You’ve made it through the course.
Through this course, you’ve learned how to work with audio in Express Scribe; techniques for transcribing a file; how to improve your spelling and grammar; text expanders and keyboard shortcuts to help you be more productive; how to clean up bad audio; timestamping and tracking speakers.
You’ve also had a chance to practice transcription with real audio files. But the real learning comes with practice and continuing to type file after file.
To continue to improve your transcription skills, pick one area that you’re the weakest in, and work on that. If you feel that your grammar skills need help, then review the grammar section and the recommended resources for working on your grammar.
If you want to get faster typing, then go to other third party sites and practice typing. If you want to find more practice files, look online for podcasts, news sites, interviews, and more that have both an audio file that you can download and the transcript to check your work against. Choose reputable sites that have quality transcripts without typos.
Another thing that you can do is to invest in becoming more productive. Along with practicing the basic skills, continue to look for ways to transcribe faster and be more productive without sacrificing quality. As you grow in speed, your earnings will increase.
So, spend the time needed to add text expanders, memorize keyboard shortcuts, and set up workflows. As you progress, you may find it worthwhile to invest in tools such as paid text expander programs or audio players. If you spend $50 on a tool, but you can increase your turnaround time for each file, then the tool will pay for itself in the long run.
The final thing is to enjoy the journey. One of our favorite things about being a transcriptionist is the challenge of typing and editing the audio as it was spoken, and then turning in a quality transcript.
We’ve also learned lots of interesting things through the years, from topics such as Internet marketing to how to take care of a cat with diabetes.
So, thanks for joining us for this course, and we hope that you continue to enjoy the journey as you transcribe and improve your transcription skills.
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