TY - JOUR AB - Presents some basic features for encoding spoken texts with the TEI (text encoding initiative) scheme. Highlights the reasons for encoding spoken texts and gives a brief history of text encoding development. An example is used to demonstrate how to encode a simple transcription using the TEI scheme. Pros and cons of text encoding are also discussed. Creating TEI‐conformant transcriptions with XML provides the possibility for researchers to retrieve original recordings via hyper‐textual pages to look for specific (or partial) features that were not included in the transcription. VL - 18 IS - 4 SN - 1065-075X DO - 10.1108/10650750210450149 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/10650750210450149 AU - Cencini Marco PY - 2002 Y1 - 2002/01/01 TI - Transcribing and encoding spoken data T2 - OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 205 EP - 211 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -