Review a Transcript Without Inventing Words the Speaker Did Not Say
An automated transcript is a working text, not a perfect record of speech. When a word is unclear, the most fluent completion may be wrong. Review the audio where permitted and preserve uncertainty rather than silently rewriting the speaker's meaning. Set up the example Begin with a short segment whose use is authorised. Keep timestamps for uncertain passages. Check names, technical terms, numbers and negations first because a small change in those places can alter the meaning of an otherwise readable sentence. Create a correction list containing timestamp, original transcription, proposed correction and confidence note. Listen to the relevant passage with its surrounding sentence. If the audio remains unclear, use an uncertainty marker or seek clarification rather than selecting the word that fits your preferred interpretation. Review before using the result Separate verbatim transcription from edited reading copy. Removing repeated words or rearranging sentences may improve reada...