FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

v To convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc., to another representation. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text.

v (dictation) To make such a conversion from live or recorded speech to text.

v (computing) To transfer data from one recording media to another.

v (music) To adapt a composition for a voice or instrument other than the original; to notate live or recorded music.

v (biochemistry) To cause DNA to undergo transcription.

v (linguistics) To represent speech by phonetic symbols.