| Quality of the voice recordings for documenting it | | | | reproduce the voice accurately without distortions. |
| into a transcript is of paramount importance, it | | | | The microphones with a unidirectional cardioid |
| can be daunting task for a transcriber to | | | | pattern should be the ideal choice for recording |
| transcribe audio which has background noise or | | | | interviews. |
| disturbances. The skills of an expert transcriber | | | | The microphone with heart shaped cardioid |
| will however prevail, and in spite of the | | | | pattern captures sound which is in the front of |
| background noise, the transcripts will have the | | | | the microphone and rejects the sound that is |
| accuracy, because a professional transcriber has | | | | behind it, thus limiting room reverberation to the |
| processed it, but the extra time taken by the | | | | barest minimum when audio is recorded. The |
| transcriber will escalate the cost of the transcripts. | | | | microphones with a condenser require phantom |
| Therefore quality audio recordings, free from | | | | power, in a laymen’s term they need an |
| background noise or disturbances can make the | | | | external power source and the flat frequency plus |
| task of the transcriber easier and the costs of | | | | the cardioid pickup pattern these microphones are |
| transcriptions affordable. The recording of the | | | | built with, capture voice without distortions. |
| audio, whether it is done outdoor or indoor has to | | | | The unidirectional condenser microphone is a |
| be of the highest quality, and for that to happen | | | | preferred choice of many television reporters, |
| the recording equipment plays an important part | | | | voiceover artist or radio station disk jockeys. An |
| in generating quality audio recordings. | | | | investment into a quality microphone for recording |
| There are multiple brands of microphones used | | | | interviews will provide quality audio recordings, |
| for recording audio such as, Audio-Technica, | | | | making the task of the transcriber that much |
| Sampson, Shure, and Rode, however what | | | | easier in providing a clean and accurate transcript. |
| matters most is the ability of the microphones to | | | | |