The word "transcribe" in literature has been employed with diverse nuances, ranging from the meticulous recording of spoken or written language to technical instructions for preserving original orthography. In several editions of Little Women, for example, the term is used to denote specific editorial choices, such as when words like "needle‐work" [1], "Dove‐cote" [2], and "gray‐headed" [3] are transcribed with their hyphenation intact, or when stylistic decisions, as with "Teddy‐ism" [4] and "door‐handles" [5], are carefully managed. Meanwhile, in historical and philosophical texts, transcribing extends to faithfully reproducing content—whether declaring a case as in Jefferson’s document [6] or capturing an inscription for moral instruction as in Washington Irving’s writing [7]. Moreover, the act of transcription is also integral to modern projects dedicated to the digital preservation of classical works [8], [9], [10], underscoring the term's role as a bridge between past and present textual forms.