Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Voice Transcription - Is It A Cakewalk For An Audio Typist?

Certainly not! The method of transcribing voice to text is termed as voice transcription. Though, it looks like an audio typist can comfortably perform it, the truth is far behind it. It requires a pool of talents in addition to the skills possessed by an audio typist.

Who is an audio typist?

The job of an audio typist is, listening to the recording and obviously typing whatever it is, in the tape. S/he doesn't have to proof read the document or care about the sentence structure in the document. Transcription doesn't stop with mere conversion of voice to text. There are additional factors that are quite vital from a client's point of view. A perfectly transcribed document requires a complete proof reading, editing and proper punctuation. It is not anyone's job, only a transcribers will fit for the purpose.

Who is a transcriptionist?

A transcriptionist is a person who performs the transcribing process. Apart from transcribing the voice, s/he should be unassailable in listening, typing, proof reading, punctuating, handling software and hardware and surfing in internet work. Transcriptionist makes use of the transcribing software with a foot pedal and a clear earphone which has a noise cancellation facility associated with it, to perform a perfect transcribing process. On putting all the pieces together, a transcriptionist should be self-disciplined and professional in whatever s/he does.

On using the transcriptionist in a proper way, clients can pull better results. By informing the transcriptionist prior to the transcribing process, about desired file format of the transcribed document and kind of transcription like verbatim or intelligence verbatim, a perfect and error free document can be obtained in a quick turnaround time.

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