Transcription within the context of verbal behavior and data recording refers to writing down spoken words or more broadly converting a verbal stimulus typically auditory into a written form The defining characteristic is that the source stimulus is verbal and the response is written with pointtopoint correspondence between the two A court reporter typing what is said verbal stimulus to written response is a classic example of transcription A student taking notes on a lecture verbal stimulus to written response is also transcription Writing down a phone number or address spoken to you verbal stimulus to written response is transcription However a chef copying a recipe from a cookbook involves reading a nonverbal visual textual stimulus and then writing This process is more akin to copying or textual responding where both the stimulus and response modes are textual or a form of textual behavior reading followed by writing rather than transcription which specifically involves a verbal spoken stimulus being converted to a written form The provided text explicitly clarifies this distinction by stating typing out a recipe that you read on the internet no you read on the internet okay that nonverbal sd were not transcribing it