I am leading a qualitative research project on historic child harm in an African boarding school. I am looking for recommendations on recording/transcription tools that meet ethical standards for protection of sensitive data. I have experimented with Zoom recording to my local computer, but the transcriptions do not distinguish between interviewer and interviewee and have by-the-second time stamps - in other words, not useful for import for coding. I haven't used Zoom AI yet because of concerns around confidentiality protection.
I am an independent researcher and do not have much budget. Most recording/transcription seems AI driven. Are there options (including and excluding AI) that meet IRB standards for sensitive interviews? If AI driven, how is confidentiality protected in a way that can be communicated to participants? Thanks!