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Helpful information for those who use transcription services.
Helpful information for those who use transcription services.
May 03, 2023
Earning a Living Wage as a Transcriptionist
I've been doing some email marketing lately and it seems a lot of people are using one specific competitor. Just out of curiosity I searched what they pay their transcriptionists. I was appalled to see that it is 30 cents to $1.10 per audio minute. $1.10 per audio minute is fine - but 30 cents? This is a real problem in the industry. The minimum wage in California is currently $15.50 per hour. It takes about four hours to do one hour of audio. So for four hours of work you should make $62.00. At 30 cents per audio minute you would only make $18.00 for four hours of work!! WHAT? Why do people work for such a low wage? Or is this company using people from outside the United States? Or is AI changing the industry? I actually think it takes longer to edit an AI transcript than to transcribe it from scratch, but that's a different rant. I would love to see the industry standards raised so that professional transcriptionists are paid fairly. To be competitive I actually have to charge less to my clients than I did 30 years ago when I started. What other industry is this happening in? I hope people looking for transcription services will take a little time to research how much they are paying their team members and what their reviews are from people who work for them.
May 01, 2023
Free Transcribe Anywhere Workshop
Wondering if being a transcriptionist is a good fit for you? Transcribe Anywhere is offering a free workshop. It explains what transcriptionists do, how they do it and how much you can potentially earn as a transcriptionist.
Feb 05, 2023
7 Tips to Help You Deal With Lack of Respect When Working From Home
I've dealt with people dropping in during the work day for years. While my schedule is somewhat flexible, I do have work I need to complete each day, which I feel some people just don't even consider.
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Straightforward Pricing:
$1.75 per audio minute for 2-day turnaround*
$2.00 per audio minute for 24-hour turnaround*
*Multiple speaker and foreign language rates are slightly higher
