Category: HowTo
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Tips to Set Up Your Home Office for Transcription Work (and Beyond)
As a transcriber, your work environment could likely use an optimization or two. Now that many of us are unexpectedly staying at home due to the coronavirus, you could be facing new challenges. The spouse who used to work at an office could now be beside you all day. At the same time, children might…
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A Step-by-Step Guide: How to Write a Transcript Fast
So, you’re supposed to transcribe an audio or video file. Your work may need you to do a steady stream of transcriptions, or you’ve never transcribed a word in your life. Best practices and guidelines ensure that transcripts adhere to industry standards. How do you keep your transcripts high quality with minimal effort? It helps to establish…
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Easy Webex Transcription: Record & Document Your Teleconference with Scribie
Teams can be productive without having to be physically there. However, are you documenting your important teleconferences? Webex has been a key tool in the corporate setting. You use conference calls to stay in touch with remote colleagues, run workshops, or attend training events. Teleconferences also allow you to connect with clients. You can easily…
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Good Audio = Lower Prices
How To Get Cheaper Transcriptions Want to pay less for your transcripts? If you use the following tips and tricks you can improve your audio and pay up to 4x less than what you would pay with bad audio — that could save you hundreds of dollars! Seems simple, huh? It is… but many people…
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How to Use Scribie Conferencing Solution to Record and Transcribe WebEx Conference Calls
Some of you out there may utilize conference calls for work, business, or school. Depending on which program and company you use, it can be a little time consuming to record the calls, convert them into a format that is compatible for transcription and then upload them to be transcribed. That’s true with WebEx as…
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Google Introduces Dictation in Google Docs
Google provides us with a variety of services and tools to make our lives easier. One tool in particular, voice dictation, is now available in Google Docs. It’s an easy feature that makes the lives of those using it run a little smoother. Need to get an email sent? How about the notes for your…
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How Can A Good Quality Audio File Reduce Your Cost Of Transcription
When it comes to recording your audio that you’ll later want transcribed, you want to make sure it’s a good quality. We’ve discussed the benefits of this, but now we’ll talk about some steps you can take to ensure your audio is of good quality. Ambient Noise One of the first things you’ll want to…
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How To Record Good Quality Audio To Ensure Accurate Transcripts
Nobody wants the words ‘inaudible’ interspersing the final transcribed script. Unfortunately, you will get a lot of it if the audio quality is not good enough. The good news is, this is easily preventable if you can ensure a good quality audio file. How? That’s pretty simple too! The first step is to have the…
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How To Clean The Audio File
Whatever your transcription needs are, you will all have the same start – the audio file. You may be asking, ‘Why would I want to provide clean audio?’ and that’s a very good question. It is what transcriptionists use to take your notes, lectures, meetings, interviews, etc. from a few or multiple voices to a…
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How to Review or Check the Quality of Transcripts
As a business professional, student, teacher, or whatever reason you may have for using a transcription service, you want to know that the service you used has done their job and done it well. You want your work or project to be up to the highest standards. With that in mind, did you know that…