Transcription refers to the process of converting sounds (voice, music etc.) into letters or musical notes, or producing a copy of something in another medium, including:
Genetics
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Transcription (biology), the copying of DNA into RNA, often the first step in gene expression
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Abortive transcription, the generation of very short RNA transcripts which are not used and rapidly degraded
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Bacterial transcription, the generation of RNA transcripts of the genetic material in bacteria
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Eukaryotic transcription, the process of copying the genetic information stored in DNA into RNA in eukaryotes
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Reverse transcription, the process of copying the genetic information stored in RNA into DNA in viruses
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Transcription (journal), an academic journal about genetics
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Transcription factor, a protein that controls the rate of transcription of genetic information from DNA to messenger RNA
Music
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Transcription (music), notating, converting musical sound into visual musical notes (for any purpose)
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Piano transcription, a common type of music transcription
Broadcasting
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Electrical transcription, recording of a radio program for future use by the same or another broadcaster
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Transcription disc, such a recording as cut, and for technical reasons not suitable for domestic replay
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BBC Transcription Services, distribution service of programmes by the British broadcaster under licence conditions
Speech transcription
The process of converting spoken words into text, such as in:
- linguistics
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Transcription (linguistics), the representations of speech or signing in written form
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Orthographic transcription, a transcription method that employs the standard spelling system of each target language
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Phonetic transcription, the representation of specific speech sounds or sign components
- service and software
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Transcription (service), a service or business that converts speech into text
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Transcription (software), software that aids the conversion of speech into text
- other
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Medical transcription, the process of converting a health professional's voice-recorded comments into a text document
Other
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Transcription (novel), a 2018 novel by Kate Atkinson
See also
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Transcript (disambiguation)
