Encouragement

While medical transcription job opportunities had slowed during the most recent economic recession, there appears now to be a change. Over the course of the past several months, more and more job openings have been posted on websites like craigslist and online transcription forums. I, too, am receiving more interest and questions from my own blog and website with increasing frequency. 

The following meical transcription job opportunity appeared on craigslist recently. Besides the growth experienced by the advertising transcription company, what is even more interesting is the highlighted quote from the American Medical Association. The medical community is undergoing change and the AMA is clearly recommending transcriptionists as the best way to ensure accurate medical records.

Medical Transcriptionists/Scribes (Home-based/Remote U.S.A./Canada)

Medical Transcription is not only ALIVE - but SKYROCKETING at InScribe! Come join the elite of the elite where we do nothing but GROW AND GROW AND GROW! We welcome NEW as well as excellent SEASONED transcriptionists - the "excellent" part is the key.

We are also growing our Remote Scribe program for physician clinics. The AMA said this past week that "Employing medical transcriptionists is the best way to adapt to the new EHR environment"... That means YOU! If you are both excellent and experienced in a particular specialty, we will teach you to become a Remote Scribe.

Medical transcription continues to evolve in an ever-changing world. The need for medical transcriptionists continues. What has been whispered to be a dying career has been resurrected.

Introduction to General Transcription

Are you new to transcription? Have you wondered what transcription is like and if it is right for you? While many transcription jobs are performed in various types of work environments, transcription is a leading legitimate work-at-home career.

Where medical transcription specializes in transcribing medical documents of various sorts, and legal transcription specializes in producing transcripts for courts and attorneys and related areas, general transcription encompasses a broad range of fields such as focus groups for market research, recorded statements for insurance companies, lectures for the academic world, sermons, interviews, student research papers, and so much more.

To transcribe an electronic digital recording (a recording housed on your computer), playback software is needed. Most computers today have player software already installed on the computer such as Real Player and/or Windows Media Player. These players will probably provide a way for you to hear the dictation, but controlling the playback requires something more.

Playing the software enables you to hear what is spoken, but control is needed. It is frequently necessary to pause the recording to let our fingers catch up to what was heard and to allow adequate time for look-ups or corrections. Transcription playback software provides the tools necessary to play, stop, pause, rewind, and fast forward through the recording. A foot pedal or keyboard commands can be used to control playback.

If you need transcription playback software, Express Scribe by NCH Software is available as a free download from the Internet. Another free player is available from Tyger Valley Systems called FTW Transcriber. Download links are also provided on the MT-Connect blog sidebar.

Are you ready to hear what an audio recording sounds like? Practice files and complete answer keys for the general transcriptionist are available here at very low cost. If you are new to transcription, I recommend that you listen to each recording once or twice from start to finish before attempting to actually transcribe it. Then try typing what you hear. Check the answer key to see how you did. Remember – practice will increase your speed and your accuracy and you will steadily gain more skills.

Introduction to General Transcription

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