Retranscription

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The process of converting recorded or encoded information back into a written or readable form; the act of transcribing again from an original source for clarity or correction; the reproduction of content by re-rendering it into text or another comprehensible format
2. A method involving the transformation of data or speech previously recorded into a new textual format; repeating the transcription procedure to improve accuracy or update information; producing a fresh written version by transferring original material once more
3. The act of performing transcription a second time to ensure precision or extract additional details; converting previously captured audio, video, or other media back into text; creating another copy of text derived from original or previously transcribed materials

Etymology: "Retranscription" is about as transparent as English compounds get: the prefix "re-" ("again") attached to "transcription," so it means a transcribing done once more. The base word "transcription" comes from the Latin "transcriptio," a copying or writing out, built from "transcribere" ("to copy over"), which joins "trans-" ("across") with "scribere" ("to write"). The "re-" prefix is the same one that appears in words like "rewrite" and "reprint," and it attaches freely to existing nouns to mean a repeated act or a new version. The word's use is narrow: it refers to a second written copy of something already written or recorded, such as a fresh transcript of an audio interview or a new handwritten version of a document. Because it is a plain combination of two familiar parts, its meaning is fully predictable from them, and nothing about its origin is hidden.

Synonyms: re-recording, re-encoding, re-copying, transcription redo