited sound quality cost no extra charge! The other additional options can also be booked at very reasonable prices.

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Get transcribed - Details about the products:

 

Simple transcription:

With simple transcription, your recording is transcribed by an experienced transcriber. The transcriber writes the file and listens to the entire recording again at the end to correct any errors.

Typically, this achieves a very high level of quality even without additional proofreading. With simple transcription, the spoken content is reproduced verbatim and without distortions.

Elements that are not relevant to the content, such as dialect, stuttering, umms and hmhs, are slightly smoothed out.

The most common fields of application for simple transcription are market research (e.g. focus groups), journalism (e.g. interviews) and film productions (e.g. dialog books).

Click here for more information on the transcription rules and for an exemplary transcript as a result of a simple transcription.

Order your simple transcription from abtipper now!

 

Scientific transcription:

With scientific transcription, your recording is transcribed by an experienced transcriber with extensive experience in the scientific field. This person transcribes the file word-for-word, as with simple transcription, with minimal smoothing of dialect, stutters, umms and hmhs. The complete recording is then listened to again as a check.

A second separate person (proofreader) then checks the transcript again in full. This double check with the dual control principle ensures an excellent level of quality.

Scientific transcription is useful if a very precise transcript is important to you. This is the case, for example, if the transcript is not only analyzed but also published. At some universities, the flawless quality of transcripts is also taken into account when grading final theses, for which scientific transcription is indispensable.

The most common form of application for scientific transcription is - as you might expect - the scientific field. We usually transcribe qualitative interviews for research projects or for a bachelor's, master's or doctoral thesis.

Click here for more information on the transcription rules and an example of a scientific transcript.

Order your scientific transcription from abtipper now!

 

Extended transcription:

With extended transcription, your recording is transcribed by a highly experienced transcriber. Not only the content-related statements are recorded, but also all verbal and non-verbal utterances (e.g. dialect, umms, hmhs, stuttering, clearing of the throat, etc.). Furthermore, the exact time of all speaker changes is recorded with a time stamp.

The process is the same as for scientific transcription. First, the first transcriber writes the file and then listens to the complete recording again to check it. Then a second person (proofreader) checks the transcript again in full.

Extended transcriptions are mainly used in linguistic studies. In these, the language content is only one of the levels of analysis. The other verbal and non-verbal signals are also transcribed and analyzed later.

We transcribe by default according to our own extended transcription rules (for 2.20 euros per audio minute net = 2.62 euros incl. VAT). However, we are also happy to create transcripts according to other specific procedures, for which individual fixed prices then apply, e.g.

• Dresing and Pehl (2013, 2018) (Please click here for more information and prices)
• TiQ (Talk in Qualitative Social Research) according to Bohnsack (1989) (price of 3.60 euros per audio minute net = 4.28 euros incl. VAT)
• GAT2 Basic transcript (price on request, minimum volume of 25 minutes due to familiarization effort)

Click here for an example of an extended transcript.

Order your extended transcription from abtipper now!

 

Transcription by artificial intelligence:

In the case of transcription by artificial intelligence, the transcription is carried out using automated speech recognition. 

Our speech recognition system, specially developed for transcriptions, achieves results that would have been completely unthinkable just a few years ago - see also our separate article on the history of automatic speech recognition.

Especially if the source file has a limited number of easily understandable speakers and good sound quality, the artificial intelligence already produces an acceptable transcript, which nevertheless has to be revised again in any case.

However, machine recognition is limited for recordings with dialect or accent, more than two speakers or reduced sound quality (e.g. telephone calls). 

Even if the quality of transcription by artificial intelligence does not yet reach the high level of a human, there are many fields of application for which it is particularly suitable. This applies above all to the digitization of large amounts of data where manual transcription would not be worthwhile in terms of price. For other applications, e.g. detailed content analysis in scientific papers, the quality level is usually not yet sufficient. In this case, we recommend that you have your files transcribed manually.

Only transcription is currently possible with artificial intelligence. Audio files are always translated manually into other languages.

Click here for an example of a transcript by artificial intelligence.

