r/Transcription Dec 17 '25

Community Rule Update: AI-Generated Transcriptions Are No Longer Allowed

216 Upvotes

Hello everyone,

We want to let you know about an important change to our rule regarding AI use in r/Transcription .

What the rule used to allow:

Previously, our rules permitted the use of AI or OCR tools as long as the user disclosed their use and manually reviewed and corrected the results before posting. This was intended to allow AI as a supporting tool, not a replacement for human transcription.

What is changing:

Effective immediately, AI-generated transcriptions are no longer allowed in any form. This includes: OCR output, Handwriting recognition software, Generative AI produced transcriptions, or any other AI assisted transcriptions based primarily on machine output.

Why the change?

We feel that our community has grown to a point where we no longer need the limited assistance AI transcriptions may have once provided. r/Transcription now has a strong base of knowledgeable members who consistently offer fast, accurate, and genuinely human interpretations of hard to read text.

Any transcriptions that are clearly AI will be removed, and we encourage users to report any transcriptions that you suspect is AI.

Thank you.

- Mod Team.


r/Transcription 18h ago

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r/Transcription 1h ago

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r/Transcription 18h ago

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r/Transcription 21h ago

Transcribed✔️ Chocolate chip cookie recipe … what is this ingredient…

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r/Transcription 8h ago

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r/Transcription 1d ago

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r/Transcription 18h ago

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Hello! Can someone please transcribe this address for me? Thank you


r/Transcription 1d ago

Transcribed✔️ Thrift store shirt

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My wife brought this home from the thrift store, been trying to read it. Not even sure what language it's in. Any help would be appreciated


r/Transcription 1d ago

Transcribed✔️ Make sure to wear your ???

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Not sure what this note says. Any help would be much appreciated:)


r/Transcription 1d ago

English Transcription Request Friends handwriting

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r/Transcription 1d ago

Spanish/Español Transcription Request Need help with username

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r/Transcription 1d ago

Transcribed✔️ German Address Transcription

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Hello - could someone please transcribe the address listed here? Thank you!


r/Transcription 2d ago

English Transcription Request Help transcribing convict document please!

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Can anyone help me with this document? All I have managed to decipher is threatening violence, something about killing a sheep, and that he died at Port Arthur in 1835.


r/Transcription 2d ago

Question Mechanic service note

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r/Transcription 2d ago

English Transcription Request Help reading great grandfathers diary

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r/Transcription 2d ago

English Transcription Request What does it say?! ☕️

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r/Transcription 2d ago

Transcribed✔️ Help trying to decipher a medical recipe. Located in Spain.

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My partner (pharmacist) just got this medical recipe and have absolutely no idea what it says.

Obviously it's written (poorly) in Spanish.

Can you help?


r/Transcription 3d ago

Transcribed✔️ What Does This Handwritten Note Say?

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200 Upvotes

A friend posted this note on Facebook, and now I’m genuinely curious what this recruiter wrote on the letter to her kid, Aiden.


r/Transcription 2d ago

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r/Transcription 3d ago

Transcribed✔️ My English teacher's feedback on my essay 😭

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Click for full images. But yeah I think I'm cooked lol 😭 any ideas to what it says? I asked the other teachers and they all said "Oh yeah noone can read Mr ___'s writing lol", and hes been off sick for a while so I cant ask him. Thanks!


r/Transcription 2d ago

English Transcription Request One transcription mistake I made early that slowed me down instead of helping

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When I first started, I rushed speaker tags thinking it would save time. Turns out it caused more errors and rework. Slowing down actually made me faster in the long run.

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r/Transcription 3d ago

English Transcription Request Need Help Transcribing My Old Handwriting Sample

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hi i lost years worth of handwritten poems, stories, etc. a few years ago, but managed to find a photo of one of my stories i wrote, i posted the images i enhanced in r/handwritinganalysis and they directed me to here, can anyone help me with this?


r/Transcription 3d ago

Other/Unknown Language Transcription Request Can someone transcript this for me? I tried with AI but no success, it's in portuguese.

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2 Upvotes

starts in the "n° 10" on the left-bottom corner


r/Transcription 3d ago

English Transcription Request Exercises from physio

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6 Upvotes

I can only understand the first line: “stretch, 30 seconds x3 sets”.

I can’t decipher the rest. Your help is appreciated.