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#Audio typist professional

Often, where there are many participants on a recording, they’ll talk over one another.

Making sense of difficult or challenging recordings.

The transcripts can often be quite technical, so attention to detail and the ability to follow instructions closely is essential. All of the formats require to be produced alongside the transcription company’s instructions and client requirements. There are a few fairly standard styles of transcript across the industry, depending on what information and/or data the client needs to capture.

Attention to detail and following instructions closely.

Often, the client will not only want to know what was said, but also who said it for the likes of interview style transcription, and each time there is a change in speaker it will require to be marked up within the transcript. Not only to represent accurately what was said, but also how it was said. You’ll be expected to have the necessary skills and experience to ensure that the transcript is accurate in terms of punctuation, spelling, referencing, etc., so that the text makes sense. Here are just a few examples of what’s expected:

#Audio typist professional

Good typing skills are essential, but being a professional freelance transcriber involves so much more than this. A transcriber may go from typing an informative webinar or a light-hearted podcast one day, to the next day transcribing financial or banking meetings, a conference recording, or a police PACE interview, for example. General transcription covers a wide area of industry. They might typically go on to specialise in legal transcription, court transcription work, medical transcription, or ‘general transcription’. This is what’s formally known as audio transcription, and the people who type up the work are called transcribers. When a secretary or audio typist leaves the (familiar) arena of single speaker dictation, in addition to continuing with the same type of audio typing (medical or legal), there’s a world of work out there for them if they can skilfully type a range of varied recordings that might involve anywhere from 2-20 people (or more) speakers.

Their accuracy, attention to detail, and typing skills can be transferred into transcription work. Secretaries and audio typists will have gained background experience in their careers working in various business sectors. Let’s clarify! A secretary or audio typist is commonly someone who types single speaker dictation for one person or a team of people (also known as a typing pool), producing work such as letters, reports or memos, and they’re typically familiar with doing the same type of work on a daily basis.Īt Outsource Typing, we work with all three of the above types of people – secretaries, audio typists and transcribers, but our team have almost always made the transition from secretary/audio typist to transcriber to enable them to work as a freelancer at home and maximise workload and, ultimately, income.