Thursday, October 18, 2007

Success of Audio Transcription

There are 2 main operational difficulties with the transcription of audio recordings of conferences and meetings - poor sound quality and no idea of who is speaking.

Poor sound quality comes from the use of voice audio recorders (that are primarily designed for close-to-mouth dictation) being set to RECORD and then being positioned in the middle of the table. The tiny microphone in these devices was never designed to deliver good quality audio under those conditions. Of course, sound quality degrades exponentially with the distance from device to speakers, environmental noise, table banging, paper shuffling etc

Not to mention the very difficult task of assigning a name to each and every conversational comment. So why not add speaker identity so that the typist does not have to continually REWIND in order to try and figure out who is speaking?

For these very reasons, many transcription companies work by the rule that it takes 6 hours to transcribe 1 hour of meeting audio of average quality - more if they want the transcript time-coded.

This of course results in 2 further economic problems:

- wasting the client’s time confirming who said what; and
- perhaps even wasting a lawyer’s time if they are the intermediary - and lawyers are expensive people to interrupt!

So, surely it would make sense to improve the capture of the original audio and provide a mechanism for speaker identity?

This would result in a win-win-win situation for transcriptionist, lawyer and client.

The typist would be able to transcribe more quickly and more comfortably resulting in less fatigue - a common complaint with conference transcription work.

The lawyer would get a more complete transcript more quickly.

The client would get a faster, more complete service.

After analyzing all these steps you can choose your audio transcription services provider.

Everybody wins…





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Sunday, October 14, 2007

Transcription services are in demand since many years.Different kinds of businesses around the world are all binded together by their need to get transcribed, a given piece of recorded audio.Medical transcription is the most popular amongst them due to worldwide demand as well as great employment opportunities.Among transcriptioning services,Media transcription is slowly but surely making its presence felt.

A medical transcriptionist would be transcribing and rectifying medical reports dictated by the doctors and medical specialists.Likewise,a media transcriptionist converts into text,news,featured reports and studio-made or independent documentaries.They also transcribe special news stories,interviews,project personnel one-on-one's,testimonials etc.In this age when media has such a tremendous impact on our lives,Media transcription openings are bound to grow by leaps and bounds.
Companies have a special liking for candidates with imagination,language skills and skills to handle relevant equipments.These are exactly the skills required to make it big in the media transcription industry.

Outsourcing of media transcription work is also becoming the proffered choice for big media houses.In US ,the workforce involved in media transcription is decreasing annually.This combined with the availability of vast English-speaking population of India as low-cost option for transcription is making India the most sought after destination for media transcription purposes.The 12 hour time difference between India and the US also enables firms to get the transcription work done on time.The goal of a proffessional transcriptioning service provider must be to provide its clients with quality service that includes the best industry practices in media transcription with emphasis on customer satisfaction,honoring all data secrecy needs,time efficiency and cost-competitiveness.

The basic qualification for a transcriptionist is a graduate degree.He needs to have a good command over English,fine listening skills and a logical approach to solving problems.An understanding of the American culture and their accent helps in getting better opportunities in this area.With excellent typing skills that combine good speed and accuracy,a salary of Rs.12000 to Rs.13000 can be expected.


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