Typing and transcription is not all about getting your fingers moving or your ears listening, it is also about using your eyes to focus on the content that you are typing
We all know that eye care is important, but we usually push it to

This week I have been doing some reading up on Phonetics. It was a subject that I knew very little about (in regards to the alphabet) and it got me wondering whether there is still a need for a phonetic alphabet and indeed phonetic transcription.

There are many different types of interviews conducted every day; job and university, celebrity and sports personalities, police and legal interviews. Although each of these has different requirements for what the information gathered is going to be used for, each is using same underlying technique

We spend more time in front of computers than ever before, but did you know that without correct posture and ergonomic equipment you could be putting yourself at risk of being diagnosed with Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI).  An estimated 9.5 million working days were lost

There are a lot of questions about transcription services today. As voice-to-text technology, and online freelance website continue to be developed, it is no wonder that people start to question the best approach to having audio materials transcribed.

In the days when voice recognition software was in its infancy, I remember working with someone who’d always done her own typing but had developed RSI.

Have you ever been asked to give a presentation and felt daunted by the prospect of tackling PowerPoint? Or felt the document you’re sending a client could look just that little bit better;

Well, it’s nearly the end of the year again, and what a year it has been. We have transcribed a variety of material including interviews with Daniel Radcliffe, Jessica Ennis and Michael Barrymore to name but a few.

I just read an interesting article about the expectations people have about transcription and the reality. Until you are a transcriber yourself will you only realise the skill that is required in transcribing difficult audio.

Hi – I’d like to like to tell you about a particularly interesting file that I got recently from Fingertips. It was an interview with Calum Best, George Best’s son and a famous model who is now making a film about his Dad.

Well it has been in the high 20’s and even 30 degrees the last couple of weeks and the weather is here to stay for another month at least, weather forecasters have predicted.