Transcribing as an on-line job
By 88caira88
@88caira88 (77)
Philippines
January 24, 2007 6:53am CST
I already tried transcribing before and it pays depending on the length of the audio your transcribing. The longer the audio, the more it pays. Before they will hire you, they will give you a sample audio that you will transcribe. If they are satisfied with it, they will hire you. You should also correct some american slangs, like for example, instead of typing "gotta", you should type "got to". It's quite difficult because sometimes you cannot understand what they're saying. Maybe because I'm not used to hearing American slang, because I'm a Filipino. At first it would be difficult, but later on you'll get used to it. I already stopped transcribing because there are only few audios left and the number of transcribers are getting more and more bigger. Do you know anyone who transcribes? What are your experiences?
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11 responses
@kittykat0308 (44)
• Philippines
24 Jan 07
i would like to try transcribing... how did you get to start with it? did you have formal school/training before you were hired? yeah, a lot are into that right now but not everyone gets a good chance to grow in that field
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@88caira88 (77)
• Philippines
25 Jan 07
I didn't have any formal training, as long as your hearing is clear, you know how to type (lol) and you can understand foreign slang, then I think your qualified to transcribe. My sister told me that job, actually I used her account, she applied to someone on-line and she was given a sample transcription to know if she's qualified for the job.
@kittykat0308 (44)
• Philippines
25 Jan 07
oh ok... i thought all of them required you to have formal training before you can get started... hmmm... will try to be on the look out for possible openings
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@MsRetro (249)
• United States
27 Jan 07
For thsoe interested, there is a list of transcription companies that hire independent contractors on the wahm.com forums. I haven't done transcription at this point, so I can't personally vouch for any.
If people are looking for transcription they can do on the fly, a little at a time, Amazon Mechanical Turk lists small transcription jobs pretty often (http://www.mturk.com)
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@88caira88 (77)
• Philippines
28 Jan 07
What kind of trnscription do they offer? medical transcriptions or not? Do they really pay? I need some infos. Thanks
@88caira88 (77)
• Philippines
25 Jan 07
I'm sorry, I don't have the link anymore. My sister deleted it before. You can try to search it on the net. :)
@niitesh (1653)
• India
24 Jan 07
please can you tell me something more about this transcribing on-line job.do we need to register or its free and is anyone eligible for joining it does it have any special requirement well give me some more information on this thing really interested in it
@88caira88 (77)
• Philippines
25 Jan 07
You don't need to register, you APPLY to someone on-line like in a normal job.
@moiz2581983 (67)
• India
29 Jan 07
thats great well do know where we can apply for the transcribing job
@milott (2646)
• India
27 Jan 07
Transcription is not an easy job just like other online jobs, you need to finish some basic training on this, you should be well versed in your english and grammer and you understand the american english and their way of dictating very much. If you join any institutes which teaches transcription and then start working, it would be better for you.
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@mdzafaruddin (879)
• India
25 Jan 07
seems to be good i will try my luck for this , and thanks a lot for sharing this hope i earn few buck with this ...
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@tenzen (114)
• Philippines
29 Jan 07
I know a lot of people who transcribe (specifically, 25 people). The way I view transcribing is that its a short-term (1 to 2 yr) job, like being a call center agent (unless of course, if you're THAT good). Depends on the company you're working for.
If you're a nurse, you can try applying to more high-paying hospitals instead.
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@jazzafrazz (910)
• Canada
13 Mar 07
Wow, I must be getting really old. I've never heard of this sort of work online before,.. until today. Transcribing is that like dictation? Does anyone still do that sort of thing. Transcribing sounds really ancient. That's really a new one for me. I'll have to check on more of this. Believe it or not, It sounds quite interesting too!
@elisa812 (3026)
• United States
23 Dec 08
I have never tried transcription before, but it is something that I definitely have an interest in. My husband and I have to move a lot because of his career, so I would really like to find an actual job that I would be able to do from home over the internet, so that I wouldn't have to look for new jobs every time we relocate. Thanks for the information on transcription! I also got some pretty good information from some of the responses here. I am planning to look more into transcription.
