transcribe

(verb) write out from speech, notes, etc.. Example: "Transcribe the oral history of this tribe."

(verb) rewrite in a different script. Synonyms: transliterate. Example: "The sanskrit text had to be transliterated."

(verb) rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended.

(verb) make a phonetic transcription of. Example: "The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant."

(verb) convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA.