Transcriber

tran·scribe  (trn-skrb)

tr.v. tran·scribed, tran·scrib·ing, tran·scribes

1. To make a full written or typewritten copy of (dictated material, for example).

2. Computer Science To transfer (information) from one recording and storing system to another.

3. Music

a. To adapt or arrange (a composition) for a voice or instrument other than the original.

b. To translate (a composition) from one notational system to another.

c. To reduce (live or recorded music) to notation.

4. To record, usually on tape, for broadcast at a later date.

5. Linguistics To represent (speech sounds) by phonetic symbols.

6. To translate or transliterate.

7. Biology To cause (DNA) to undergo transcription.

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[Latin trnscrbere : trns-, trans- + scrbere, to write; see skrbh- in Indo-European roots.]

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tran·scriba·ble adj.

tran·scriber n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	transcriber - a person who translates written messages from one language to another translator polyglot, linguist - a person who speaks more than one language
	2.	transcriber - someone who rewrites in a different script writer - a person who is able to write and has written something
	3.	transcriber - someone who represents the sounds of speech in phonetic notation phonetician - a specialist in phonetics
	4.	transcriber - someone who makes a written version of spoken material writer - a person who is able to write and has written something
	5.	transcriber - a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance adapter, arranger musician - artist who composes or conducts music as a profession orchestrator - an arranger who writes for orchestras