Interview Transcription

Whether you're conducting PhD interviews, research interviews, or one-to-one qualitative interviews, accurate transcription is essential for reliable analysis.

PageSix has supported universities, researchers and NHS studies for over 20 years, providing confidential, UK-based human transcription for academic research. Every transcript is prepared by experienced professional transcribers, with careful attention to speaker identification, context and specialist terminology.

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Why choose human transcription for interviews?

Interview recordings often contain subtle details that automated transcription can struggle to interpret accurately.

Our experienced human transcribers can identify:

Hesitation and natural speech patterns
Difficult accents and dialects
Specialist academic or clinical terminology
Quiet speech and variable recording quality
Multiple interview formats, including online and face-to-face interviews

Whether you're analysing qualitative data, preparing publications or completing a dissertation, human transcription helps ensure your research data is as accurate as possible.

PhD & Doctoral Research
One-to-one interviews for theses and dissertations.

University Research
Funded research, academic departments and collaborative studies.

Healthcare Research
Patient interviews, healthcare professionals and qualitative clinical studies.

Public Sector Research
Government, charity and independent research organisations.

Supporting Academic Research

Many research interviews explore personal or sensitive topics, making confidentiality just as important as accuracy.

PageSix regularly supports research involving:

  • Health and wellbeing

  • Mental health

  • Social care

  • Vulnerable participants

  • Children and young people

  • Criminal justice

  • Education

  • Bereavement and trauma research

All transcription is completed by UK-based human professionals operating under confidentiality agreements. We never use AI transcription tools to produce transcripts.

Challenging audio?

Human transcription is particularly valuable when recordings include:

✓ Strong regional or international accents

✓ Background noise

✓ Telephone interviews

✓ Emotional conversations

✓ Poor microphone placement

✓ Specialist terminology

Rather than relying on automated software, our experienced transcribers use judgement and context to produce clear, reliable transcripts.

Typical interview projects:

Over the past twenty years we've transcribed interviews for research including:

  • PhD and doctoral studies

  • Master's dissertations

  • University research projects

  • NHS research studies

  • Government-funded research

  • Charity and third-sector organisations

  • Education research

  • Healthcare research

  • Social science research

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