Monday, March 17, 2008

Weekly Vocabulary March 21

1. Word / Phrase: Transcribe

Meaning: to make a written copy, esp. a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).

Context: My work is basically transcribing from a recorded tape of a radio station that I have to type in Spanish, (because the radio is in Spanish)

2. Word / Phrase: Inaudible

Meaning: not audible; incapable of being heard.

Context: When I transcribe sometimes there are words or phrases that can not be heard, do to background noise or bad pronunciation.

3. Word / Phrase: TC

Meaning: Timecode

Context: This is the time for the start of the clip I'm transcribing. I get it from the CatDV field called "In."

4. Word / Phrase: CatDV

Meaning: It is a major update to the media asset database and video logging tools.

Context: It is as a database for all the tapes and videos that are used for the making of the different episodes.

5. Word / Phrase: Macros

Meaning: Macros are combinations of keystrokes you can use to do anything in a document.

Context: My macros are mostly for character names, so I don't have to keep typing them out.

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