Transcription Initiation

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'' (novel), a 2018 novel by Kate Atkinson

See also

* Transcript (disambiguation)

{{Disambiguation