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Include relevant non-text audio such as ( laugh ) or ( gritting teeth ) in parentheses and italics.
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Filler words such as 'um', 'like', and stutters may be excluded in order to make the text more intelligible.
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Background music/noises do not need to be included unless they are relevant to the spoken audio. ( intro music ) and ( outro music ) can be denoted.
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Do not capitalize words, except to express that a speaker is yelling.
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Identify the speakers.
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For unintelligible audio, when you have an idea what it says, but aren't completely sure please mark your words with (??).
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If the audio is completely unintelligible, these passages should be denoted with [unintelligible].