To pronounce "transcribing", say TRANSCR-ib-ing — 3 syllables. Tap play below to hear it in four English accents, or practice it syllable by syllable.
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"transcribing" has 3 syllables: transcr-ib-ing. It rhymes with describing and gibing, if that helps it stick.
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“The doctor made several recordings today which she will transcribe into medical reports tomorrow.”
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"Transcribing" has 3 syllables: transcr · ib · ing.
Transcribing: To convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc., to another representation. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text.
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