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The difference between a typist and a transcriptionist

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What is the difference between a typist and transcriptionist?

Posted By Cathy Bennett

We often get asked what is the difference between a typist and transcriptionist, after all both roles essentially involve typing. Our answer can often be lengthy. Before we explore the differences, we think it might be best to share what they have in common.
Both

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Top 5 questions to ask a transcription service

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Top Five Questions to Ask a Transcription Service

Posted By Cathy Bennett

If you are new to the transcription industry and have never used a transcription service before, but find that you have the need to, here are our top questions you should ask before choosing a transcription provider

Who will be transcribing of your work?

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How to improve your words per minute

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The Top Three Ways to Use Transcription in your Business

Posted By Cathy Bennett

Many businesses are adopting transcription to streamline administrative tasks, freeing up valuable time to focus on business goals and projects.
Here are our top three ways transcription can be beneficial and save time and money:

Record ideas and project goals – All successful projects

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Blog: Podcast Transcription

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Podcast Transcription – How and why you should consider it

Posted By Cathy Bennett

The podcast has revolutionised the way we communicate content to the public, it has been perfect for; Schools, colleges, universities, businesses, the travel industry, not to mention more common forms of media such as: radio programmes, magazines, political broadcasts, religious organisations, TV commentary and newspapers.
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How to transcribe the Rio Olympics

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Transcription and the Rio Olympics 2016

Posted By Cathy Bennett

The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro is only a few days away. This is the first Olympic Games ever to be held in South America.
This years games has not been without its controversy, with political, economic and health crises

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Transcription Services what are the differences?

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Spot the difference in Transcription Services?

Posted By Cathy Bennett

All transcription services are the same…
Wrong… there are significant differences between different types of transcription services available, this blog explores these differences.
Edited Transcriptions
This is where the transcriber can omit parts of the audio file as long as the meaning of the recording

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Blog: Has technology impacted on how we communicate

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How technology has impacted on the way we communicate

Posted By Cathy Bennett

The way we communicate – Technology has advanced considerably over the last century, the birth of the internet sped up our advancement and indeed desire for new and improved communication services, but just how much has changed?
Early forms of communication
Early forms of communication

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Blog: Human or machine transcription, which is best

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Human Vs Machine

Posted By Cathy Bennett

Human Vs Machine – Who will win in the battle of transcription?
There’s a lot of voice recognition and transcription software in the market, which claims to be the perfect transcription solution out there, but is automated software better than a human?
Find out in

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Blog: Trancription and confidentiality

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Transcription and Confidentiality

Posted By Cathy Bennett

Definition of confidentiality

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Transcription and Typing

Posted By Cathy Bennett

The first typewriter recognised as being “commercially successful” is one invented in 1868 by Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soule in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [1]

The patent was sold for $12,000 to a company called Densmore and Yost, who tried to manufacture the machine. The company made an agreement with E. Remington and Sons to produce the machine. In 1874, the Sholes and Glidden Type-Writer went on sale.

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May… we help? – May Bank Holiday

Posted By Cathy Bennett

This weekend sees the May Bank Holiday in the UK, a three day weekend, where historically banks and businesses would close.
Weather

It’s a running joke in the UK that, on the day that we have a day off work due to the bank holiday, it rains. The forecast, for the South East, at least, on Monday 2nd May, says cloudy, but not necessarily any rain.
Origins

The May Day holiday is the fourth of eight bank holidays in the UK.

British bank holidays are public holidays

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Subtitles

Posted By Cathy Bennett

Subtitles

There are lots of reasons why a television programme or film that you are watching has subtitles.

It might be a World film or foreign language film that has been translated and subtitled. It might be a mainstream programme that is subtitled for the hearing impaired and even a specialist programme, where participants speak in heavily

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