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• How to Start Your Medical Transcription Career Off Right // December 12 2009

  Do you like the idea of a career that allows you to work from home, at your own pace? The medical transcription field enables you to work as a trained professional in the medical industry. You can freelance for a hospital, run your own transcription business or work from home as an employee of a doctor’s office.

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• Transcription Without Typing // December 12 2009

  

  With today’s advances in technology, speech recognition software makes it possible for people to bypass the keyboard completely.  This type of software has helped people with disabilities by giving them the freedom to use the Internet, communicate via email, and create documents and letters even though they cannot type.

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• Transcription Errors // December 12 2009

  You heard it right, you just wrote it wrong. The most common transcription errors and how to avoid them.

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• How Much Can You Earn Transcribing From Home? // December 11 2009

  Many articles talk about doing transcription from home, but few talk about how much someone can realistically expect to earn.  Although legal and medical transcription requires training, general transcription builds on existing typing and language skills.  Therefore, general transcription is a quick, low cost business start-up, and earnings are generally dependent on just a few key factors.

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• 7 Top Digital Transcription Tips When Setting Up Your Virtual Assistant Business // December 11 2009

  As a British Virtual Assistant who has specialised in Digital Transcription whilst living in the south of France, I’m often approached by people with administrative backgrounds moving abroad who want to know my Top Digital Transcription Tips so they too can set up their own Virtual Assistant Business. Check out my top 7 tips right here!

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• Transcription - Get Digital Recording Equipment That’s Right For Your Needs // December 11 2009

  This article aims to inform you on the different features available for recorders, what they’re for and how they will (or won’t) be of use to you, as someone who is recording for transcription. The different features are first listed and then explained, and this should allow you to choose a machine that’s right for you to record your transcription recordings and send them to your transcriptionist. As any visit to a good website or shop selling these machines will show you, this is not a comprehensive list. It’s a list of the most important aspects from a transcription point of view.

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• What is Medical Transcription? Can I Make a Career as a Transcriptionist? // December 11 2009

  Many people have asked this question, and those looking for a job, are still asking the same question A fresh college graduate or even an undergraduate can make a career of becoming a transcriptionist

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• How to Work Smarter // December 10 2009

  Working smarter and not harder and being able to do so from home is something everyone can learn to do, especially if you truly have a strong desire to work from home or you’re working for your own business.

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• Tips on Achieving Superb Customer Service // December 10 2009

  Five tips you can use to provide excellent customer service.

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• Digital Versus Analogue Tape Transcription - The Pros And Cons Considered // November 20 2009

  For years, analogue audio tapes were the only option available to clients for recording dictation, interviews or conferences and focus groups. Standard audio tapes were the medium of choice for interview or group recordings while mini tapes and micro cassettes for use in Dictaphones were the industry standard for any dictation. Latterly, digital recorders have very quickly overtaken the old tape formats and there are so many advantages to switching to a digital recorder that it can’t be dismissed as just the latest fad.

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