Transcribing testimonies and interviews

Answer in [ANSWER LANGUAGE], even if the material below is in another language.

Below is a machine transcript of a recorded interview, and it stays on my own computer, so work only with what is here and keep the whole answer local. Clean it up for reading.

You may:
- Fix punctuation, capitalisation and the obvious spelling of the names I list below.
- Remove filler sounds and repeated false starts.
- Keep the speaker labels exactly as they are.

You may NOT:
- Complete an unfinished sentence.
- Replace a word you think was misheard.
- Reorder anything.
- Remove a repetition that carries meaning.

Keep every [inaudible] marker and its timestamp where it is.

Give me, in this order:
A. The cleaned transcript.
B. A list of every change you made that was more than punctuation, with the original wording beside it.
C. The lines you could not make sense of, quoted, so a person can listen again.

Names and terms spelled correctly: [LIST THE NAMES AND PLACES]

Transcript:
[PASTE THE TRANSCRIPT]

Answer in [ANSWER LANGUAGE], even if the material below is in another language.

You are writing the minutes of a meeting from one person's rough notes. Work only from the notes below.

Rules:
1. Never invent a decision. If the notes do not say a decision was taken, it was not taken.
2. Never assign an action the notes do not assign. Give one role per action, exactly the role the notes name, and where the notes name none write "No owner in the notes".
3. Never invent a date. Where the notes give no date, write "No date in the notes".
4. Copy names, figures and dates exactly as the notes write them. Do not correct them.
5. Anything you are unsure about goes in section D. Do not guess in A, B or C.
6. Keep every section short. One line per item.

Give me, in this order:
A. Decisions taken. One line each, with who decided it as the notes record it. Where the notes say only "the meeting", write that.
B. Actions. One line each: what is to be done, the one role the notes assign it to, and the date the notes give.
C. Discussed without a decision. One line each.
D. Unclear in the notes. One line each: what is missing or contradictory, and which section above it would belong to.

Notes:
[PASTE YOUR NOTES]

Answer in [ANSWER LANGUAGE], even if the material below is in another language.

Write a short message that goes back to the people who attended a community meeting. It will be read aloud as well as sent, so write it to be spoken.

Rules:
1. Use no personal name, not even a first name. Say "the organisers", "a participant", "the health office".
2. Use no direct quotes. Write what was agreed, not who said what.
3. Promise nothing the notes do not contain. Where the notes do not say who will do a thing, write that it is not decided yet.
4. Short sentences, plain words. No jargon and no abbreviation a first-time reader would not know.
5. Where a date, a place or a figure is not in the notes, leave a clear gap marked [ADD BEFORE SENDING] instead of filling it in.

Give me one message, in this order, with no heading longer than one line:
A. What the meeting was about, and how many people came if the notes say so, in two or three sentences.
B. What was decided. One short sentence each.
C. What happens next, including the date of the next meeting, and what is still open.
D. How to raise something the meeting missed, in two sentences, using the contact line I paste below.

Notes:
[PASTE YOUR NOTES]

Contact line for the last paragraph:
[HOW PEOPLE CAN REACH YOU]

Answer in [ANSWER LANGUAGE], even if the material below is in another language.

I have an interview tomorrow. Build a guide from the topics below. The person I will interview may have lived through hard events, so every question must be open, must not suggest its own answer, and must not ask for a detail we do not need.

Rules:
1. Write no question that carries its own answer. The words of the answer you expect must not appear in the question.
2. Ask for no identifying detail beyond what the topic needs. No exact address, no full name of a third person, no employer, no date of birth.
3. Ask about events and sequence, not about feelings the person has not offered.
4. Every question must be answerable with a refusal. Add no question that assumes the person will continue.
5. Invent no organisation name, no project name and no place where the recording will be kept. Leave each of those as a gap marked [FILL IN BY HAND].
6. Plain words. One idea per question.

Give me, in this order:
A. An opening script to read aloud: who I am, what the interview is for, where the recording and the notes will be kept, that the person may stop at any moment or skip any question, and how to withdraw consent later. Plain language, under 150 words, no legal terms.
B. Eight to twelve questions, grouped under the topics below, each with one follow-up question under it.
C. Questions to avoid, six at most, each with its reason in three or four words: suggests the answer, reopens the harm, or asks a detail we do not need.
D. A closing script: what happens next, and one sentence checking the person is still comfortable with what they gave.

Topics:
[LIST YOUR THREE OR FOUR TOPICS]