Pre-Workshop Videos & Activities

This workshop is primarily hands-on practice with transcription services to learn to use key features of the software.

Please Note: aTrain is not endorsed or supported by UVic or the DSC. If you are a UVic staff or faculty member, you will not be able to use the aTrain transcription software on your UVic provided computer, so if you want to use this software in the workshop you will need to install the software on a personal laptop

Here are the links to the aTrain Mac & Windows software. You will be able to use the cloud based Microsoft 365 transcription service without any problems.

To participate fully, please do the following before the workshop:

• Microsoft 365 Transciption & Recording overiview (1 min)
  

• aTrain Implementation of Whisper transcription overview (3 min)
  

Key considerations when evaluating the transcription services of Microsoft 365, aTrain, & Zoom

Microsoft 365 (UVic licensed version)

Pros:

• Free through UVic license
• Fast transcription
• Automatically detects different speakers
• Cloud hosted in servers located in Canada
• Please check with the Research Ethic office when filling out your Research Ethics paperwork

Cons:

• Limited to 300 minutes per month of transcription

Zoom

Pros:

• Free through UVic license
• Fast transcription
• Automatically detects different speakers with their Zoom names
• Cloud hosted in servers located in Canada
• Please check with the Research Ethic office when filling out your Research Ethics paperwork

aTrain Implementation of Whisper

Pros:

• Open Source and free to use and runs on your computer
• Detects speakers
• No limits on how much transcription you can do
• Please check with the Research Ethic office when filling out your Research Ethics paperwork.

Cons:

• Slower on older computers

For the most up-to-date information about UVic ethics guidelines, please visit the Conducting research virtually with participants guide

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