Types of Transcription
by Carey on March 4, 2010
in Transcription
Many people I encouter know transcription as medical transcription. No doubt, its the most wellknown one among the different types of transciption services. However, transcription is a lot more than that, and way more diverse.
Types of transcription is generally drawn from the industries they serve. They include:
- General Transcription
- Legal Transcription
- Academic Transcription
- Media Transcription
- Business Transcription
- Speech and Manuscript Transcription
- Medical Transcription
- Real Estate Transcription
Transcription services are therefore used by:
- lawyers
- journalists
- bloggers
- podcasters
- talk show hosts
- radio show hosts
- students
- speakers/preachers/pastors
- personal investigators
- doctors
- researchers
- writers
- CEOs
- business owners
- (online) entrepreneurs
As such, documents produced by transcribers include:
- Letters
- Memos
- Statements
- Medical reports
- Survey reports
- Site reports
- Memos
- Lectures
- Talk shows
- Podcasts
- Articles
- Blogs posts
- Manuscripts
- Interviews
- Focus Groups
- Dissertations
- Deposition Reports
- Research Reports
- Video transcripts
- Etc
I hope this gives you a fair overview of the range and scope of transcription.
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