Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Known and unknown facts about transcription services

Today, transcription services come up with vivid variations in services relating to the act of listening and transcribing the same with minute perfection. Some of the basic formats in transcription services are general transcription, medical transcription, interview transcription, research transcription, academic transcription for the students, legal & media transcription, conference transcription and many more.

General transcription is the process which has become much necessary with the rapidness of this age and people have always made themselves connected with such options to benefit their lives in a long run. Let us check some of the known and unknown facts and applications about the much talked & well appreciated format of general transcription.

Origin of General transcription services

 

Long ago, secretaries took office or other important notes from their bosses in shorthand and then transcribe the same on a typewriter. Later on, with the approach of latest technologies in that time, such applications got up well with tapes and Dictaphones. Today, general transcription services have developed in a long way wherein, such applications are highly perfected with the format of digitalization. With the ongoing development of technologies, digitalization in general transcription came into the place relating to the act of listening to the words spoken and then typing the same into a word processing document so to keep the same for further use in future.


Previously, there were no such specializations in the field and general transcription was the only format which engulfs every service with asked clarity and perfection in the transcription. General transcription has been the much easiest yet unique format among all which includes the procedure of transcribing the insurance, religious sermons, speeches, group discussions, meeting minutes, telephonic conferences, educational seminars, etc and many more. Some of the common necessities or basic skills which make it easy enough to choose the transcription services are fast & accurate typing capability, excellent grammar and spelling skills, a strong vocabulary, and familiarity with the advance word processing software, etc. Whereas, the small voice files are highly transferred via the FTP or file transfer protocol server.

4 essentials in choosing a Canada transcription service 


Accuracy and speed: If you are hiring a Canada transcription service for the very first time, it's mandatory enough to proof up their claims by checking their services. Much higher the level of accuracy provided by the general transcription company- the more it should work up benefits for you in choosing the same.


Technical terminology: Do you want your transcription service providers to research these terms at the very time of transcription. It will benefit the work with more and more accuracy with any of its future uses.


Proper formatting and editing: These are the basic yet important blocks that make transcription services easy enough to deal its utility with any of the uses. Small and meaning page breaks or paragraphs, headings, subheadings, text italicizing, and special margins make the data much perfect to read.


Turnaround time & Payment methods: For a specialized & professional Canada transcription, it takes approximately 4 hours in transcribing a 1 hour tape and 1-2 hours of editing the same.


Payment options are various to choose such as Payoneer, PayPal, Xoom and Money bookers, checks, Money grams, and Wire transfers. It's better to discuss the same beforehand choosing any of the transcription services.

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