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Corporate Transcription
From meetings to conference calls to seminars and training sessions, we offer several formats.
Marketing Research Transcription
Market research transcription is an important part of any research study, with many facets to handle.
Medical Transcription
Our medical transcribers have years of experience delivering fast, accurate work.
Academic Transcription
Fast, cost-effective transcripts for lectures, podcasts, flipped teaching, and interviews.
Legal Transcription
Accurate, cost-effective transcripts for mock juries, wire taps, depositions, and court tapes.
Production Transcription
Interviews, walk & talks, as-broadcast scripts — our team handles it all.
Audio Transcription
We transcribe just about any audio file format you can hand us.
Podcast Transcription
Help listeners find your content with searchable, accurate podcast transcripts.
Video Transcription
Transcribing nearly all video formats with full project management support.
Professional Transcripts
Easy, fast, and affordable. We create transcription solutions for every industry on any timeline.
Human Transcription
From our US-managed transcriber team.
Translation & Localization
Reach global audiences with confidence.
24–48 Hour Turnaround
Fast delivery without sacrificing accuracy.
Transcription for Market Research
Market research transcription is an important part of any research study, with many facets to handle. Focus groups, in-depth interviews (IDIs) and ethnographies all produce hours of conversation, and the value of that conversation depends on a transcript your team can trust. Our human transcriber team captures what respondents actually said, so analysts and moderators can quote, code and report with confidence.
Because Focus Forward also recruits respondents and codes open-ended data, transcription fits naturally into the same project. One experienced in-house team can support a study from recruitment through final transcripts, which keeps hand-offs to a minimum while your project is in the field.
Transcript Styles
Different projects need different levels of detail. A verbatim transcript keeps every word, false start and filler, which is useful when tone and hesitation matter to the analysis. A clean-read transcript removes filler words and repetitions so the meaning is easier to scan. [TODO: confirm offered] Tell us how the transcript will be used and we will recommend a format.
Turnaround Options
Our human transcription service is built around a 24–48 hour turnaround. When you need something sooner, an automated draft can be delivered first while the human transcript is completed. Additional rush or extended options are available on request. [TODO: confirm]
Security and Confidentiality
Research recordings often contain personal, medical or commercially sensitive information. Our transcribers work under confidentiality agreements, and files move through SSL-encrypted secure file management. Read more about our confidentiality and privacy of information practices and our HIPAA compliance safeguards for protected health information.
Related Services
Automated Transcription
Fast machine drafts, with a one-click upgrade to a human transcript.
Translation
Translated transcripts, screeners and reports for multi-language studies.
Captioning
Closed captions and subtitles for video content.
Open-End Coding
Turn transcripts and verbatims into analysis-ready codes.
Frequently Asked Questions
What kinds of recordings does Focus Forward transcribe?
Corporate meetings and training, market research, medical, academic, legal, production, podcast, audio and video files. We transcribe just about any audio or video format.
Who does the transcription?
Transcripts are produced by people from our U.S.-managed human transcriber team, not by software alone.
How quickly are transcripts delivered?
Our human transcription service is built around a 24–48 hour turnaround. If you need something sooner, an automated draft can be delivered first while the human transcript is completed.
Can you translate transcripts too?
Yes. Translation and localization are available alongside transcription for content that needs to reach other languages.
Do you transcribe focus groups and in-depth interviews?
Yes. Market research transcription for focus groups, IDIs and other research recordings is a core part of our human transcription work.
How is confidential or health-related audio handled?
Recordings are handled under our confidentiality and privacy practices, including transcriber agreements and secure file management, and our HIPAA compliance page explains how protected health information is safeguarded.
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