Question

Which of the following is not a tag used at TranscribeMe?

[laughter]
[applause]
[phone ringing]

Please type your answer in the box below. Please do not add punctuation after your answer.

Answer 1

Actually, all the three given options are valid TranscribeMe tags.

The [laughter], [applause], and [phone ringing] are all tags accepted by TranscribeMe. These tags denote the happenings in the speaker’s environment. They are all examples of background noise.

[laughter] is used to denote that one or more speakers is/are laughing.

[applause] is used to indicate hand clapping during the recording.

Answer 2

TranscribeMe offers transcription services. Different transcribers transcribe short audio clips of one or two minutes given to them randomly. They are later queued up together. They have unique style rules for transcription which are different from other companies. There can be different styles for different chunks also.

They use tags like:

[laughter]

[applause]

[music]

[phone ringing] is not used as a tag at TranscribeMe.