Andrew Hansen has been a TypeWell transcriber since 2008. He completed the Turbo Courselet in 2011 and attended the Professional Development Symposium in 2012. Andrew completed TypeWell's formal Skill Assessment in early 2017… Read More
Make the Switch: Convert from C-Print to TypeWell this Summer
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
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
The Magic Behind the TypeWell Dictionary (Part 2)
When someone sends TypeWell a word suggestion to add to the abbreviation dictionary, I personally look up each word in a variety of dictionaries to try to verify that it's a real word. Sometimes the "word" is really a misspelling or lesser usage of the proper word, and I'll discuss those with the submitter to decide what to do. Even if a word is "improper," we'll often include it in the dictionary because if a teacher says an improper word, well, you need to capture that. So improper words are a feature, too. Read More
The Magic Behind the TypeWell Dictionary (Part 1)
Counter to what most people might think, minimizing keystrokes is not the only goal of the TypeWell abbreviation system. We also have to consider the issue of learnability, and how real users function in a classroom transcribing environment. Read More