Sermons, Lectures and Speeches

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Last updated: Jul 09, 2019
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Lectures, Speeches, Presentations, etc.



Single v. Multi-Speaker

Lectures, Speeches, Webinars, Presentations ... What do all these have in common? One person is primarily speaking. 

These jobs are not considered Group Conversations (GCs) unless there is an interaction between two or more people.  We would not consider a quick question, followed by a short answer to be a GC.

Example: Speaker says "Are you excited to be here today?" and the group replies "Yes".

However, if the interaction is two or more people continually conversing back and forth, the job would then be considered a GC.  It may happen that you receive a single speaker audio that morphs into a GC.  Should this happen, do the following:

Help Ticket

Open a Help Ticket to get clarification from the Help Desk on how to proceed. In your ticket, be specific and note the section of the audio you are concerned about. This will assist the Help Desk when reviewing the audio. 


For more information on handling a single-speaker job that becomes a GC, see Regular Jobs That Turn Into GCs. 

What if there are multiple speakers that do not interact? 

The first example that comes to mind would be a podcast or introduction. If there is truly no interaction, these would most likely not be group conversations, but it is best to open a Help Ticket for clarification.

The first person to speak will be labeled "Speaker" the first time they speak in the document.  When another person begins to speak, they should be labeled Next Speaker, and everyone after that will also be Next Speaker.  Type the label at the margin, then use a colon and a tab, and start typing there. 

See the following example:

Speaker:       Good Evening, it is my pleasure to introduce our President and CEO, Richard. 

Next Speaker:       Thank you all.  I'm thrilled you're here for tonight's lecture. 

Next Speaker:        Richard will be discussing SpeakWrite's newest typing policies tonight.

Next Speaker:        I have a lot of information to share with you all.  Let's get started. 


Notice how the speakers are not directly interacting.  No questions are asked or answered.  Each speaker is independent of the other.  In this example, Richard will be the main person speaking, and the other speaker is just introducing him and the topic.  The rest of the job will likely be just Richard speaking.  


Sermons



Sermons Policy

Sermons are handled differently than other lectures and speeches, because there are often audience interjections that the client doesn't need included.  Audience members may frequently call out things like "Amen", which are not integral to the content of the sermon.

In a sermon with just one primary speaker, all interruptions or call outs from the audience are ignored unless there is interaction between the main speaker and the audience.  

No speaker labels are needed.  You will not type anything said by audience members or other speakers.  These jobs will not be typed verbatim (meaning you should omit things like pause words). 


If you are not sure if a job is a sermon or if you can't tell what speech should be omitted, you must open a Help Ticket for assistance.  It is extremely important that you understand this policy for sermons.

Aside from omitting the background speakers, all other policies for lectures and speeches should be followed.



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