Transcription Trends: Insights into the Future of TypeWell Work

A smiling woman sits at a desk, looking at her laptop screen and thoughfully playing with her pencil

At the beginning of the Fall 2023 semester, TypeWell polled active transcribers to gauge how much work they were assigned, what kinds of work they were assigned, and how they felt about it. Update: Our Spring 2024 survey is now up. TypeWell transcribers are encouraged to respond before May 31, 2024. Remote vs. on-site work […]

The Indispensable iPad

student sitting at his desk reading a TypeWell transcript on his Indispensable iPad

As the solo transcriber in my school district, I take the initiative to stay abreast of the latest and greatest in the world of transcription. After TypeWell released web linking, I was excited to run a parallel test with an “Indispensable iPad”, while still giving students the laptops as readers. An Aha Moment – The […]

On Recruiting (part 2)

Recruiting transcribers in business meeting in lobby of colorful modern office space

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 of the most populated parts of the country, the Washington, D.C. area. For this second post, I spoke with Jason McKenna, supervisor of speech-to-text services […]