|
Further
guidance offering
Recording Tips
is provided.
See our News page for recent
happenings at The Essential Secretary |
|
| |
|
The quality of the recording: |
Poor quality recording is often due to the recording
equipment, recording volume, type of microphone and in the case of analogue
recorders, the brand of tape used. |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The clarity of the voices: |
Poor clarity of the voices is most likely to be due to
the speaker being too far away from the microphone, or by speaking too low,
or too fast. If we can’t hear it, we can’t transcribe it. |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Choice of recording environment: |
Background noise is another major factor of a poor
quality recording. This is because the choice of recording venue has been
poorly chosen. The microphone has often done its job well, picking up every
single clatter, roar or background chatter, at the same time as the original
speakers. |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Number of people speaking: |
Some recordings involving multiple speakers take longer
to transcribe due to the tendency of speakers to interrupt and overlap or by
the difficulty of identifying a single speaker amongst the many.
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
There are various other factors
which may influence transcribing times, and these can be regional or foreign
accents, specialist and / or technical terminology, microphone positioning,
and speed of speech. |
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
5. |
Will you tackle poor
quality recordings? |
|
| |
|
We are still always more than happy to endeavour the
transcription of poor quality recordings if appropriate. It should be noted however from
the outset of the additional time it will take to complete the transcription
due to the various factors mentioned above. |
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
6. |
I have XX
years experience as a secretary and am looking to work from home as a
freelance transcriptionist. Do you have any work for me? |
|
| |
|
The Essential
Secretary has a new department called ES Transcription, which works on
a different basis to the usual in-house practices. Please follow
the link to ES
Transcription for further information on how to apply. |
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
7. |
What is Verbatim
Transcription? |
|
| |
|
This is a full transcript of everything that is said in the recording
which includes the common 'ems' and 'ers', 'you knows', 'I mean', and
'sort of' etc. These types of transcripts are often required for
interviews by universities for qualitative analysis and by the legal
profession. |
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
8. |
What is
Intelligent Verbatim Transcription? |
|
| |
|
This type of transcription is commonly used for lectures, meetings,
conferences, symposia, and some interviews. All housekeeping
issues are omitted from the transcript, and the 'ems' and 'ers', 'you
knows', 'I mean' and 'sort of' utterances are left out.
In
addition, abbreviations can be removed on request and replaced with
formal terms, such as 'I've' is replaced with 'I have', and 'you're'
is replaced with 'you are'. Please note that this option will
slow the transcription process down a little and in turn will affect
our fee outcome. |
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
9. |
Do you have any job vacancies? |
|
| |
|
Unless a job vacancy is advertised in the local newspaper and / or on
this very website, the answer is no. We are constantly inundated
with email enquiries of this nature and as a consequence of this we
cannot answer all of these as there are simply too many. Please
be aware that unless there is a job vacancy advertised, your emails
will go unanswered and any emails with attached CVs will be deleted
immediately. |
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
10. |
I have an audio file I wish to be
transcribed. How do I proceed? |
|
| |
|
Please simply contact us either by email or telephone stating how long
the audio file is, what type of recording and the content. We
will be able to provide you with an estimate straight away and we can
then proceed from there. |
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
11. |
How do I pay? |
|
| |
|
If it is a one off
transcription that you require, depending on your circumstances we can
either take payment by credit / debit card once the work is completed
via the telephone, or we can issue you with an invoice. |
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
12. |
What are your terms &
conditions? |
|
| |
|
Please
click here for a full list of
our terms & conditions. |
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
13. |
Who are your clients? |
|
| |
|
We have a long list
of clients from many different disciplines. View our
client list here. |
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
14. |
Do you have
any testimonials from your clients? |
|
| |
|
Yes, we do.
Please click here for a handful
of testimonials by our clients. |
|
|
|
Contact us about our
services |
|
Please do browse through
this site, and feel free to contact us if you have any queries about our
services, or to develop a strategy to suit your individual needs. |