While we are happy to take your individual specifications regarding transcription rules and formats into account for the other manual transcription types, this is unfortunately not possible for transcription with artificial intelligence due to the machine implementation.

Procedure for transcription with artificial intelligence: Acceptable results can only be achieved with this type of transcription if the above criteria are met. 

With this type of transcription, we also offer to create two minutes of your file as a sample transcript free of charge and without obligation so that you can check the result of this new type of transcription. You can then decide for the specific case whether the quality meets your requirements or whether a manual transcription would be more suitable. To do this, place an order and indicate in the comments field that you would like a free trial transcription.

Order your transcription by artificial intelligence from abtipper now!

 

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Additional options for transcriptions from abtipper:

Back to the overview of basic prices

abtipper offers a range of additional options: Express service, time stamps, foreign languages, translations and smoothing. In the table you will find the conditions of the additional options, further details below the table:

Our price guarantee also applies to the additional options: we are the cheapest provider of transcriptions on the Internet. If you have files transcribed by us and find a cheaper provider before or during the project, we will undercut their price. So you are always guaranteed the lowest price with us.

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Get transcribed with express service

If it is urgent, we will deliver the The finished transcript is guaranteed to be returned within three days or even the next day.

So if you send in a file on Monday with 3-day express, you are guaranteed to receive it back on Thursday at the latest.

The calculation applies from receipt of the data. If the return delivery falls on a public holiday or weekend, you will receive the transcript back on the next working day. For example, if you deliver a file on Thursday with 3-day express, you are guaranteed to receive this file back on Monday.

If you need it even faster (e.g. on the same day), this is normally also possible. However, you should definitely contact us in advance by telephone on 0511-51515817 in advance. Our telephone is also manned in the evenings and at weekends.

On the following page you will find more detailed information about our express service.

 

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Transcriptions of foreign language recordings

We currently carry Transcriptions in 80 languages through. In all world languages (e.g. English, French, Spanish) we offer this at the same price as a German transcription. Recordings with regional accents (e.g. Hessian or Swiss speakers) also cost no extra.

The conversion of recordings in Swiss German into High German transcripts costs EUR 1.10 per audio minute net (= EUR 1.31 incl. VAT) extra. This includes an adaptation or translation of the Swiss dialect into High German.

We also regularly translate large orders into the following languages without prior notice: German (with dialects), Swiss German, English (with dialects), Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Turkish, Arabic, Russian, Danish, Swedish

For the other 60 or so languages in our portfolio, we need a few days' lead time. This is because orders in these languages are relatively rare and we therefore do not employ full-time staff. In this case, we have to activate our local partners for each project, which takes a few days. In most cases, however, we can still deliver your transcript in these languages within a maximum of one week!

 

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Transcription with immediate translation into the target languages English or German

We are currently the only transcription service in Germany to offer you a Translation of audio and video files at a fixed price per audio or video minute for your translations. In contrast to the usual calculation based on the number of words or lines, we offer you fixed prices per minute for your translations.

We currently offer these translations from 80 source languages into the target languages German and English.

The translation is carried out 100% manually and exclusively by experienced native speakers. Our translations are frequently used in international market research studies, for example.

We carry out translations from 80 languages into English or German for a

Flat rate of 8.99 euros per audio minute net (= 10.70 euros incl. VAT)

You send us the foreign-language audio or video files and receive the finished translation in German or English as a Word file. You will also receive the transcript in the original language. 

Alternatively, we offer a translation of texts and documents at a flat rate of EUR 0.10 per word net (= EUR 0.12 incl. VAT). 

We also offer other language combinations on request, just contact us. Click here for more detailed information on transcription with translation.

 

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Transcription with time stamps

For the extended transcription, time stamps are already included in the basic price after each speaker change. This can be added as an option for the simple and scientific transcription.

Typically, the timestamps are inserted before or after a speaker change. The usual format for this is #hh:mm:ss#. Alternatively, a timestamp can also be set after certain time periods (e.g. every minute) or in special formats (e.g. #hh:mm:ss-ms# for MAXQDA).

Either the recording time or a time displayed in the video recording (e.g. for film recordings) can be used as the time.

