Transcription software is software which assists in the conversion of human speech into a text transcript. The primary meaning of the term "transcription software" has changed over time, with the introduction of new technologies such as natural language speech recognition. References also depend on the context of the purpose for the transcript. The term "transcription software" can refer to a completely automated solution, or to software which helps a human transcriptionist manually transcribe spoken-word audio into text transcripts. In the latter case, the term "digital dictation"

Digital dictation

Digital dictation is a method of recording and editing the spoken word in real-time for transcription and maximum intelligibility in a digital audio format...

 is sometimes used.

Transcription software, as with transcription service

Transcription (service)

A transcription service is a business which converts speech into a written or electronic text document. Transcription services are often provided for business, legal, or medical purposes. The most common type of transcription is from a spoken-language source into text such as a computer file...

 is often provided for business, legal, or medical purposes

Medical transcription

Medical transcription, also known as MT, is an allied health profession, which deals in the process of transcription, or converting voice-recorded reports as dictated by physicians and/or other healthcare professionals, into text format.-History:...

. Compared with audio content, a text transcript is searchable, takes up less computer memory, and can be used as an alternate communication method, such as for closed captions.

The definition of transcription "software" as compared with transcription "service" is generally defined by the ability of a user to run the entire system by itself on a local computer or server, without the use of a service-provider. However, the advent of software-as-a-service

Saas

SAAS is an abbreviation for* Social Accountability Accreditation Services* Software as a service * Student Awards Agency for Scotland* Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences* South Australian Ambulance Service...

 and cloud computing models blur this distinction.

Digital Transcription Software

When transcription is done in digital way then software used for computers are Digital Transcription Software. The software does the transcription in the same way as normal software does. Some of the Software have just an add on feature of digital transcription. But there are few software which are Digital Transcription Software as whole and have many other modules. These are compatible with all kind of OS but conditions apply.

Transcription Software Products & Vendors

A number of transcription software

Transcription (linguistics)

Transcription in the linguistic sense is the systematic representation of language in written form. The source can either be utterances or preexisting text in another writing system, although some linguists only consider the former as transcription.Transcription should not be confused with...

 tools have been built for use in linguistic research. Other transcription software is developed for commercial sale, including those on this list of companies and products:

• Auditory Sciences - Interact AS software
• InqScribe -
• NCH Software
  NCH Software
  NCH Software is a software development company founded in 1993 in Canberra, Australia. The Denver office was started in April 2008 due to the large U.S. customer base...
  
   - Express Scribe
• Nuance - Dictaphone
• Nuance
  Nuance
  Nuance is a small or subtle distinction. It can also refer to the following:*Nuance Communications, the name of a company that sells voice and productivity software solutions.*Nuance , the name of a 1980s dance music group....
  
   - Dragon NaturallySpeaking
  Dragon NaturallySpeaking
  Dragon NaturallySpeaking is a speech recognition software package developed and sold by Nuance Communications for Windows personal computers. The most recent package is version 11.5, which supports 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows XP, Vista and 7. The Mac OS version is called Dragon...
  
  
• Nuance
  Nuance
  Nuance is a small or subtle distinction. It can also refer to the following:*Nuance Communications, the name of a company that sells voice and productivity software solutions.*Nuance , the name of a 1980s dance music group....
  
   - eScription
• Nuance
  Nuance
  Nuance is a small or subtle distinction. It can also refer to the following:*Nuance Communications, the name of a company that sells voice and productivity software solutions.*Nuance , the name of a 1980s dance music group....
  
   - MacSpeech Scribe
  MacSpeech Scribe
  MacSpeech Scribe is speech recognition software for Mac OS X designed specifically for transcription of recorded voice dictation. It runs on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. The software transcribes dictation recorded by an individual speaker. Typically the speaker will record their dictation using a...
  
  
• Nuance
  Nuance
  Nuance is a small or subtle distinction. It can also refer to the following:*Nuance Communications, the name of a company that sells voice and productivity software solutions.*Nuance , the name of a 1980s dance music group....
  
   - PowerScribe
• Scribe Healthcare Technologies
• Vocapia - VoxSigma speech-to-text
  VoxSigma
  VoxSigma is a speech recognition software suite developed by Vocapia Researchfor Unix-like x86 and x86-64 platforms.-History:The VoxSigma software suite has its roots at LIMSI, a French CNRS...
  
  
• Winscribe