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I will transcribe a 15 minute audio file for you. You send me the audio file, I type it up nicely for you in a word document and send it to you however you choose. Have me transcribe your podcast, your research interviews, your YouTube videos, your phone calls, or that book you've always wanted to write. (:
I am comfortable with dictation, multiple speakers, some background noise, and accents that aren't too heavy. Turnaround time can be very fast, I generally need 2-3 times the length of the file to complete the transcription for average-difficult quality. A faster turnaround would come with an increase in price over 10 Simbi. The difficulty and length of the audio file would also be factors in appropriate compensation. My suggestion of 10 Simbi per 15 minutes of audio is for a one-speaker audio with minimal background noise and not many technical or medical terms that would require me looking them up.
What to expect when you receive your transcript: If this is your first experience with transcription, I wanted to mention what's normal to expect of my finished product. The written words should all be there and correct, no misspellings or incorrect homophones, anything like that. I aim for perfection, but I'd say anything less than 95% accuracy on a one-speaker file with minimal background noise would be cause for you to notify me and/or rate me a lower score. More difficult files may include inaudible tags or phonetic spellings, which would be marked with a timestamp so you can easily locate the problem word in the audio. I will lightly edit for readability, taking out filler words such as "like" and "uh", editing out false starts, and breaking up run-on sentences or thoughts into appropriate length, possibly removing extra conjunctions. If requested, I can transcribe verbatim, where I type it exactly as it is spoken and do not edit anything out. My decisions on paragraph length and where to break sentences should be in logical places, but in this regard, a transcription is definitely meant to be your first draft that you will look over and tweak how you want it to be. I do not insert bold font, underline, italics, or other fancy things. Just the basics. (:
Training & Qualifications
I have been a transcriptionist at Rev.com for over a year. I am in their highest tier of workers as a result of my near-perfect accuracy and formatting, and I consistently submit jobs on time. I have transcribed over 20,000 minutes of audio, with an accuracy score of 4.9/5 and a formatting score of 5/5 on my last 30 graded jobs.
Availability & Preferences
Any time! I set my own schedule on my dollar earning-job, so I will be able to work in your requests around that.