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  • Transcript Progress

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    One of the unique features of our Transcription System is that you can monitor the progress and check the Work-In-Progress transcript anytime from your account. The progress is the percentage completion based on the stage of the workflow the file is in at any given point of time. It maps in the following way. Range Stage 0-59% Transcription 60-89%…

  • New Transcript Order Options

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    We have added new transcript order options in the Invoices page. The Option button just below the table brings it up. A screenshot is below.   A description of each of the option follows: Flexible Delivery: The Flexible Delivery files are delivered anytime with a week instead of the normal 1 day. If within the…

  • Transcription System: Proofreading

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    This is a series of posts on our human-powered audio transcription system. The following are links to the previous parts: Overview, Workflow, Certification, Transcription & Reviews. In our workflow, we first break the audio file into smaller parts and each part is then transcribed and reviewed by different people. Due to this methodology the transcript may contain inconsistencies. Proofreading is the…

  • Transcription System: Transcription & Reviews

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    This is a series of posts on our human-powered audio transcription system. The following are links to the previous parts: Overview, Workflow, Certification. The Transcription & Review subsystem is where the bulk of the work gets done. In transcription the file is played back and typed into something called a raw transcript. This is the…

  • Transcription System: Certification

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    This is a series of posts on the Scribie.com transcription system. The previous parts are: Overview, Workflow. Our transcription system is 100% human powered. That makes the certification subsystem the first important component. This subsystem handles the process of certifying new transcribers and inducting them. To become a certified transcriber one has to apply and take Transcription…

  • Transcription System: Workflow

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    This is a series on Scribie.com’s audio transcription system. The first part which provides an overview is here.  Our workflow consists of five steps. File Splitting -> Transcription -> Review -> Proofreading -> Delivery We start by splitting the file into smaller parts. The file is split at the 6 minute boundary which produces one or…

  • Re-inventing Audio Transcription

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    Last month we completed four years of our company. We launched CallGraph Skype Recorder in April of 2008 with intention of offering services around it. The transcription service was one of those and it quickly became the most popular. The past four years we have invested all our time and effort in developing a human-powered…

  • Starting Weekend Deliveries

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    Our transcription service just got a bit better. Starting this month, we are moving from a 5-day work week to a 7-day one. This means we will deliver transcript orders on all days of the week. If an order is placed on Friday or Saturday, it will be delivered within 1 day; Saturday and Sunday…

  • Introducing Profiles and Stats

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    We recently launched profiles for our certified transcribers. Here’s a screenshot of my profile. It contains some background information, relevant professional experience and performance and work history on Scribie.com. It gives you an idea of who the transcriber is, how much work he or she has done and how has the work been. The profile…

  • Moved From Slicehost to Linode

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    We recently switched our hosting provider from Slicehost to Linode. Here’s how it went. We had been on Slicehost since early 2009 and had a very good experience. We had few service disruptions and the performance was decent enough to suit our needs. But then there was this impending forced migration from Slicehost to Rackspace…