What does “transcribe” mean?
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"Transcribe" means to listen to something spoken — or look at something written — and write it down exactly, word for word.
So imagine you recorded a meeting at work. Later, you sit down and type out every single word that was said. That's transcribing it. You might say, "Can you transcribe this interview for me? I need it in writing."
Or in music, if someone hears a song and writes down all the notes on paper, they're transcribing the music.
The key idea is always the same — you're taking something from one form (like sound or an old handwritten document) and putting it into a new written form, really carefully and accurately.
It's basically "capture it exactly in writing."
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