This summer: A special offer for C-Print captionists to discover the benefits of TypeWell! Are you a C-Print captionist looking to expand your skills and job opportunities? Now is… Read More
Healthy Habits for the Transcriber
Think back, transcribers, to your first training session with TypeWell. You read through the requirements, nodded your head eagerly and said, “I can do this!” You were advised that if… 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
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
Coronavirus impact survey for TypeWell service providers
We invite you to complete an impact survey about the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on TypeWell transcribers, small business owners, and disability service coordinators. It has been almost two… Read More