transcribing

v. make a written or typewritten copy, transliterate

This article is about linguistics. For other uses, see Transcription disambiguation page Transcription is the conversion into written, typewritten or printed form, of a spoken language source, such as the proceedings of a court hearing. It can also mean the conversion of a written source into another medium, such as scanning books and making digital versions. A transcriptionist is a person who performs transcription.
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Verb
1. write out from speech, notes, etc.; "Transcribe the oral history of this tribe"
(hypernym) write down, set down, get down, put down
(derivation) transcription, written text
2. rewrite in a different script; "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated"
(synonym) transliterate
(hypernym) rewrite
(hyponym) Romanize, Romanise, latinize, latinise
3. rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended
(hypernym) adapt, accommodate
(derivation) arranger, adapter, transcriber
(classification) music, euphony
4. make a phonetic transcription of; "The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant"
(hypernym) rewrite
(derivation) transcriber
5. convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA
(hypernym) convert
(derivation) transcription
(classification) biochemistry

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Transcribe
  

the act of inputting data into a database.