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
Transcribing Spoken English Into Braille
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
Why do prices vary for real-time transcription services?
When new customers ask, "How much do TypeWell real-time transcription services cost?" and we answer, "It depends," we're not trying to be vague or mysterious! We invited guest author Randi… Read More
A Chat About Access, Accommodation, or Retrofit?
"When the Seahawks were in the Super Bowl, I don't know how many times I heard the Seahawks mentioned, a thousand times, maybe. A person with hearing loss wouldn't hear… Read More
On Recruiting (part 2)
In the first post in this two-part article on recruiting transcribers I spoke with Carrie Scoone, a woman who worked for an agency that supplies transcribers and interpreters in one… Read More
On Recruiting (Part 1)
One of the most important goals for agencies and institutions that are recruiting transcribers is to continue to discover new talent, people who have more going on than just the… Read More