Media Transcription¶
Media Transcription Project is (Add Description)
Watch below video for a quick glimpse into Comprehend NER project creation. Each step and option is detailed further below on this page.

Create Project¶
On the Projects menu in left-side navigation pane, Click Create New Project
Enter a unique Project Name and a relevant Project Description
On the project type drop-down, select Media Transcription and Click Next
File Upload¶
To add text documents to this project from local workstation, click Drop files here or to click upload and choose file/files to upload. Click Next to proceed.
Files for the project can be referenced from AWS S3 Bucket as source too. Refer to section AWS Security for more information.
Advanced Settings¶
The Advanced Settings section has some useful features which would drive the task workflow behaviour. Each setting is explained in detail below.
Note
Configuration in Advanced settings will be applicable to only the selected project.
Following are the options available in the ‘Advanced Settings’ section and each of these are explain in detail below.
Project Attributes¶
Each Project Attribute setting is explained below
Disable Quality Audit¶
If this option is unchecked, then tasks submitted by the annotator will be in Submitted for review state and has to be reviewed by the QC /Reviewer. If this option is checked, then there is no reviewer in the workflow. Upon submission by the annotator, the task will transition directly to Submitted state.
QC may request adjustment¶
- This option will be visible only if the Disable Quality Audit option is unchecked. When the QC may request adjustment is unchecked, then below two options are available for the reviewer to choose in the task.
Annotations are ok - when reviewer selects this option, the task will transition to Approved state.
Reject annotations - when reviewer selects this option, the task will transition to Rejected state.
When the QC may request adjustment option is checked, then an additional option: Request Adjustment is available for the reviewer, along with the earlier two options Annotations are ok and Reject annotations. If the reviewer opts for Request Adjustment, then task will be returned to the Annotator with Adjustment Requested status
Allow new label input¶
When this option is selected, then Add label option is available for users in the task lable list. Through this feature, the user has the ability to add a new label in the task.
Enable Transcription Mode¶
You have to select Enable Transcription Mode and click Save.
Maximum concurrent tasks per annotator¶
This setting controls the maximum number of concurrent tasks that will be allotted per annotator.
Note
When List all tasks to Annotator/Review Team setting is enabled, then Maximum concurrent tasks per annotator option will not be available.
Project Metadata¶
Under Project Metadata, Labels and Values can be set and these metadata values will be preserved in the task, export mainifest file and project descriptor json file. This can be leveraged to track and filter useful metadata related to the project.
Media Segmentation¶
Media Segmentation is having following options for segmentation.
Label - Here User will provide Segmentation.
Optional -This setting gives us flexibility of Segemnation
Allow new – Enabling this setting allows User to add Segmentation .
Editable - When Editable is checked ,User can add segmentation and also edit the Transcription text.
Option - User can also add Segmentation here in Advanced Settings
Note
A note- You can add Segmentation Tag Label only when Allow new and Editable options are enabled.

When you click + Add Segmentation,this screen will appear.(Fig108.png)
Enter Tag and click set tag
If User want to to delete annotation, User should select Annotation and press delete.
In Transcription Mode,user will get the screen for audio files as below
Numbers indicated are the controls provided.
1.Play/stop button 2.Audio Control 3.Speed 4.Track Zoom
Along with these control buttons,users can download the file and control playback speed.
Document Attribute¶
Document attribute appears as below in the task.
Webhook¶
Webhooks are automated messages that can be sent to a configured server URI in response to a specific event. Currently, webhooks are supported for Task update and Project update.