Anyone Use a Transcription Provider, If so..

[Nick Brighton]

I'm looking to hire a transcription service writer. Has anyone used one before and if so, how much did you pay and on what terms. (Per hour, per word?)

I'm looking for a recommendation and a price range that is to be expected. I know it depends on skill, but a ball park figure will help me find someone and not get stung.

[lakshaybehl]

Use Dragon naturally Speaking from nuance for that. It types as you speak. I hear it is extremely accurate. I am buying it today....

I will post results as I get them.

[Premium Web Content]

As a DNS10 owner, I wouldn't recommend the software for audio recordings, especially under the following circumstances:

- If the audio recording contains voices other than that of the primary user;
- If the audio recording suffers with regards to clarity because of the presence of ambient noise, or poor recording because of device limitations; and
- If the software program hasn't been "trained" well enough.

I tried transcribing audio files with a well trained DNS10 several times, and I was always left with the feeling that I spent more time correcting the errors in the transcription compared to the time I would've spent manually transcribing the audio files myself.

So Nick, my best advice would be to consider a living, breathing human for this job.

I encountered this post in the Classified Ads section of the forum. Perhaps it would help...

http://www.warriorforum.com/warriors...iptionist.html

[Nick Brighton]

Originally Posted by Premium Web Content

As a DNS10 owner, I wouldn't recommend the software for audio recordings, especially under the following circumstances:

- If the audio recording contains voices other than that of the primary user;
- If the audio recording suffers with regards to clarity because of the presence of ambient noise, or poor recording because of device limitations; and
- If the software program hasn't been "trained" well enough.

I tried transcribing audio files with a well trained DNS10 several times, and I was always left with the feeling that I spent more time correcting the errors in the transcription compared to the time I would've spent manually transcribing the audio files myself.

So Nick, my best advice would be to consider a living, breathing human for this job.

I encountered this post in the Classified Ads section of the forum. Perhaps it would help...

http://www.warriorforum.com/warriors...iptionist.html

I agree, DNS (Dragon Naturally Speaking) is not quite what it's cracked up to be. It only recognized two words from each sentence I spoke and that was after fully "completing" the training.

[Alan Petersen]

Hi Nick,

Pay per audio minute not per word.

I've used two:

e24 Transcription | Self-Service Transcription Service
Very cheap but you know what they say about you get what you pay for? Well that applies here. Two of their transcriptions were okay but I still had to edit it a lot myself. The third one was so bad I hired a second transcription. That leads me to number two:

Transcription Team | Virtual Services

That's Tara Needham's company. She's a warrior and she did a fantastic job on the transcription service. Much better than e24 and it was not much more expensive than e24 as she offers warrior pricing. I paid around $13 more than I did e24 for the same audio and it was worth every penny. So I'll use her services from now on.

[Nick Brighton]

Originally Posted by Alan Petersen

Hi Nick,

Pay per audio minute not per word.

I've used two:

e24 Transcription | Self-Service Transcription Service
Very cheap but you know what they say about you get what you pay for? Well that applies here. Two of their transcriptions were okay but I still had to edit it a lot myself. The third one was so bad I hired a second transcription. That leads me to number two:

Transcription Team | Virtual Services

That's Tara Needham's company. She's a warrior and she did a fantastic job on the transcription service. Much better than e24 and it was not much more expensive than e24 as she offers warrior pricing. I paid around $13 more than I did e24 for the same audio and it was worth every penny. So I'll use her services from now on.

Thanks Alan,

Seems Tara has carved a good reputation amongst Warriors, which is always a good sign.