How to do oral history interviews (Personal track)

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Intro to oral history and interviewing Preview
Instructor notes about the class format Preview
Join the conversation!
Interviewing Mini Course - a printable companion guide
Oral history interview checklist

Music and your story Preview
She's the spark
Why oral history? The voice is intimate.
Whose voice would you give anything to hear?
Do people really open up to us?
Listening: affirmation, validation, empathy Preview
Embrace silence
Interviewing mistakes and lessons learned
Finish your story by telling it

Great interviews start with great questions
Ask specific questions
Relationship questions - printable PDF
Genesis story questions Preview
Tell a story about a picture
Questions, questions, questions

The basic kit
Always use a backup!
Saving and backing up files
Microphone types and audio comparisons
Should you record video of an oral history interview?
Recording audio from two people onto one device
Two programs I use to make slideshow videos with oral history
Digitizing cassette tapes

Why transcribe audio
Overview of transcription tools
Introduction to using Google speech-to-text function to transcribe audio
Step-by-step: transcribe using Google speech-to-text
Transcription using Microsoft Word 365
Transcription using Dragon
Video tutorial for oTranscribe
Sending audio files out for transcription

Do it now and it will be enough
Listening is a sacred act