One-on-One Interviews

Monday, 2 November 2009 18:03 by Admin
Bellow is an overview of One-on-One Interview:
  • General format: The format for interviews tends to be very flexible: the length, the location, and the degree of structure and formality can vary enormously depending on the circumstances of the interviewers and the interviewees.
  • In person or by phone: Interviews are typically conducted in person, especially if you want a reaction to specific materials. However, you may be able to do interviews over the telephone if you're gathering impressions and ideas from key informants (especially if you already know them).
  • Multiple rounds: If you are using interviews as part of your developmental testing, you will need to do multiple rounds so that you can test the changes you made as a result of the initial feedback. This iterative process may not be realistic for all sponsors or all projects, but you should plan on at least two rounds if at all possible.
  • Costs: The expenses associated with interviewing are primarily driven by three factors:
    • The interviewer's time to develop protocols/questions, prepare materials you're testing, recruit participants, conduct interviews, and write up results.
    • Participants' honoraria to compensate them for their time (usually $25 to $50 each; however, employees recruited for this purpose often are not paid when interviews are done on company time).
    • The facility fee (a common but avoidable expense if you or a partner can donate appropriate space).
    • The cost of transcription of one-on-one interview: from $1.50 per minute and up.
  • Number of participants: The ideal number of interviewees depends on what stage of the project you're in, what kind of project you're doing, and the kinds of respondents you're dealing with. The typical number ranges from 5 to 15 people. Even a fairly small number of people can provide a wealth of useful information, especially if you conduct several rounds of testing. Generally speaking, once you can detect a definite pattern in the responses, you probably know enough to make changes for the next round.
  • Time required: Each interview typically takes anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour (sometimes more, but try not to exceed an hour). While you can conduct interviews in as little as two weeks or so, it's ideal to plan for a four to eight-week process. This is the time needed to:
    • Design the interview guide.
    • Arrange for the interviews.
    • Recruit respondents.
    • Conduct the interviews.
    • Analyze the responses.
    • Report the results.
  • Staffing: Experts suggest that interviewers work in pairs so that one person can ask questions while the other record the responses in as much detail as possible. 
  • Preparing the interviewee: The first thing you should do is to tell the person about the purpose of the interview and the process you will use to interview them. Make sure they understand that you want them to react honestly and critically because their feedback will help you improve the materials they're seeing. In that context, explain why you are taking notes and/or taping the conversation, and reassure them that their responses are confidential.
Feel free to contact us for more tips and tricks on how to make your one on one interview successful and for a top quality transcription service we provide.
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Transcription Tools - VoiceWalker

Saturday, 24 October 2009 13:55 by Admin

VoiceWalker is a transcriber's tool, designed to help you transcribe audio or video recordings. VoiceWalker lets you play back the sound in a controlled way, with the benefit of being able to systematically step (or "walk") through a recording, repeating short segments for a specified number of repetitions, then moving on to the next segment. The segments overlap, so that the transcriber does not become disoriented.

VoiceWalker assumes that you have digitized your recordings as computer files to work with them more easily (for information on how to digitize, see the VoiceWalker manual).

VoiceWalker is free, available for Windows only. There are two versions:

Version 2.0 supports WAV files for all functions, and also plays Windows AVI files and Quicktime MOV files. (This version was written in Visual Basic.)
DOWNLOAD VoiceWalker 2.0 (3.0 MB)

Version 1.0 is very similar in functionality to version 2.0, but supports only audio (WAV files). It has a few different features from those implemented in 2.0, so you may wish to try both to see which works better for you. (This version was written in SumTotal's ToolBook.)
DOWNLOAD VoiceWalker 1.0 (4.0 MB)

VoiceWalker manual. The easiest way to learn to use VoiceWalker is to just try it out. Click on all the buttons and see what they do - since VoiceWalker never modifies your files, but only plays them back, you can do no harm. To learn more about VoiceWalker, you will find that all the features are fully documented in the VoiceWalker manual.
DOWNLOAD VoiceWalker Manual in pdf (0.2 MB)

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Do I need school or training to do transcription?

Friday, 2 October 2009 04:57 by Admin

Generally speaking,while you do need general education, intelligence, knowledge of currentevents, etc., for general transcription, there is no special school ortraining required for general transcription.

Legal transcriptionalmost always requires, in addition to all of the general transcriptionskills, previous legal (usually law office) experience.  You may findcourses called "legal transcription" courses.  These may or may nothelp you in obtaining legal transcription work.

