West Bengal · Transcription
Transcription Services in Kolkata
Verbatim and clean-read transcription of Indian-language audio by native speakers of the target variety, delivered against a written style guide with measured agreement. In Kolkata, this runs from our local studio setup: Treated booth plus transcription team co-located for fast turnaround.
- City
- Kolkata, West Bengal
- Languages here
- 4
- Turnaround
- 1-2 weeks per 100 audio hours per language.
Languages recorded in Kolkata
- Bengali
- Hindi
- Indian English
- Urdu
Local dialect profile
Rarhi standard Bengali in cholit register, with heavy English mixing in professional speech.
Primary Indian Bengali pool; North Bengal varieties require Siliguri fielding.
Technical specification
| Parameter | Standard |
|---|---|
| Modes | Verbatim, clean verbatim, or clean-read |
| Timestamps | Utterance or word level |
| Script | Native script, romanised, or dual-script delivery |
| Tags | Speaker, noise, overlap, unintelligible, code-switch |
| Accuracy target | 99% on clean studio audio; agreed per-project on field audio |
Process
- Style guide authoring and client sign-off
- Transcriber calibration and agreement measurement
- First pass transcription
- Independent second-pass review
- Automated rule checks and delivery
Deliverables
- Transcripts in your schema
- Style guide
- QA and agreement report
Why Kolkata for this work
Primary Indian Bengali pool; North Bengal varieties require Siliguri fielding.
Treated booth plus transcription team co-located for fast turnaround. Sessions here follow the same template as every other city in the network, so a multi-city cohort stays acoustically consistent.
Frequently asked
Do you have a studio in Kolkata?
Treated booth plus transcription team co-located for fast turnaround.
Which languages can you collect in Kolkata?
Bengali, Hindi, Indian English, Urdu. Other languages are possible where migrant communities are present, with residence and nativeness screening.
Can sessions run outside the studio?
Yes. Field recording in homes, vehicles and public spaces is available where your deployment conditions require it, with noise profiles documented per session.
Book transcription in Kolkata
Send the language, speaker count and conditions.