Redact Name Transcript For Free

Select the text that needs to be redacted. You can do this by using the mouse to highlight the text, or by using keyboard shortcuts such as "Ctrl + A" to select all the text in a document. Use the formatting tools in your word processor to obscure or remove the selected text.

Redaction is used to mask or remove sensitive content, in the form of personally identifiable information (PII), from your transcripts.

Removing PII from a PDF Document With the document open in Adobe Acrobat Pro, click Advanced (in the menu bar) Click Redaction. Click Mark for Redaction. Click and Drag the box over the desired area (to redact) Click Advanced again. Click Redaction. Click Apply Redaction. Save the document.

Replace with altered or summary information. Keep linkages intact by applying pseudonyms, aggregate nouns, and categories consistently. Clearly indicate altered sections. Document the list of de-identification rules, both for yourself, or for your team should you collaborate.

Use opaque (100% impenetrable by light; neither transparent nor translucent) tape or paper to cover over the sections to be redacted. Do not use plain-paper as the scanner may pick up images through the paper. Even some black paper may allow some light reflection - so be careful.

You can use an ellipsis?three consecutive periods, with one space around each ( . . . )?to leave out extra or unnecessary words. The ellipsis represents information that you are omitting from a quotation.

Deleting words or sections: Metadata contains document revision history and can be used to view deleted information. Using dark tape or opaque marker: Rather than physically clipping out sensitive information, it is common practice to cover such information with dark tape or a marker and scan it into a PDF format.