as in to record
to produce a document or record of
He transcribed the audio portion of the video for those who were hard of hearing.
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As the iPhone begins to transcribe the voice message, that’s when the problem occurs.
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David Phelan, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Darkside Stereogum transcribed the full remarks of Darkside’s Nicolas Jaar, who spoke about Mahmoud Khalil at the end of the band’s Saturday night show.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
Given that its decoder is tasked with both transcription and token prediction, without precise alignment between audio and text during training, the model can prioritize generating fluent text over accurately transcribing the input.
—Asmelash Teka Hadgu, Scientific American, 14 Apr. 2025
Deeply invested in völkisch memory, German scholars envisioned the Gospel writers as culling and refining oral tradition, much like the Brothers Grimm, who collected and transcribed folktales.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
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David Phelan, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Darkside Stereogum transcribed the full remarks of Darkside’s Nicolas Jaar, who spoke about Mahmoud Khalil at the end of the band’s Saturday night show.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
Given that its decoder is tasked with both transcription and token prediction, without precise alignment between audio and text during training, the model can prioritize generating fluent text over accurately transcribing the input.
—Asmelash Teka Hadgu, Scientific American, 14 Apr. 2025
Deeply invested in völkisch memory, German scholars envisioned the Gospel writers as culling and refining oral tradition, much like the Brothers Grimm, who collected and transcribed folktales.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
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The longest humpback whale migration ever recorded was 8,106 miles, from South America to Africa, though more typical distances are around 5,000 miles.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 May 2025
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In 2018 Amazon’s Alexa recorded a married couple’s conversation about hardwood floors and sent it to one of the husband’s employees.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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Photo : Chopard Choker composed of tanzanite beads (599.50 cts) featuring a floral motif in ethical 18-carat white gold set with brilliant-cut diamonds (20.79 cts).—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
20 May 2025
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Rather than being confined to an application for composing code, the agent appears as just another programmer on the team.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
19 May 2025
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This was, perhaps, his last vestige of control, a trump card held against the documentarian attempting to craft his life into a narrative.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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The difference is that Succession had three-and-a-half seasons before that episode to craft the detailed psychological portraits that rendered its characters’ world-altering actions comprehensible.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 May 2025
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One study in The New York Times in 2020 showed that 95% of over 7,000 books surveyed were written by white people.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Even flawed testing provides valuable information — including how tests might be better written.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
22 May 2025
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“Transcribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transcribe. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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