What is Transcription? Typist vs. Transcriptionist

What is transcription? Transcription is the manual act of typing the spoken word, whether live or recorded, from any audio format, to paper or computer file for someone to read at a later time.

Sounds simple! Anyone can do that, but not anyone can do it well.

Transcription, for the purposes of creating a reliable document for the end user, is a professional skill. This skill takes several years of regular practice to hone the ability to type exactly what is heard verbatim. "Listening" is the skill that must be acquired.

Do you remember the story of one person telling another something and it then gets passed on to ten people? As the story goes, what the tenth person states is nowhere near what was originally stated. This is true of inexperienced transcriptionists. They have not mastered the skill of listening and typing exactly what is spoken.

Typing is the least important skill required in transcription. Typing is the LEAST important skill required as a transcriptionist. LEAST IMPORTANT SKILL.

If a transcriptionist is a good listener, she is a good transcriptionist. If a transcriptionist is a good listener and is listening to, say, a computer company interview, but she knows nothing about computers, the transcript will have intermittent [indiscernibles] throughout as she hears a word or term or lingo style that is foreign to her. This is what sets Transcription 2000 apart from other transcription companies.

At Tran2000, not only are our transcriptionists excellent listeners, they are also seasoned professionals trained to comprehend technical, financial, industrial, and business dialog. This means our team accurately transcribes what is spoken because they understand the lingo/terminologies used by various specialized fields.

We guarantee you the highest quality transcripts, worthy of your effort, your dollars and your trust.

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