Of course, to benefit from transcription services in the UK, a professional service must be used. Although it may be tempting to choose the cheapest options available, this will not always offer value for money, and could even cost more in the long run.

Fortunately, there are options available that are both affordable and professional.

Why Consider Transcription Services in the UK?

Although some businesses use transcription services in London, there can still be others who enjoy the benefits. The following is an overview of what can be gained when using transcription services in the UK.

Information Can Be Distributed Easily

Teamwork is an important component of any business, which means having access to the same information. Although sharing audio or video is easy, there can be times when the content is misinterpreted.

Employing the skills of professional transcription services in the UK ensures all the information is contained verbatim and offers an easier and compressed format that makes communications faster and easy to understand.

Transcription Services in the UK are Flexible

There can be times when significant transcription needs to be completed, but the business does not have the budget to employ transcription staff on a full-time basis.

Fortunately, those who consider transcription services in London and the rest of the United Kingdom can be confident that skilled professionals can hand at any time, and will only generate cost when carrying out work, making it a more affordable option.

Work With Genuine Transcription Professionals

It is easy to assume that the role of transcriber is simple, but nothing could be further from the truth. Although some work can be carried out relatively quickly, there can be other instances where distortion or background noise makes transcription complicated.

Making use of transcription services in the UK ensures you are working alongside seasoned professionals who will have had plenty of experience regarding different accents, background noise and other disturbances that make the recording unclear.

This also ensures that even the most problematic transcription can be overcome in a timely manner, ensuring there is no hindrance to the productivity of the business.

Frees Up Employees Who Can Focus on Other Roles

Knowing which task should be dealt with first can be challenging, and just because some tasks can be monotonous does not mean it is unimportant.

Fortunately, those finding that transcription is stopping them from focusing on other roles can take advantage of transcription services in London, allowing current employees to focus on other roles that can help move the business forward.

Finding the Right Transcription Services in the UK

There can be many claims made online regarding the skill set of individuals, so it is important that a business ensures the service on offer is both professional and reliable.

If you are searching for professional and affordable transcription services in London that can be accessed at any time, then choose EQ Transcription. All that is required to benefit from the service is the uploading of files that need to be transcribed, and EQ Transcription will carry out the rest.

With over 600 clients, a 98% accuracy rate and affordable rates, what search elsewhere for transcription services in the UK.

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Documentary makers have been slower to come to the realisation that getting a transcript of their film will help, but this is now starting to become an important part of documentary making. As more and more documentary makers use transcriptions, so the word of how much easier the job becomes, spreads.

Here are a couple of good reasons for documentary makers to use transcription services:

Speeds Up the Editing and Re-editing Process

A professional transcription of the documentary speeds up the editing process dramatically. We at EQ Transcription Services can provide you with an accurate written copy of the speech, (including noises, pauses, silence etc), with timestamps that are synchronized to the film.

You can see at a glance what words fit what action, where the silence stretches out too long and so on.

If you have a written copy of the text as you watch the footage, editing is easier, and it is a good way to help you find scenes in the film. Voiceover parts are often re-done, and again these will show up clearly in the transcript, not only showing where they are necessary, but what needs re-said.

Makes content more accessible

Subtitles and captions for films can be lifted out of transcriptions with minimal extra work. Nowadays subtitles and captions are used more than before as the hearing impaired are catered to in a way they weren’t in the past. Also, if you have a transcript, getting this translated into another language is much quicker, easier and cheaper than paying someone to translate a film.

The more assessable the content, the more views is normally how it works, so you want to make your work as accessible as possible.

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Conferences tend to be full of information, and if someone is interested in really learning what you have to say, (and this is the reason for holding the conference after all), they can lose important facts because they are taking notes.

By recording the whole event and offering a transcription to attendees, you eliminate this risk. (You can even charge a nominal fee to cover your costs if appropriate).

2. Even Non-Attendees can follow it

Not everyone can make the journey to hear what is said, so a transcription allows one and all to benefit from the speeches.

3. Involve Employees

Keeping employees happy and making them feel part of your business makes for better productivity. You can distribute the information from the conference, or selected parts, to all employees. This also gives them a better feel of what you are doing.

4. Ready Made press Release

A transcription is a ready-made press release, or it is also an easy way to deliver the salient points to the press.

