Do Interview Transcribing

What is interview transcribing?
To transcribe means to make a written copy of something. Interview transcribing is the process of listening to an audio or video interview and converting it into a written copy for reading purposes.
Today most of the journalists, nonfiction writers and bloggers conduct thousands of hours of interviews and most of them are too busy to transcribe them on their own.
So they outsource this job to speed the publishing process. That’s where they need interview transcribers.
Your job as an interview transcriber will be to listen to the audio or video interview and write it down word for word.

Suitable For

1. Almost anyone.
2. More suitable for people to love to write.

Skills Required

1. Ability to read, write and fluently speak the language of your operation.
2. Ability to listen and understand multiple accents in your language of operation.
3. Ability to type faster is a must.

How To Get Started

The first way is to register on following transcription services sites and complete the available jobs.

Here’s the list:

Verbalink.com
Scribie.com

The second way is to contact local
newspapers, magazines, and TV news stations and see if they can offer you a transcribing job.
The third way is to contact bloggers, news website owners and non-fiction writers. Visit their sites,find their email and inquire if they have a requirement of a transcriber.

Tips

1.Write the name of the interviewer, interviewee, time, date and location, where it took place.

2. Interviews are generally in question and answer format. Use foot pedal to stop and start your tape. Play a small section at a time and type as you hear them. Repeat the tape as and when required. Include both questions as well as interviewee's answer.

3. Transcribe each and every word. Sometimes some words are not very clear, there you read the whole paragraph and make an intelligent guess. Put that into a bracket to show that it is your text, not from the original sources.

4. Insert a paragraph in between whenever an interviewee makes a new idea. Put a space in between each speaker. If needed, you can edit into more paragraph in the final copy.

5. After finishing the initial draft, listen to the tape again. Read the transcribed interview at the same time. Do corrections, if necessary.

6. Now start editing. Spell out abbreviations and clear all punctuations.
7. Correct grammar and the content in the final copy.

8.Edit excessive use of verbal tics like “I mean”, “you know” etc. You can also edit ‘um’, ‘uh’ like fillers, which is a distraction while delivering a message of the total interview.

9. Save each stage of your typed interview in a separate file for further reference.

10. Check spelling for the last time. Now it is ready for publication.

Expected Earnings

You will earn from $5 to $40 per hour for transcribing any interview depending on your expertise.

Top Websites of Do Interview Transcribing

1.https://www.scribbr.com/methodology/transcribe-interview/
2.https://www.indianscribes.com/interview-transcription-guide/

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