Category: General
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Distinctive Features of Scribie’s Audio Transcription Service
“Scribie is one of the best ways to get audio transcription”. These days we have unlimited options available in the marketplace for every need and want of ours. Audio transcription is no different. We have many audio transcription services out there who promise us a bag of good things but deliver none. In this scenario where every…
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Business Podcasting: Are Transcriptions REALLY Worth It?
Podcast Transcription Two Birds With One Stone Podcasting has grown to be one of the hottest marketing trends. It makes sense why this relatively new form of content is making such a buzz. It allows business owners (and bloggers/brands) to demonstrate their voice and build relationships with listeners. If you’re a business or solo-entrepreneur…
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How to Transcribe Audio/Video Files Using the Scribie Editor
Audio/Video transcription can be a very arduous task. It takes around 4-6 hours to transcribe one hour of audio. There are several tools however which can make it easier—our Editor is one such tool. It presents the audio and the transcript document together in a single interface to expedite the process. The following is a…
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Transcription Skill
One of the misconceptions about of audio/video transcription is that it’s all about typing. Typing is definitely one of the key skills required, but there are other skills which are equally important, if not more. In this post we’ll elaborate on some of those skills. Context: Applying meaning to words and interpreting them is a…
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Express Delivery: A First For Scribie
The one option we always wanted to support was the 12 hour delivery. Last week we were finally able to launch this feature. It’s sort of a big deal since it’s the first time such a option is being offered in the General Audio Transcription industry. You can now download the transcript within 12 hours…
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Career in General Transcription
General Transcription is a relatively new field compared to Medical or Business transcription. Because the field is young, and growing, it presents a promising career choice for people with the right skill sets. In this post we are going to talk about what this job entails and the opportunities in this field. Skills The basic…
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Transcription Types
One of the most frequent questions we get is what type of audio files can we transcribe. Audio transcription is a vast field with many different specializations and categories. This post discusses some of types of transcription and our support for them. Medical Transcription Medical Transcription also known as MT, is a process where the reports…
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Mturk For Audio Transcription
We talked a bit about our platform in the previous post. We are a new kind of platform and the best way to describe us is a Mechanical Turk like system designed specifically for audio transcription. If you are not familiar with Mechanical Turk, it is a service by Amazon where you can post tasks…
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The Pre-Payment Requirement
One of the most frequent questions/feature requests we get is support for post-payment. We require payment to be made upfront for all transcript orders and for a lot of our customers, that is not an option. This requirement leads to a lot of questions and in this blog post we will explain why we do…