[Hidden-tech] Transcribing jobs

[Claudia Gere]

David,

I require transcription extensively in the work I do and have transcribed,
trained, and worked with many transcribers. Before investing in a school, I
suggest she determine whether she is an auditory learner. There are people
who hear something and remember it easily, for others the words get jumbled
and they have to replay and replay something to get it right. In my
experience, it is very frustrating work for someone who isn't auditory.

I also question why she needs to go to school if she's already a good
typist. Here is a free application she can use to try out her skills from a
message I sent to Susanna Opper earlier this month.

Express Scribe (Google in quotes to find) is a free downloadable
transcription application that makes it easy to slow down, pause, and speed
up the recording as you transcribe using your keyboard. Everyone is working
digitally now so there's no need to buy the expensive equipment.

People who are in the business of providing transcription services are in a
better position to comment on the market for the services. 

Hope this helps. Claudia
 
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Many of you may remember I sent out an email not that long ago asking 
about home based jobs for an unskilled worker (my wife).   Well we 
looked and came up with basically nothing.  So instead we are looking at 
sending her to a local community college to get a cert/formal training 
in transcribing since there *appears* to be a lot of jobs in this area 
and the pay is relatively good (and she does type well).   So I'm just 
looking for some opinions out there for anyone who has transcribing 
experience as to how active the job market really is, if there are any 
"gotchas", or any other information that would be useful to us.

Thank you!
David

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