5. Social media

Posting important or interesting parts of your conference on social media is good, free advertising.

6. Quick Overview

A written document is a quick overview of what went on and is easy to search if you want to see a specific point again.

7. A Record

Recording and then getting a reputable transcription service, like EQ Transcription Services, to provide a written document gives you proof of what was and was not said if anyone questions something at a later date.

8. Marketing

You can use certain parts of the transcription to create marketing material, and direct quotes can be 100% accurate.

9. Archive

Having a written copy, (also hard copy on USB/DVD etc.), of events in your archives is a good idea. It makes searching for a particular point quick and easy.

10. Highlight Parts

You can easily highlight parts that are of interest or are unclear, so you can ask for clarification.

We at EQ Transcription Services have transcribed many conferences and our clients come back for more work from us because they find our services so useful.

Move your business up a notch and have your next conference transcribed.

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By recording and transcribing lectures you can capture every single word. Note taking while the professor is speaking, leaves many students playing catch-up and even missing important points. It simply isn’t possible to write down everything that is said; speech is much quicker than writing.

If your lecturer is talking about a complicated theory, you will probably struggle to follow his words, never mind writing them down at the same time. By recording the lecture you can concentrate on understanding the explanation without any distractions, and later, as well as a fully transcribed written account of what was said, you can play back the recording to listen again. If you can concentrate on listening to the concept, you might even have questions for your professor to help clarify certain points, but if you are writing, the talk will have moved on to another part before you can ask, and you will have missed the right time to question something.

It is believed that note taking while listening can capture only around 40% or less of what was said, so a significant amount will be missing.

Some students find it easier to learn by listening, which is a good reason to record the lecture, and then having it transcribed provides a quick and easy way to make notes. Others learn better by reading, which is also a good reason to record and transcribe what is said. Either way, the benefits far outweigh the disadvantages. You can gather a few fellow students and pool your resources, so four or five of you are paying for the transcription, thus lowering the cost dramatically.

By working with others it also means if you miss a lecture for any reason, you have a full and complete written account of what was said, as they will have recorded it, and you can then get it transcribed.

When a lecture is over, most students need to then re-write their notes to make them coherent, and this takes up valuable time. They then underline and highlight whatever part they believe will be needed for revision. With a transcription of the lecture in document form, it is easy and quick to make a copy in which you then delete all the parts you do not need, underline and highlight important points and write notes in the margin.

You can also listen to the recording while jogging, driving or eating, so you hear the lecture again, but lose no time doing it.

Note: Make sure the recording is good quality, and beware of cheap transcriptionists – they may not accurately transcribe the lecture. With a reputable company such as EQ Transcription Services, you are guaranteed accurate text.

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Whichever version you choose, there are 6 basic and easy steps to learning how to use Express Scribe:

1. Load Audio Files into Express Scribe

There are three options to choose from for this; one is automatic and the program checks for new audio files at timed intervals. Another is to manually load the file by clicking on the ‘Load’ button and browsing your computer for the file, just like many other programmes. The last option is to transfer your file from an exterior source to your computer, using an Audio Cable or USB, again just like uploading music or pictures to your computer.

2. Play Uploaded Recordings

You can play a recording by pressing the F9 key to start, and F4 key to stop, but easier than that is to simply press the ‘Play’ and ‘Stop’ buttons on your screen. If you purchased a compatible foot pedal you can use this too. Pressing the middle pedal starts the audio and releasing it stops the audio.

If there is no sound, from the menu select ‘Options’, then ‘Playback’ and make sure the soundcard you have on your computer is selected and the volume at a good level.

3. Rewinding and Forward Winding

• To rewind the recording, press and hold down F7
• To fast forward press and hold down F8
• To go to the start, press the Home key
• To go to the end, press the End key

4. Using the Interface

You can resize the Express Scribe window to suit. Full size shows everything; toolbar icons, file list, play controls and notes.

You can also drag the ‘Play Control’ up so the toolbars are no longer showing and you only have the play and dictation list.

There is a ‘Scribe Mini’ icon on the main toolbar which reduces the screen to postage size, or you can customize your screen using the ‘View’ menu and choosing icons, tools etc. that you wish to see or remove.

5. Transcribing

When you play the recording the pad for writing should be visible. This is found in the ‘View’ menu as “Show Typing Pad”.

