Outsourcing your transcription benefits you and/or your business in two main ways:

Saves money — Many businesses do not have the money to set up an in-house transcription department or pay a full- or part-time worker to transcribe. Outsourcing your transcription allows you to save money by ordering transcription services only when you need them. Therefore, you avoid providing an in-house transcriptionist with office space, benefits, paid vacation, etc. Transcription also requires special software and hardware that can range from free to quite costly. If you have a significant number of files that need to be transcribed or you will need transcription services on a weekly or monthly basis, many transcription services will be willing to provide you with discount rates, which will save you even more money.

Saves time — There is a definite learning curve when trying to transcribe an audio or video yourself. You may know the voices and terminology better than anyone else, but have you actually tried to produce a transcript? Did you know that one hour of audio can take from 4 to 6 hours to transcribe depending on the audio quality and the level of terminology used? In addition, if you or your employees are already overworked by dealing with the day-to-day duties of your business, the quality of the transcript may suffer or not be completed by the time you need it at all.  By outsourcing, you can often get your transcription done faster without sacrificing quality.

Although outsourcing is beneficial, be careful when choosing the company or individual you outsource your transcription work to. Offshore transcription companies have very cheap prices; however, you often “get what you pay for” so to speak.

Contact OmegaTranscripts.com today to order quality audio or video transcription services.

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