Important pointers for transcribers new to the transcription service industry
Have you recently landed a job with a transcription service provider or are working as a freelancer with many contractors? Does it all seem a bit too tough and you find yourself getting impatient very often? While all of it may seem overwhelming to many people new to this business, it’s all a matter of the old saying ‘practice makes perfect’. To be an expert transcriber, while it may take months or in some cases years, it’s all about honing your skills, training your ear and hands to work in unison, in perfect harmony, otherwise it can become a brain numbing job.
First of all, when working on urgent files, such as in the case of business transcription (season at its peak right now), you have to really pay a LOT of attention to what you’re listening and typing. The audio quality is not perfect, and the turnaround time is sharp, and I’ve seen many transcribers getting utterly frustrated, throwing their hands up when they can’t grasp many words. Many new transcribers can be arrogant or maybe just overconfident, and type what they hear without thinking what it means in the context of the whole sentence, and thus we have some really silly blunders sometimes.
To avoid these silly mistakes, it’s very vital that a transcriber pays full attention to what is spoken during the conference or the interview or even just a dictation. The mind cannot wander outside thinking about what you’re going to cook for dinner this weekend, it HAS to stay on the subject matter.
Sometimes words sound similar, and it’s the transcriber’s job to ascertain whether that word fits in that sentence or not, and that maybe another similar sounding word does. It’s all trial and error until you get to a place where all your tools are working as they should, and then it makes the process of converting voice to text OR what is called audio transcription seem like a breeze of cool air.
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