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Encore: A Day in the Life of a QA, Part Two

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This blog is part of a series on transcription. If you haven’t read the other blogs in this series, make sure to check out the summary page for a listing of all transcription blogs. If you missed Part One, check it out here. Again, here’s Laura, describing her typical day working as a QA gal: I’m lucky because my company makes sure they do not over-hire on their accounts, which means that it is very rare to get on and not find any work that needs to be done. This means that we’ll sometimes get a bit behind, but not … Continue reading →

Well, What about Legal and General Transcriptionists–Are They Outdated?

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This blog is part of a series on transcription. If you haven’t read the other blogs in this series, make sure to check out the summary page for a listing of all transcription blogs. Thanks! Legal and general transcription are even less prone to VR (voice recognition) technology than MT work. General transcription usually consists of transcribing many different people every single day, which VR technology is in no way ready to tackle. I have transcribed focus groups talking about whatever random topic they were assigned (cell phones, schooling and teachers, ant killing chemicals,) and I had great difficulty understanding … Continue reading →

What is Transcription?

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This blog is part of a series on transcription. If you haven’t read the other blogs in this series, make sure to check out the summary page for a listing of all transcription blogs. When I tell people that I have studied to become a medical transcriptionist, I usually get a blank stare. To avoid all blank stares with this series, I thought I would explain why transcription is so important and what role it plays in the different industries. In the medical field, the doctor is the highest paid employee out of the whole hospital. No one would ever … Continue reading →

The Pitfalls to being an Independent Contractor

My friend, Darlene, has been working at home as a transcriptionist for several companies, including a general transcription (GT) company and a medical transcription (MT) company. She recently quit the GT company because she was making more per hour at the MT company, and she also liked the work that was available at the MT company more. Just yesterday, she got an e-mail: She was let go from the MT company effective immediately, because there was not enough work to keep her employed there. They told her that as soon as the work picked back up, they would love to … Continue reading →