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70minutes saved per hour of interview
In the same F4x study, students needed on average 5.1 times the interview duration to correct an automatic transcript, which the study said saved 70 minutes of correction time per hour of interview.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“for correcting the automatic transcriptions, they needed on average 5.1 times the time. This saved 70 minutes of correction time per hour of interview material”
Automatic Transcription of English and German Qualitative Interviews, Susanne Wollin-Giering et al., Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 25(1), Art. 8, 2024, Section 5.3, Time spent.
Open the original- What it measures
- The study compares the time students needed to transcribe by hand with the time they needed to correct an automatic draft of the same interview.
- What it does not show
- A vendor's measurement. The study reports that experienced transcriptionists transcribed almost as quickly as they corrected, so the saving is not the same for everyone.