Benefits Of Interview Transcription Services

By Christine Perry


A transcription service is one that helps you convert spoken words into printed format. Occasions such as oral interviews, telephone discussions, church sermons, conferences and many more are so important that having a written version of all that was discussed orally can be more beneficial to you. Doing transcription requires patience and the longer the audio or video clip to transcribe, the more tasking it is. Hence, you may choose to hand the job over to anyone experienced in interview transcription services.

Giving the transcriptionists the job to do will save your time. You will have more time to spend on other tasks you do. If you are a lawyer for instance who wants to go through the proceedings that happened in the court of law earlier in the week, it will pay off to assign the task to a professional while you go ahead preparing for the next legal action. This can even increase your chances of winning the case as your memory is refreshed of what happened in the previous proceeding.

There is no need trying if you have not done it before except if you don't need the document for anything important. You may not even want to add timestamps to it because of the stress involved. Adding timestamps to a transcribed document is good for easy comprehension and it can help you to quickly recall what transpired in the discussion. This is something a good transcriptionist will do with ease.

If you wouldn't like to be disappointed, you should endeavor to give the job to an experienced person. It is even better when it is a group you are contracting for the job so that if someone is not immediately available, another person can quickly take it up. Transcribing a discussion or an interview isn't as easy as everyone thinks it is.

There are certain tools transcribers use to make the work easier for them. Things like the foot pedal and microphones must be purchased and efficiently handled. To an amateur, these tools can make the process more fearful if they have never used them before. Besides, they are quite expensive and won't be needful if you are not always in need of this service.

Another benefit of giving the job out is that you will have something that you can easily understand. This is in addition to the on-time delivery it promises. You can ask the transcriber to delete gestures made during the interview to reduce costs especially if you don't need it verbatim.

It is less expensive to outsource your transcription needs rather than having a group of people in your office employed for the purpose. This is because freelancers who take the job from you are not entitled to any other work benefits unlike when you employ people. You should do this even if you are always in need of the service.

Transcription will help you to be ready for the future. If you save your interviews in a flash drive or CD alone, you may likely lose them after a while. Printed versions can be stored for decades by simply keeping them in a file and avoiding insects in the area where they are stored.




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