transcription

noun
UK /trænˈskrɪpʃən/
US /trænˈskrɪpʃən/

A transcription is a written copy of words that were spoken or written somewhere else.

The teacher made a transcription of the interview so everyone could read it.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. The act or process of writing down speech or sounds.

Transcription of the meeting took almost an hour.

3. In biology, the process by which a cell copies information from DNA into RNA.

Transcription happens inside the cell nucleus.

4. A musical arrangement of a piece for a different instrument or voice.

He played a piano transcription of the famous symphony.