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How Transcription Benefits Your Workflow in 4 Ways

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Read this blog post to find out how transcription can benefit your workflow in four different ways.

With the increasing rise of online videos, it is surprising that there are so few conversations on the umpteen benefits of transcription. Most people are aware about the captions/subtitles that they see on television shows, however they might not know that the act of turning audio into text is called transcription. The reasons why businesses opt for transcription is simple.

From improvements in turnaround time, boosting the value of your content, helping employees focus and increasing accessibility, transcription can help in more than one way.

Here are four ways how transcription can benefit your workflow.

  1. Accelerate turnaround time
    In business fields, where audio/video material play a major role, transcripts can really help to speed up the workflow of a video editor. With a written document at hand, editors can quickly mark out sections where a revision must be completed and then they can return to editing. Another advantage of a transcript is that editors will not have to constantly move between watching and editing, throughout the process.

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Five benefits of Using Legal Transcripts

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If your law firm is still using audio/video recordings in your legal proceedings, it is time for a change. Switching over to legal transcripts can benefit your attorneys in more than one way. Read this blog post to find out more.

Transcriptions of legal proceedings from an audio format into a typed format are known as legal transcriptions. Transcription can help law firms by offering them with a verbatim recording of jury decisions or witness testimonies that are accurate. The most popular form of legal transcription is courtroom proceedings, followed by transcriptions of legal briefs, depositions, wiretaps, conference calls, interrogations or jury instructions. Very often legal transcriptions have to be created from audio/video footage.
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Verbatim Or Non-Verbatim Transcription: Which Should You Choose?

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Do you want to outsource transcription, but are unsure if you should opt for verbatim or non-verbatim transcription? If yes, read this informative article to find out the differences between the two and which you should choose.

If you are looking for transcription for your business, it is important to consider what type of transcription services you will need. You may think that obtaining a complete, unabridged account of exactly what was spoken in a meeting, seminar or lecture may be what you think, but it may not occur to you what such a transcript would actually look like.

Let us explore the differences between verbatim and non-verbatim transcription, so you can choose the one most suited for your needs:

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How to Avoid Bad Transcript?

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Outsourced audio files for transcription and received poor transcripts, with several errors? If yes, here are three practical steps that you can use to avoid a bad transcript.

Have you ever watched a movie with bad subtitles and wondered what went wrong? Poorly written transcripts can bring down your brand identify and destroy the image of your enterprise. The first step towards quality transcripts is to find a company that has the right skills, equipment and know-how about transcribing. Once you have found a suitable service provider you can use these three simple ways to avoid bad transcriptions.

  1. Request for samplesBefore you sign up with a service provider, ask for samples of their work. With a transcript of a short audio clip, you will be able to judge if the company does a good job at transcribing. The next thing to check is the process that the company follows? Do they follow multiple rounds of review, where the transcript is reviewed by trained transcribers at different stages? This is an important step, as it can ensure fewer errors. You can also ask the service provider to provide you with a list of all the tools that they are utilize for transcription. Using the latest transcription tools and technology can give you 99.9% accurate transcripts.

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Is Outsourcing Transcription Profitable for Busy Entrepreneurs?

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Today, entrepreneurs from different business industries use audio recordings or video files to save important messages for easy reference and for future use. With this way of working becoming a trend, there is a growing need for such audio recordings to be converted into accurate text. This conversion from voice to text is known as “transcription”.

As a busy entrepreneur with a hectic schedule, do you have the time to accurately transcribe your audio files into text? If your answer is a “no”, then you have two options to choose from. You could transcribe your audio/video recordings with the help of transcription software or you could outsource transcription to India. If you go with option one, you may face accuracy and reliability issues. This is because transcription software are yet to master the intricacies of language. However, if you outsource transcription to a reliable service provider you can be sure of 99.9% accuracy in your transcripts.

So, this brings us to the question, is outsourcing really a profitable option for busy entrepreneurs? Here are three ways how outsourcing can help your business: Continue reading →

What Is Transcription And Why Your Business Needs It?

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At your workplace, there may be several occasions when you may be using an audio recording to capture what is being spoken during a board meeting, discussion, interview or brainstorming session. Such audio recordings can make sure that your records stay up-to-date, but they will be of very little use if they remain in the audio format. Converting your audio recordings into text, through transcription can help you document your information for making easy references and for future utilization.

Rather than get your personal secretary or other staff members to transcribe for your firm, you can outsource transcription services to a service provider who has skilled transcribers and access to the latest transcription software and technology. Moreover, you can also avail transcription services in specific areas like business transcription, meeting transcription, conference transcription and even interview transcription.

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