transcriber

/trænˈskraɪbər/

Other forms: transcribers

A transcriber is someone who writes down what someone else is saying. In court, there's always a transcriber who makes a record of the testimony.

If you write down everything someone says, you're transcribing their words. Someone who does this as a job — or for another reason — is a transcriber. Transcribers can use shorthand, though more often they type. You have to be a fast typist to be a transcriber because people speak very fast. Transcribers are often used in legal contexts, either in court or when someone is making a statement elsewhere for the record. Journalists often have to be transcribers while conducting interviews.

Definitions of transcriber

1. noun

   someone who makes a written version of spoken material
   type of:

   writer

   a person who is able to write and has written something
2. noun

   someone who represents the sounds of speech in phonetic notation
   type of:

   phonetician

   a specialist in phonetics
3. noun

   a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance
   synonyms: adapter, arranger

   types:

   orchestrator

   an arranger who writes for orchestras

   type of:

   musician

   artist who composes or conducts music as a profession
4. noun

   a person who translates written messages from one language to another
   synonyms: translator

   type of:

   linguist, polyglot

   a person who speaks more than one language
5. noun

   someone who rewrites in a different script
   type of:

   writer

   a person who is able to write and has written something