Transcription Question

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Posted by Linda Siniscal on August 18, 2000 at 18:00:21:

Hi everyone!

I have a transcription question to all those transcription experts. I received an inquiry to transcribe interviews which run anywhere from 3 to 4 hours each. I believe the industry standard is a 4 to 1 ratio - which means 16 hours of transcription for one interview. Am I correct in this assumption? This person has 20 of these interviews!

Has anyone every transcribed about 3-4 hours of an interview with no special terminology? Approximately how many pages was the document? What is the average hourly rate most of you charge for transcription? I do transcription for a couple of my clients but charge them their hourly rate which may be lower than what I should be charging.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks and have a great weekend!

Linda Siniscal
Third Hand Secretarial Service

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Re: Transcription Question Cathy Thompson 23:08:42 08/29/00 (0)
Length of documents Nancy 13:46:16 08/22/00 (3)
- Re: Length of documents Linda Siniscal 17:17:34 08/22/00 (0)
- Hourly or per line? Alice 13:59:53 08/22/00 (1)
  - Re: Hourly or per line? Nancy 14:14:07 08/22/00 (0)

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