Transcription Skills - Learn Beginning to Advanced Skills (Udemy.com)
Master the Skills Needed to Professionally Transcribe Any Audio File Accurately and in Less Time
Created by: Chelsea Flint
Produced in 2021
What you will learn
- Professionally transcribe and edit audio transcripts
- Use text expanders and keyboard shortcuts to rapidly increase your transcription speed
- Timestamp transcripts, track multiple speakers, and work with poor audio
- Use correct grammar and punctuation in your transcripts
- Have the skills and confidence needed to get paid for transcription work
Quality Score
Overall Score : 88 / 100
Course Description
This comprehensive course is designed to help you:
Work with audio players like Express Scribe to reduce the time spent controlling your audio
Transcribe an audio file from start to finish with minimal mistakes
Master grammar and punctuation so you can type what is being said with accuracy, even if the speaker isnt using accurate grammar
Increase your productivity through text expanders, hotkeys, and keyboard shortcuts
Learn advanced techniques such as working with files with more than two speakers or timestamping
Practice cleaningup bad audio so that its easier to work withGain hands-on experience by transcribing practice files that correspond to a specific transcription skill
Produce professional transcripts faster
Transcription may seem easy. You just type out what is being said. Yet it's easier said than done. If you type out a file with the wrong software and youdont use any keyboard shortcuts, youll get very frustrated and take far longer than you should. Plus, if you dont use the right techniques, formatting, and grammar, your transcript will be riddled with mistakes.
To succeed at transcription, you need to know how to produce professional-level transcripts that people are willing to pay for in and do so in anefficient manner. You also need to master not only simple transcription skills, but harder skills such as cleaning up bad audio, tracking more than two speakers, and timestamping a file. While these skills are more challenging to learn, they also increase the type of jobs you can take onand theamount you can earn.
Course overview
Transcription Skills will teach you everything you need to know to master transcription and create professional transcripts in as little time as possible. This course has 20 screencast video lessons to take you through beginning to advanced transcription skills. Youll also have access to audio projects, grammar resources, practice tests, and a sample text expander list.
The tutorials in this course will cover:
Working with Express Scribe
Transcribing, editing, and proofing a transcription file
Using correct spelling and grammar, including bonus grammar and capitalization guides
Increasing your productivity with text expanders, plus a 500-word list of text expanders to start working with
Cleaning up hard to hear audio
Advanced techniques such as timestamping a file and tracking speakers in a multiple-speaker file
Productivity shortcuts to use in Word and on your computer for both PC and Mac computers
By the end of this course, youll have theskills and confidence needed to be a professional subcontractor for transcription companies or offer transcription services to your own clients.
Who this course is for:
Students interested in learning transcription to start a career or for personal or professional projectsStudents who are currently transcriptionists who want to transcribe faster and learn advanced transcription skills like tracking speakers, timestamping, and working with poor audio
Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
312 Reviews
Chelsea Flint
Chelsea Flint has transcribed hundreds of podcasts, interviews, forums, speeches, etc., over the course of her transcription career. She started her career when her husband was returning to school, and she was staying at home with two small children. She didnt have any transcription experience starting out, but within two months was working as a transcriptionist, earning $15-$20/hour from home.
Chelsea has done work for Verbal Ink, KMS Transcription Services, individual clients, and more, and has been praised as a top performer. When shes not at the computer or taking care of her kids, you can find Chelsea with her nose in a book or exercising outside.
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