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For the process of including part or all of an object into another, see transclusion.

Transcription refers to the process of converting sounds (voice, music etc.) into letters or musical notes, or producing a copy of something in another medium, including:

Genetics

• Transcription (biology), the copying of DNA into RNA, often the first step in gene expression
  • Abortive transcription, the generation of very short RNA transcripts which are not used and rapidly degraded
  • Bacterial transcription, the generation of RNA transcripts of the genetic material in bacteria
  • Eukaryotic transcription, the process of copying the genetic information stored in DNA into RNA in eukaryotes
  • Reverse transcription, the process of copying the genetic information stored in RNA into DNA in viruses
  • Transcription (journal), an academic journal about genetics
  • Transcription factor, a protein that controls the rate of transcription of genetic information from DNA to messenger RNA

Music

• Transcription (music), notating, converting musical sound into visual musical notes (for any purpose)
  • Piano transcription, a common type of music transcription

Broadcasting

• Electrical transcription, recording of a radio program for future use by the same or another broadcaster
  • Transcription disc, such a recording as cut, and for technical reasons not suitable for domestic replay
  • BBC Transcription Services, distribution service of programmes by the British broadcaster under licence conditions

Speech transcription

The process of converting spoken words into text, such as in:

linguistics

• Transcription (linguistics), the representations of speech or signing in written form
  • Orthographic transcription, a transcription method that employs the standard spelling system of each target language
  • Phonetic transcription, the representation of specific speech sounds or sign components

service and software

• Transcription (service), a service or business that converts speech into text
• Transcription (software), software that aids the conversion of speech into text

other

• Medical transcription, the process of converting a health professional's voice-recorded comments into a text document

Other

• Transcription (Atkinson novel), a 2018 novel by Kate Atkinson
• Transcription (Lerner novel), a 2026 novel by Ben Lerner

See also

• Transcript (disambiguation)