Note: You need to click once in the typing pad with the mouse to activate it before typing.

You can also use any other programme for transcribing while Express Scribe plays your audio.

6. Deliver Transcription

You can send the completed work by email, or, provided you downloaded and typed using Express Scribe, mark the file as ‘Done’ and click on the ‘Dispatch’ icon.

Express Scribe makes transcriptions easier and like any programme, once you get used to how it works, you will find it reduces the time a job takes you and makes your life easier.

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One example is; Machines that transcribe words into pages cannot tell the difference in tone between ‘yes?’, ‘yes’ and ‘yes!’, and this difference could be vital. It will be a long time, if ever, that machines can do certain jobs as well as humans.

There are many fields where accurate transcriptions are imperative, and only a professional, human, can offer that. Here are a few fields which still need human transcriptionists:

1. The Law

The legal profession still need transcription services for many parts of their job. Court cases are recorded and then transcribed so each party can go back over what happened, and in what way it happened. Interviews with suspects or witnesses are another area where it is important to be accurate and show what tone or inference was used as well as the words.

2. Medical Profession

Doctors, health-care professionals and medical facilities use transcription for patient consultations, medical research, focus groups, discussions and more. This is another field where an exact transcription is fundamental to the correct care, so this needs to be done by trained professionals who understand every word said and can also transcribe the tone and any unspoken pauses or hesitations.

3. Marketing

Market research is an important part of any successful business and here, again professional transcription services, such as those provided by EQ Transcription Services, play an important part. Customer remarks or interviews about products, along with meetings and seminars need to be well documented for the research to be valid, and the company to move forward in the right direction.

4. Science

As science evolves and more research is done, so there is more material that needs transcribed. This could be anything from private research to major conferences, but either way a minor mistake could lead to disastrous consequences. Some countries, when giving figures, use the comma where people in Britain use the point, so for instance; in Italy 2,317 is 2.317 in UK, not two thousand three hundred and seventeen. It takes a human to know these things and adapt their transcription accordingly.

5. Media

The media is another sector that uses transcriptions in many ways, be it to create a copy of an interview, or a journalist who took notes on a recording device, and they too need precise records of the events.

Whatever the case, if it is worth doing, it is worth doing well, and that means a professional transcription service with trained humans.

There is only one question to ask yourself – “Do I want it extra cheap or right?” Both are not possible.

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First let’s look at the differences;

Speakers let other people in your home, (or workplace), know you are working so they do not interrupt. Headphones give no indication to others that you are busy, and unless you are alone, you risk someone coming into the room you are working in and interrupting the flow, thereby costing you much more time. The same applies in reverse; if you use speakers the noise might interrupt your kids homework or whatever the household members are doing, but headphones interferes with nothing else. If you work in an office with other people, this is a no brainer – you need headphones as your audio cannot bother fellow members of staff.

Everyone with a computer, has speakers of sorts built in, so there is no need to spend any more money in order to work as a transcriptionist. Headphones cost extra money, and often cheap headphones do not give great quality audio. Good quality headphones can be very expensive.

That leads to another question – is it worth buying cheap headphones or should you wait until you have saved enough for an expensive pair? This is not so easily answered, but probably it is worth buying even the cheapest you can find.

If you have never used headphones we at EQ Transcription Services strongly recommend you get a pair. Audio quality is so much better with even a cheap pair and things sound so much clearer and pristine.

Headphones also block out any background noise that could put you off the transcription, especially if they are headphones that cover your whole ear, and not only earbuds that are inserted into your ear.

You might even find that by using headphones you no longer need audio cleaning software. Headphones can also speed up your transcription time – no more going backwards and forwards to try and decipher a phrase, or at least not as much. It will be considerably clearer the first time you listen to it in the headphones.

The better quality headphones the better quality you will hear the audio, (and they are great for music too), and there is no doubt good headphones will make your life as a transcriptionist much easier.

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These are specific rules that must be followed when working on legal transcriptions. Even though they tend to be unspoken, we at EQ Transcription Services follow these rules carefully, as any good transcriptionist should.

Here are some helpful ‘Dos and Don’ts for legal transcriptions.

Do – be aware of legal terms and use reference books or another source for checking legal terms.

