1. Someone who makes a written version of spoken material
   "The court transcriber accurately recorded every word of the testimony"
    
2. Someone who rewrites in a different script
   "The transcriber converted the ancient text from cuneiform to Latin script"
    
3. Someone who represents the sounds of speech in phonetic notation
   "The linguist worked as a transcriber to document endangered languages"
    
4. A person who translates written messages from one language to another
   "The transcriber worked tirelessly to render the novel from French to English";
   - translator
    
5. A musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance
   "The transcriber transformed the classical piece into a jazz standard";
   - arranger, adapter, adaptor

Derived forms: transcribers

Type of: linguist, musician, phonetician, polyglot, writer

Encyclopedia: Transcriber