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- Transcribe into the template by making a copy of the template (make sure to turn off spell check so you can note paraphasias and word fragments without it auto-correcting). Make sure to read the rules on utterance segmentation, paraphasias, fillers, fragments, and unintelligible words.
- After *PAR: and the text it needs to be a TAB (so it's the larger spacing that needs to be present). Between *PAR: and the text there needs to be a TAB (so it's the larger spacing that needs to be present).Do not leave a space between *PAR: and the text.
- Only transcribe the participant's utterances
Wiki Markup For VISTA script probes, start after the clinician's probe phrase, "Tell me about \[topic of script\]."
- For discourse samples, start after the clinician's instructions to talk about what they see in the picture/talk about a personal event.
- Transcribe EVERYTHING they say, including fillers such as "uh" or "er" and any word fragments or false starts they make. This can mean listening to the clip a couple of times.
- If the participant makes a comment about the task, or a tangential comment at the beginning or end of the probe, omit that from the transcription.
- If the participant is clearly talking about something other than the topic in the middle of the probe such as "my dog won't stop barking," then omit that from the transcription.
- If the participant restates the topic of the probe, (e.g. Clinician: "Tell me about your family." Participant: "My family. I was born in…") omit the restatement (in this example the transcription would start: "I was born in…"). Otherwise, if there are somewhat tangential, brief comments in the middle of the probe, include them.
- Examples of comments to omit at beginning and end:
- this is hard.
- that's all I remember.
- Done.