School/training is required for medical transcription. 

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New Carrier Pass: Become a Legal Transcriptionst

Wednesday, 26 August 2009 11:17 by Admin
Legal Transcription Company

Current economy state shows how well insecure and unprotected we are and how fast things can change in our life. Neither you noryour relatives and friends should get despair in case the destiny shows itsback to you - the whole world belongs to you and why wouldn't you use thisopportunity and become a Legal Transcriptionist or work in a Legal Transcription Company?

Current economy state shows how well insecure andunprotected we are and how fast things can change in our life. Neither you noryour relatives and friends should get despair in case the destiny shows its back to you - the whole world belongs to you and why wouldn't you use this opportunity and become a Legal Transcriptionist or work in a Legal Transcription Company?  

Considering that you would only need some basic knowledge oflegal terminologies and good typing speed yet it is difficult to find job evenafter mastering these skills. You may be able to find a job in Legal Transcription although many employers are looking for people who have proper credentials, which means theyhave completed an accepted legal transcription course (online or in school), which is a professional program leading to a Legal Transcriptionist Diploma.These courses include easy-to-understand lessons, supplements and speciallearning aids.  

The course provided online can for sure be done from home. Anonline distance learning program is self-paced and divided into various modulesthat shouldn’t be hard to learn. The information given in a module is first tested and the next module is presented only if one fully grasps the concept ofthe first one. The state-of-art home training program is divided into twomodules and practice hours for dictation. The module deals with the law and howit works and an overview of the profession. It also teaches about the U.S.legal system, roles, responsibilities and issues related to the system.

The course includes the basic rules of English grammar andtyping rules. It also discusses the employment opportunities provides websitefor research purpose and for enhancing educational skills on-line. The studymaterials of the course consist of books, supplements, organizers, quicklearning system and learning aids such as CD's, video instruction. Thismaterial generally reaches the student 5-7 days of enrollment. All the examsconducted for such courses are open book. The exam may be taken online orthrough e-mails. Many transcriptionists further their careers into paralegalstudies or even law. If one has a doubt, the instructor is just one call away.

The course will also include some knowledge about the criminalproceedings, life cycle of a crime, difference between criminal proceedings andcivil proceeding and trial by jury process. In civil suits, it is important tobe familiar with the terms associated with civil law suits. Other proceedingsare also explained from filing a suit till its settlement. Special laws to bestudied are personal injury, family law, administrative law and litigant,business organizations, wills and real estate, contracts, bankruptcy and patent& trademarks. The skills of a stenotype and the phonetic language of acourt reporter are also a part of the course material. There is some softwarethat one need to master and some others which are handy for Legal Transcriptionwhich are the Hotdocs, WordPerfect, and MS Word. You may also need toupload/download protocol such as FTP. For the training you will need a computerwith a modem or DSL and MS Word or WordPerfect (legal version) and a CD player. Dictionaries are always handy.

All this sounds easy, but it should be remembered that self studyand self learning requires extra commitment and patience. One has to be selfmotivated and study on his own to train for a better career. Some courses offerlegal secretarial work with the legal transcription study. In addition to theonline and college courses, many employers allow individual to train whilebeing on the job and also train the new recruits if they have to work in thefield of Legal Transcription.

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What Software to Use for Transcription

Friday, 10 July 2009 06:37 by Admin

Express Scribe is free professional audio player software for PC, Mac or Linux designed to assist the transcription of audio recordings. 

A typist can install it on their computer and control audio playback using a transcription foot pedal or keyboard (with 'hot' keys). This computer transcriber application also offers valuable features for typists including variable speed playback, multi-channel control, file management and more.

Express Scribe is completely free and can be used without any restrictions. We make it free with the hope you will like it so much you will recommend our commercial digital dictation suite to others. Please visit our Dictation Software page. 

Features

  • Variable speed playback (constant pitch).
  • Supports many professional foot pedals which connect to the game, serial or USB port to control playback. More info...
  • Uses 'hot' keys to control playback when using other software (eg. Word).
  • Ability to dock both analog and digital portable recorders to load recordings.
  • Works with Microsoft Word and all major word-processor applications.
  • Integrates directly with Express Delegate Dictation Workflow.
  • Automatically receives and loads files by internet (FTP), email or over a local computer network.
  • Automatically sends typing to the person who dictated the work.
  • Works with speech recognition software such as Dragon Naturally Speaking to automatically convert speech to text.
  • Loads CD audio directly - start to work as it loads in the background.
  • Can switch to 'mini' mode to reduce screen space.
  • Integrate with dictation management systems using the Express Scribe SDK.
  • Works with FastFox typing utility to turn difficult medical/legal phrases and common terms into mere shortcuts from your keyboard.
  • Express Scribe is free.

