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To convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc., to a written representation of it. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text.
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(dictation) To make such a conversion from live or recorded speech to text.
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(computing) To transfer data from one recording medium to another.
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(music) To adapt a composition for a voice or instrument other than the original; to notate live or recorded music.
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(biochemistry) To cause DNA to undergo transcription.
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(linguistics) To represent speech by phonetic symbols.