FREE WORKSHOP FOR SOCIAL RESEARCHERS

Transform your transcripts with 5 simple tweaks to how you record qualitative research

Move through coding and analysis faster with simple, free, or low-cost tweaks to your qualitative data collection set-up guided by research-specialist transcription experts

JOIN THE LIVE ONLINE WORKSHOP

Tuesday 27 January at 7pm GMT

Optimise your research recordings to get

your transcripts done right, the first time around,

with our FREE 50-minute live interactive workshop.

Who is this workshop for?

You're tired of rubbish transcripts, vexed with dodgy verbatim audio capture, and perturbed by poor participant identification.
You've spent ages carefully planning your data collection, recruiting participants, and scheduling interviews and focus groups, coordinating workshops, and laying the groundwork for autonomous participant diaries.
You know audio capture of your qualitative data won't be enough to get from data collection to publication--you'll need to transform it from audio to text to enable analysis, coding, and perhaps even archiving, and you'll need some kind of transcription support to do that.
You need quick, impactful fixes that you can implement straight away, because you really don't have time to spend correcting bad transcripts instead of progressing your research project.

Bring examples, queries, and concerns from your own research projects and transcription experiences for us to explore how simple, low-cost and often free tweaks can elevate the quality of your transcripts, accelerating your journey from data collection to coding, analysis, and publication.

What You'll Learn

In this 50-minute workshop (including Q&A), you'll gain:

Five simple, free or low-cost tweaks you can implement today to get better transcripts, starting now.
Concrete insights and expertise from professional research-specialist transcribers with decades' of combined experience creating fantastic transcripts for some of the world's most prestigious research institutions.
A personalised action plan of how these tips and tricks can be operationalised within your current research project.

Join us on 27th January 2026 to discover how small, practical changes can transform your research transcripts from 'meh' to 'marvellous!'

Your Host

Dr Zara Bain, Founder of Academic Audio Transcription Ltd and Accessibility Specialist

Zara Bain is an expert in social justice and social entrepreneur helping researchers, educators, and online businesses make knowledge--and knowledge-creation--more accessible.

As a disabled, chronically ill and neurodivergent researcher, Zara founded research-specialist transcription and closed-captioning social enterprise, Academic Audio Transcription, in 2017, after realising that if she wanted flexible, fairly-paid remote work accessible from bed or while housebound during medical leave from her doctoral studies, she'd need to build it herself.

Zara has a PhD in the philosophy of social justice from the University of Bristol, with particular emphasis on social epistemology, epistemic oppression, injustice and ignorance. Her work has been published in numerous prestigious international volumes, including the Routledge International Handbook of Ignorance Studies, as well as featured in The Guardian, The Times Higher Educational Supplement and The Philosopher 1923. She is also co-author of the world's first truly intersectional general introduction to philosophy, Philosophy: A Crash Course.

She lives in West London with her partner and two little boys, and in her spare time can be found walking in the woods, experimenting with new recipes, or volunteering at her local city farm.

What People are Saying...

LinkedIn Comment from Dr Dyi Dieuwetje Huijg, which reads: 'You're too kind - thank you for all your amazing work!! I can't recommend working with Zara Bain PhD and Academic Audio Transcription high enough. When I work with colleagues on collab writing projects we sometimes save automated captions, and they're a disaster. In contrast, the transcripts from AAT are so accurate and easy to work with!! And I loved that they used all my directions for eg transcribing non-verbal communication- including silences and laughter - too! Because, all of that is so important for making sense of the interviews! But also just on a practical level, they were always understanding and accommodating when I ran on crip time. Was a pleasure to work with them and would do it again in a next project! I'm so thankful for The Leverhulme Trust for making this (financially) possible.

Screenshot of testimonial which reads: "AAT Was so lovely to work with! I had a complex project and a limited budget. The team at AAT were very thoughtful in helping me work through this. I was also glad to be working with a group of folks who support often-marginalized people. I will definitely be using AAT again in my qualitative work and recommending them to others."

Screenshot testimonial reads: "Q: Would you recommend AAT's services to others seeking transcription or closed caption services? Why or why not? A: Yes. Definitely. AAT is great to work with, the team is knowledgeable and collaborative, and the standard of captioning and transcription has been consistently excellent. I also think that AAT are facilitating an ethical approach to providing accessibility accommodations, by providing fairly paid work for disabled people."

Screenshot of testimonial which reads: "I am deaf and low vision, so I depend on captioning and transcription to access qualitative data. I felt I could trust these transcripts - automatic captioning or AI transcription can be okay but not great - knowing that a real person was listening and working with the audio gave me confidence that the data I was reading was accurate."

Screenshot of testimonial which reads: "I worked with AAT to transcribe a series of interviews and focus groups for a research project Il led. I learned about them through word of mouth from another researcher in my field--and I was so glad I did! Throughout the process, AAT staff were friendly, communicative, and flexible. Moreover, the quality of the final product was always excellent. I particularly appreciated the variety of services and price points AAT offers, which makes them a good fit for a wide range of project budgets and quality control needs. I also felt good about working with a company that aligned with my research team's values in terms of accessibility. I've recommended AAT to several colleagues for their own research projects and will continue to do so. Gabe Murchison, PhD, MPH (they/she/he), Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health

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ready to to be amazed how your transcripts level up