We used to be real sticklers about referring to TypeWell service providers as "transcribers" rather than "captionists." That's because we specialize in training our speech-to-text professionals to produce real-time transcripts,… Read More
Transcribing Spoken English Into Braille
Guest author Lisa Vogt, a TypeWell Transcriber at Ohio State University, discovered a way to transcribe spoken English into a real-time Braille display. I work as a TypeWell transcriber at… Read More
Core Competencies for Remote Transcribers
Core competencies for remote transcribers are evolving as people adjust to new ways of learning and collaborating during the pandemic. Like all skilled professionals, speech-to-text providers must continually develop their… Read More
An Intentional Approach to Mentorship Makes All the Difference
You’re a new transcriber. It’s official. You’ve passed the TypeWell Skill Check, have completed 29 lessons of intensive transcribing instruction—some of them frustrating, all of them designed to prepare you… Read More
COVID Impacts on Disability Service Coordinators and Businesses
In our last post, we shared the responses we received from TypeWell transcribers about their experiences working (and losing work) during the pandemic. We also surveyed the impacts of COVID on… Read More
COVID Impacts on TypeWell Transcribers
Earlier in the summer, we asked TypeWell transcribers about their work experience during the coronavirus pandemic. We expected a range of answers from “there is no change” to “there is… Read More
Pass the Tomato! The Pomodoro technique.
"Pass the tomato" you say? What does a tomato have to do with time management? Plenty, according to Dean Kissick, who penned a piece in the June 21 edition of… Read More
Ken Deutsch Calls It a Career
In 2005 I decided at the age of 54 to go back to college to finish a degree I began in 1969 and never completed. While I was on campus… Read More
Basic Skills Training Package Announced
Beginning in May 2020, we added some additional steps to the training process for new TypeWell transcribers: Following their completion of the Basic Skills Course, every new transcriber will need… Read More
Flexible Options to Train Speech-to-Text Transcribers
The impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on our industry underscore the importance of flexibility in how employers can find and train new speech-to-text transcribers. So, we're rolling out an updated… Read More