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Focus Group Transcription
- Strict verbatim
- Intelligent verbatim
- Edited transcripts
- Humans only – NO automation
Focus Group Transcription Services
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Established in 1993
Expert Focus Group Transcription Services
Focus group transcription is one of our core specialities, and our consistently high quality has helped keep us at the forefront of the industry since 1993. We offer strict verbatim, intelligent verbatim, or edited transcripts of focus group discussions with a fast turnaround, using either our standard templates or your own preferred format.
We’ve delivered professional focus group transcription services for businesses and organisations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Whether it’s a small focus group or a larger group conversation, our transcription for focus groups is always produced to the highest standards. Your trusted partner for expert group conversation transcription.
Group Discussion Transcription Services
An essential part of market research, this is where a group (normally around 8-10 people) gather to discuss a product or service. Focus groups allow businesses and organisations to collect qualitative data and get customer insight into their products, services, and ideas. Participants discuss their thoughts and opinions with each other. It can help companies to make sure they are meeting customer needs. Here at McGowan Transcriptions, we provide a professional and accurate focus group transcription service so that you can gather more insights from your qualitative research.
With our focus group transcription services, we can guarantee your focus group transcript will be delivered on time, every time.
Group video transcription
We can provide high-quality transcripts of group video recordings, whether that’s for a focus group, a marketing video, or YouTube videos.
Panel discussion transcripts
Panel discussions commonly take place at conferences and seminars, where a group of people with specialist knowledge answer questions from the audience or a moderator. We offer highly professional transcripts of panel discussions – either for your own records, or so that knowledge from the panel discussion can be shared more widely online in newsletters and blog posts.
Podcast subtitling
Having transcripts of podcasts available is incredibly useful. They can be converted into subtitles or closed captions when podcasts are published online. Furthermore, the full transcript can be published alongside the audio to make the content more accessible to search engines. Excerpts of transcripts can also be published on blogs or emailed to followers.
Group legal transcription
We offer a 100% confidential service for group legal discussions, whether that’s for important meetings, interviews, arbitrations or hearings. We can provide highly precise, verbatim transcripts with fast delivery.
Conference transcripts
We can create professional transcripts of discussions and speeches at conferences and similar events.
Meeting Transcriptions
From important board meetings to creative team brainstorming sessions, having a record of what’s been said can be invaluable. We are able to create polished transcripts of vital workplace meetings.
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The Benefits of Professional Focus Group Transcription Services
Many businesses and groups take written minutes during a meeting; however, this is not always the most effective method for recording a group or panel discussion. Listening to audio recordings while writing can be difficult, and this often results in important comments or details being missed from the final record.
This becomes a serious issue when a verbatim transcript is required. For instance, with focus group discussions, it’s often essential to have a complete transcript of what was said to provide context and allow for thorough analysis. Likewise, legal focus group transcription or group conversation transcription may need to capture every detail, including tone and body language, for accuracy and compliance.
Transcription for focus groups, podcasts, panel discussions, and group video content is also extremely useful when publishing online. Full transcripts enhance accessibility for those with hearing impairments and significantly boost SEO performance, making your content more discoverable.
Recording a group discussion and using a professional focus group transcription service is a practical and efficient solution. It allows you to stay fully engaged during the session without the distraction of note-taking, and afterwards, you’ll have a clear, accurate record at your fingertips.
While it may seem simpler to handle transcription in-house, it’s usually far more time-consuming than expected. Accurate group conversation transcription takes experience, attention to detail, and the ability to distinguish between multiple speakers. Strong accents, overlapping dialogue, interruptions, or poor audio quality can all add to the complexity.
Outsourcing to a trusted provider of focus group transcription services saves you both time and effort. You’ll benefit from professional results tailored to your needs, with transcripts delivered quickly—sometimes in as little as 24 hours.
Polished Focus Group Transcription for Multiple Speakers
Transcribing audio with multiple speakers can be challenging and time-consuming. Our focus group transcription service team is dedicated to going the extra mile when working on dynamic group conversations, including lively focus group discussions, panel debates, informal team retreats, emotional meetings, or creative brainstorming sessions.
We carefully rewind and replay audio numerous times to catch difficult-to-hear words when multiple participants speak at once. Every transcript then undergoes a thorough Quality Control check to refine any unclear parts—because our goal is always to provide precise, professional focus group transcription. We ensure that every speaker is transcribed, not just the loudest voice in the room.
In addition to transcribing a wide range of audio formats, we also offer transcription for video files.
We’re happy to include helpful extras such as time stamps to make your group conversation transcription even more useful. For more details on our available transcript templates, click here.
Get in touch today for a quote on our focus group transcription services and submit your audio files securely through our server when you’re ready to order.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How long does it take to transcribe a focus group?
It can take up to 4-9 hours to transcribe one hour of audio or video. The actual number depends on a variety of factors including how many speakers there are and the audio quality. A focus group discussion on university education would not be expected to take as long to document as, say, a focus group discussion about clinical trials for a new pharmaceutical drug. Medical terms, unfamiliar words, personalities all take longer to transcribe.
How do you transcribe a focus group?
When transcribing focus groups, we find intelligent verbatim is the best format for readability. It is also important to time stamp parts of the transcription where it is unclear or particularly hard to decipher (for example, if people are talking over one another). Transcribing focus groups is difficult and requires a lot of time, concentration and patience. Click here if you want to hire a professional focus group transcriptionist.
How do you analyse a focus group transcript?
Start by looking closely at the transcript and categorising what was discussed. Are there themes in the data? Any important quotes? Look for any significant findings that may include the most common responses and concerns, and consider how they might be utilised to help improve future programs, focus groups, services and policies, etc.
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