Five Traits to Look For in the Perfect Transcriber

Transcribing is necessary for any business thatwhatever your niche is.
produces audios or videos. You could always2. Find someone in your price range. Make sure,
transcribe an audio yourself, but it is very timehowever, that a lower price does not affect the
consuming (over eight hours for a beginner), itwork that they do. You might want to go a little
takes a lot of concentration and patience, and youhigher in price if it means the quality is much
must be a perfectionist in grammar, writing, andbetter. Also, see if this price is for verbatim
editing to create a good transcription.transcribing, or if the service includes any type of
Why waste your time doing something that youediting. If it's verbatim, you will have to spend
could hire someone else to do? Your time isyour time editing it, so it would be worth a little
worth money, so you should be spending it doingmore money to have it edited as well.
something that you're an expert at, and let other3. It is also important to find someone who
people do work for you in areas that you're notspeaks your language fluently, so that you won't
so skilled at.have any trouble reading it afterwards. Right now,
That's where transcription services come in. Youeverybody tries to outsource everything because
can hire someone to transcribe your audios forit's cheaper. But, if you outsource to people in
you at very affordable rates. Most of theseanother country who don't speak your language
people have all the skills necessary to do this job,perfectly, while it may be cheaper, the quality
and are very accurate at doing it.may not be what you want.
You should not use transcription or voiceYou want to make sure to get someone who is
recognition software because it's not perfectedfrom your country or another country that
yet. The grammar might not be perfect, differentspeaks the same language, so that the value of
voices might not be recognized, and your wholethe transcription doesn't suffer and so you don't
product won't be what you really want. Peoplehave to spend more time editing it yourself.
are much more accurate than software and can4. Find a person or company that you think is
be trusted more. You just have to make suretrustworthy, reliable, hard working, accurate, and
you find the right one.timely. You don't want to get a transcription back
1. To find the right transcriber, first you think iflate, with many mistakes and typos.
you'd rather hire a big company that does a lot of5. See if they have any testimonials and see what
work, or a smaller one that may specialize in yourother people who have used them say. If they
niche. Would you rather go to a transcriptionhave more than one, and the adjectives are
service that does a little bit of everything, or onesimilar, then they are probably true and can be
that has a specialty?trusted.
Most companies seem to transcribe almostAfter you decide to use a transcriber and find
anything, while there are a select few that have aone to hire, then you'll see how much it helps you!
niche that they specifically transcribe for. If youHaving audios transcribed is something that
can find one of these companies (or a singleeveryone should do who wants to make their
person) that could be much better, since theyproduct have a higher value and who wants to
would know all of the language in your particularattract more customers.
business whether it's medical, legal, marketing, or