 

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Improve Your Business with Professional Transcription Services

Wednesday, 8 July 2009 06:31 by Admin

Transcription is a conversion of a speech or spoken words in to a text format. Various kinds of transcriptions are accessible as per our transcription needs such as:

  • Business Transcription
  • Media Transcription
  • Financial Transcription
  • Digital Transcription
  • Audio Transcription
  • Medical Transcription
  • Legal Transcription

There are several points which help transcribers to transcribe voice in text some them are as follows:

  • Recording done by good and latest equipment plays vital role in quality of voice and transcriber can transcribe easily.
  • Some times at the time of dictation background noise appears in the recoding this affects the quality of transcription indirectly.
  • Transcribers prefer that person who is giving dictation have to speak slowly and clearly.
  • Define punctuations like periods, quotation marks, parenthesis, new paragraph indicators etc. clearly so the transcriber can do transcription accordingly.

These are the tips for exceptional transcription but some times individuals or professionals have not enough time or facility or financial and technological limitations to follow all this needs. An individual and corporate has more beneficial option for transcribing their voice or documents.

In current trends people are outsourcing transcription tasks, as it saves cost, time and gives best quality transcription with nearly 100% accuracy.  Experienced and accurate transcription company can do easy and accurate transcription.

  • Outsourcing of transcription help individuals or corporate to reduce capital investments, expenses, finally it gives significant savings and increased profitability
  • Transcription requires dedicated transcribers and focused transcribing skills and by outsourcing to offshore outsourcing transcription company who have sufficient and efficient transcribers can assure about better quality and outcome
  • By outsourcing transcription services, corporate have additional resources available which will adds the capacity which may be focused to other activities, individuals can also focus on other core activities.
  • Coupled with this offshore transcription company provides rapid support for 24 hours* 7days to provide high quality, time bound and cost effective transcription services.
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Transcription Services for San Francisco -- Bay Area

Friday, 12 June 2009 06:12 by Admin

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Price‎: from $1.50/min of audio
Minimum Order‎: 15 minutes
Areas Served‎: World Wide
Days to complete order‎: from 24 hours and up
Speciality‎: Transcription Services
Free Estimates Provided‎: Yes
Description‎: We offer wide variety of transcription services for businesses and individuals. 

Among our Clients are San Francisco Chronicle, UCSF, Target Corporation, local book writers and journalists.
 

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The Voice Transcription Technique -- Future is Happening Now

Thursday, 4 June 2009 16:48 by Admin
Transcribing interview data is a time-consuming task that most qualitative researchers dislike.
Transcribing is even more difficult for people with physical limitations because traditional transcribing requires manual dexterity and the ability to sit at a computer for long stretches of time.
Researchers have begun to explore using an automated transcription process using digital recordings and voice recognition software.
While software has improved in recent years, it is not yet available to the general public in a format that can recognize more than one recorded voice. Transcription Institute is researching on the strategy used to circumvent this problem and improve the speed and ease of transcription. The equipment and the Voice Transcription Technique will be outlined, as well as suggestions for future technological advances in transcription. 
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A little more about us

Tuesday, 2 June 2009 10:58 by Admin
High quality translations: Our transcribers are highly qualified linguists with a proven track record.
Free quotations: Regardless of the volume and type of material that needs transcribing, we are confident that our rates are highly competitive and offer free quotes.
Highly competitive prices: We are committed to offering you the highest quality transcriptions at the lowest rates on the market.
Extensive variety of subjects: We provide transcription services in a wide array of subject areas, including: legal, technical, medical, interview, focus group, financial, pharmaceutical, aerospace, etc
Fast turnaround times: We offer a rapid response without compromising the quality of our service.
Confidentiality: Transcription Institute maintains a confidential policy regardless of whether the project is the translation of a legal contract or something much more general
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Record Audio and Email

Monday, 4 May 2009 05:48 by Admin

One of the services we are happy to provide to our customers is a transcript of audio messages recorded. You can use 1-800 number provided to you by our representative to send your voicemail to transcript ® for processing, or use this neat gadget to record and email your request. For returning customers we offer monthly retaining plans, where you can prepay 200, 300, 500, or 1000 minutes to insure our availability and lower the cost to you.

 

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