Why transcribe audio recordings?
Transcription of audio recordings into other formats may be necessary to allow access to the information contained in the recording. Situations that may require such transcription include, but are not limited to, the following: • Blind consumers who do not know braille and who do not type or use computers may make submissions to the Commission in audio format. These must be transcribed into written form in order to be placed in the record. (The Commission’s rules concerning non-discrimination on the basis of disability in the Commission’s programs and activities74 state that complaints may be submitted in “audio, braille, electronic, and/or video format.”75) • FCC staff or members of the public who are deaf may need written transcripts of audio recordings in order to benefit from the recording’s content. • FCC staff or members of the public who are deaf-blind may need to have audio recordings transcribed into braille in order to benefit from the recording’s content. Who coordinates the