Don’t – take on a legal transcription unless you are familiar with at least the basic terms used in the legal profession.

Do – clear up any doubts about the job before you start work. Ask any questions necessary to be sure you fully understand the requirements.

Don’t – assume what the client may want, make certain.

Do – contact the client while you are working on a project if a problem arises.

Don’t – decide it is fine or better in a certain way, without checking with the client if it is really better.

Do – make sure you transcribe everything verbatim, including any ‘you know’, ‘like’ and so on. Remember, false starts can be a vital clue in a legal case.

Don’t – correct grammar mistakes and slang, or leave out hesitations, pauses or anything else. Exactly what was said, as well as how it was said, is important. How it should have been said is irrelevant.

Do – include every single background noise and sounds people make. A person clearing their throat or coughing could be a sign to the person testifying, that is why you must include everything.

Don’t – leave out something which seems insignificant to you, but which may make a huge difference to a legal professional.

Do – type everything and if there is a part you are unable to make out, type ‘unintelligible’ or ‘inaudible’ and the time on the recording where this takes place. Someone who was present may remember what was said, as long as you point out the problem.

Don’t – make up or ignore unclear parts, these could be very important. Even if a lot of the audio is unclear, it is better to say so rather than guess or disregard it.

To sum up, while all good verbatim transcriptions include every nuance and noise, legal transcriptions need these to be valid and useful, more than in most other fields.

Anything and everything can obviously have a big impact on a legal case, so leaving out what might be an insignificant sound is not an option. Better to add unnecessary sounds, than miss something vital.

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Transcribing from recordings is very time consuming and this is time the detective could better spend on more surveillance or collecting more proof. Often there are hundreds of hours of recordings for each job, either audio or video, to transcribe. That is why outsourcing this job to a transcription service is the best option.  This investment will quickly pay off as it guarantees an accurate account of what happened without taking up the detective’s precious time.

The transcribers at EQ Transcription Services are all experienced, and this shows in the detailed and accurate transcriptions we provide. We offer a choice of totally transcribing every word, laugh and silence, or a simple note taking of salient points for a quicker and easier read, depending what is asked of us and if the copy is for the private detective, his client or a legal professional.

In some cases private detectives are called as witnesses in court cases, so an accurate and detailed account of what took place is vital. We at EQ provide documents that are ready to be handed over as evidence in a court case.

We also guarantee privacy and will sign NDAs if you wish, so you can send sensitive information to us, safe in the knowledge we will not reveal your findings and the information remains undisclosed.

We make certain that every transcript is accurate, formatted to any specific needs, and​ delivered on time and within budget. This permits the private detective to concentrate on his speciality of investigating.

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1. Microphone Quality – To some this might seem obvious, but not to everyone. The best and most expensive apparatus will be let down by a bad microphone.

Test the microphone to find the best distance for recording. In some cases this will be from a greater distance than others, but a quick check will let you know when the sound is recorded as clear as possible or when interference clouds the recording.

2. Microphone Type – There are two basic types of microphone; omni-directional, (records in all directions), and uni-directional, (records what is in front of it only). There are many microphones that can switch between both, so make sure you chose the best setting for your recording. If you are recording yourself speaking. or a one-on-one conversation. you can choose uni-directional as this will not record a door banging behind it, or at least not loudly. A conference, on the other hand, requires an omni-directional mic so each speaker can he heard.

3. Limit Background Noise – When recording indoors this often only means asking people not involved in a meeting to avoid banging things or speaking. However, there are some air conditioning and heating units that make a noise.

You might be used to this and no longer notice it, but the mic will pick it up along with the conversation. If possible turn it off for the duration of the recording.

Close doors and windows to eliminate outside noise interfering with the quality of your recording.

Do not let people in the room where you are recording fiddle with papers, pens and so on. The only noise should be the spoken word.

4. Trains, Planes and Busses – If you happen to be recording near a plane, train or bus route there is nothing you can do about the noise they make as they pass by. That said, immediately the noise they make starts, stop the conversation and stop recording until this has passed.

5. Once set up, run Tests. – Certain letters at the beginning of words come out strongly, and strangely, through microphones. Ps and Bs make what is called a popping noise while Ss and Fs make a hissing called sibilance.
When testing say any works with these letters at the beginning to better chose the right place to set the mic.

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