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Imagine you're sitting in the corner, writing down a conversation that is occurring in the middle of the room. What are you doing?

"Copying down" is what I'm using, but it seems like there should be a better word.

Best Answer

If you are taking it down verbatim, you are transcribing it, and the finished product is a transcription. It you are just making notes of the gist of the conversation, you are taking a record of it.