In the event that a comment needs to be made regarding a specific feature of a turn or the entire turn, a global comment may be used. This makes comments more concise. Rather than placing a comment beside each word of the turn, one larger comment is made directly following the turn.

A global comment may involve a technical occurrence, irregularities of the articulated phenomena of the speaker, or anything the transcriber may wish to state.

The global comment follows the turn. It begins with a semi-colon [;]. Each additional line of the comments also begins with a semi-colon.

1. e123ar2_001_BBP_120002: hello ~Adam . we have to arrange an appointment.
; BBP speaks with hoarse voice This is the comment for the above turn -->This is the comment for the above turn

Note that no punctuation follows the comment.

For comments that are necessary throughout the entire transcription, global comments are not needed. Rather, comments like these may be placed in the header comments.