 

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Smoothing the transcript

Transcriptions reproduce the spoken word as faithfully as possible. In most cases, this also means that these texts contain many characteristics of spoken language or colloquial speech. This is highly desirable for a scientific evaluation, as the spoken word is presented in this way without distortion.

However, if the transcript is to be brought closer to the written language, linguistic smoothing can also be carried out. Here, for example, grammatical errors and sentence breaks are removed to make the text easier to read. 

See also the following page for a detailed explanation of the smoothing with examples.

The price for smoothing the transcript is a surcharge on top of the basic price for simple or scientific transcription. For a "print-ready" result, we recommend a combination of scientific transcription (proofreading, 4-eyes principle) and smoothing.

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Further information on transcription and the price per minute

Where are transcriptions used?

Transcribing spoken texts is used wherever audio recordings need to be converted into written documents. Examples of this are the transcription of

• Individual or group interviews as part of market research studies
• Interviews or round-table discussions as a basis for newspapers, magazines or journals
• Lectures or seminars as part of specialist lectures, presentations or congresses
• recorded radio and TV broadcasts for further processing by editing or translation
• Letters, memos or minutes
• Speech texts for the hearing impaired

Create transcriptions yourself or have them transcribed?

Customers or clients for a transcription are - in the order of the above examples - persons or companies such as

• Market research institutes
• Journalists
• PR and marketing agencies
• Authors and archivists
• Speakers and their audiences
• Editor, sound engineer and dubbing artist
• Doctors, lawyers and experts
• Written interpreter

Why should you use a specialized transcription service like abtipper.de?

Converting a spoken text into a written text requires compliance with so-called transcription rules. These guarantee that the transcription

• Linguistic peculiarities
• Number and speaking order of call participants
• Alternation of question and answer
• extra-linguistic actions
• non-verbal expressions
• the spelling of industry and company-specific terms

and includes it in the written text.

In addition, transcription naturally takes time. Experienced "transcribers" estimate the time required to transcribe texts at a ratio of 1:3. This means that a spoken text lasting around one hour requires around three hours of typing - a period of time that people who rely on transcriptions would not have for their actual work. The time required varies considerably, depending on many factors such as the quality of the recording, the complexity of the topic and possible dialects of the speakers.

What sets us apart?

As a team of highly qualified specialists, we offer the transcription of audio or video recordings at a fair price per minute. In addition to many years of experience in listening to and transcribing acoustic originals, our employees have knowledge of various vocabularies and writing techniques. We undertake transcriptions in 80 languages, taking into account their respective characteristics in the typeface. Our team works quickly, reliably and with absolute confidentiality. We treat the contents of the files sent to us with the utmost discretion, so that internal company information, real names, patient data, statistical surveys and similar details are used exclusively for the required transcription.

Quality at a price per minute

As is generally the case, we also charge for our work on a per-minute basis: For every minute or part thereof of your audio or video recording, a fixed price per minute is charged. This means that the financial outlay for carrying out a transcription is transparent at all times.

Any subsequent orders will also cost you the same, as we understand our price per minute as a fixed amount. This means that you pay the same amount per audio or video minute for transcriptions commissioned at a later date as for your first order.

(Gerne übernehmen wir auch kleinere Audio-Dateien mit einer sehr geringen Minutenanzahl ( < 5 Minuten). Aufgrund des trotzdem bestehenden Aufwandes berechnen wir hier jedoch einen Mindestpreis von 10,00 Euro.)

In addition, we guarantee that the price per minute we quote is always the cheapest in the network - measured in terms of the service provided in return for a professional, high-quality transcription.

If you would like to find out more about transcription in general, our guide will provide you with a lot more information about transcription. Transcription definition, Fields of application of a transcriptionhow to plan an plan an interviewhow to record an interview with a dictation machine or a recording with a cell phone app which file format for the best recording quality is recommended, what can be done with automatic speech recognition is already possible today and also how you can remote interviews successfully subtitles and an srt file and e.g. record an interview via Skype or record an interview via record an interview via Zoomhow to convert an convert an audio file to textwhich transcription rules when transcribing how to use a transcription set and a transcription program can help with this and how to finally analyze interviews can be analyzed.

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