answer:Can I ask what sort of files you’re transcribing or will be required to transcribe? I have interviews transcribed. I don’t want details about background noise transcribed. I want the preamble discussion between myself and the interviewee, the questions I asked and the responses they gave. I’d want the post-interview discussion too. The interview content needs to be transcribed verbatim. Nothing annoys me more than checking a transcript only to find the transcriber has not accurately typed back the content. I have to include those quotes in my work and ethically, they have to be spot on. The fact that you can hear a fridge in the background or someone asking for the door to be closed would be irrelevant to my needs. I’d expect the company to let you know if they needed additional details such as that. What you include would depend on the content you’re transcribing. I should add, the reason I ask what it is you’re transcribing is because in some situations you might want such detail. For instance, if you were asked to record legal interviews. Say a police interview. They might want information about people entering or leaving the room. I can see such transcriptions requiring additional detail. I’m an academic. I just want the interview content verbatim.