Earn some Money from Transcripts

By James Fritz Carlson

Writing transcripts is a good way to earn some money working at home. There are peoples who are typing transcriptions at home as a full-time job and they have good incomes. Doing a transcription means recording a voice and typing it in a document.

Having a foot switch could make your work a lot easier because you won't need to use your hands in order to play, stop or rewind. So you can use your hands just for writing. Transcriptions are divided in three major categories: general, medical and legal.

General transcriptions are related with a variety of fields. You could transcript letters, seminars or business conferences. To perform a general transcription you don't need any special training. You can work for a school and make transcriptions about a certain topic or you can transcribe a variety of fields. You may also make transcriptions for a company. Here you might need some basic knowledge about that company's specialty and they may ask you to get familiar to the terminology related to that specialty.

Medical transcription frequently requires special preparation. There are schools who can train personnel in about six months of full time study. You must understand the medical terminology at least on a basic level. There are many drugs and disease and you must understand them to be able to produce an accurate medical transcription. If you're trained you can start looking for a job in a hospital or other companies that work with medical reports.

Legal transcription is not really a job to do at home but you might have a chance in finding a work place. You will also need training in order to do legal transcription. Previous experience in a courtroom or a law agency could help you a lot to get a job in this field

Typing transcriptions is not an easy method to make money working at home. However this job brings great benefits as long as you are well motivated and willing to work. In this job is very important to keep in touch with other transcriptionists and this is why is networking is very important. - 33394

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