What Is Transcript QA?

Direct definition

Transcript QA is the review pass after drafting — checking words, speakers, timestamps, tags, and style-guide rules before delivery. It is separate from the act of capturing speech.

The sections below explain how transcript QA is used in transcription and subtitle work, what people often mix up, and which VideoText workflow applies when the next step is a file or review pass.

Key takeaways

• QA is a job step, not a confidence score.
• Proper nouns and glossary terms are the usual first search.
• Proper nouns, speaker labels, and style-guide tags are the usual first checks on a QA pass.

What a QA pass usually includes

Listen against the text for misses, confirm speaker labels, scan for hallucinated sentences, apply verbatim rules, and verify timestamp interval if the client asked for them.

Related terms

• clean verbatim
• speaker labels
• hallucination
• verbatim transcription
• All glossary terms

Sources

1. Rev: Rev Transcription Style Guide