Audio Transcription: Soldier Interview Analysis, History Module

The assignment is an audio transcription and analysis of an interview with a soldier. The transcription captures the soldier's reflections on his military service, including his motivations, challenges, and experiences. The interview covers his initial aspirations, the nature of his duties, and his adaptation to life during the service. The transcript also highlights the difficulties in balancing family life with the demands of a military career. The assignment aims to provide insights into the soldier's personal journey and the impact of his service. The transcription includes the interviewer's questions and the soldier's responses, offering a glimpse into the conversation and the soldier's perspective. This assignment is designed to help students understand the importance of primary sources and how they reflect individual and societal experiences.

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Introduction
Audio transcription is a notation writing or symbol of sounds, which is displayed in the form
of an analog or a digital manner. Most importantly, audio transcription is usually used in
recording human voices, which is then used in the business of transcription. In most cases,
audio transcription constitutes two different people speaking about an event or something
essential. Therefore, in our aspect, this task will primarily focus on general discourse where
different turn-taking will be considered, such that the collection of thoughts and feelings will
be preselected with the art of the essay. In simple terms, the task will discuss one of the
interviews, which was done by the ex-soldier based on his life experience and how he tends
to cope with his life during the service.
Interviewer: john black
Interviewee: soldier Obi
Date of interview: 1st may 2018
Location of the interview: Los angels
List of the acronyms: JB= John black, SO= soldier Obi
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JB: So, what was going in your mind at the time when you joined the forces?
SO: Uhm, aha…not much, I wanted to enjoy the service based on the fact that I was having
the dream to become a soldier. So moving in the different missions was a bit enjoyable to me
in many ways during the service.
JB: Um …hm. Ok.
[00:00:27]
And of course having fun….uh.mm going through different training as well as flight were
some of the events, which I can hardly count to be part of my best moment during the service.

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In other words, I had a dream to be the first black corps pilot. So I wanted to see if I could
achieve that goal.
However, my first service duty was to guard the cherry point north of Carolina. Life in the
north did not favor me, and I had to adapt in all ways possible.
JB: How did you get along with family members?
[00:00:18]
SO: Well… Uhm…aha... it was pretty tough to balance family and the job; I had many
challenges to convince Natalia (my wife) to be patient enough during my time in the service.
In other words, service duty is one of the most demanding careers in one’s life, but it is also
one of the best in terms of fitness [laugh].
JB. I see [laugh]
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