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Posted by Sandy on August 25, 2000 at 13:43:18:

I am in the process of transcribing tapes of group interviews. Thirty minutes of transcription results in about 20 pages, single spaced, except between speakers. These tapes are taking me for a full 60-minute tape, about 8 hours. Am I retarded????

I am hearing from you people that the ratio is 1:3 or 1:4. How can that possibly be? The speakers in my tapes are not the greatest and there is quite a bit of rambling and some mumbling, but they are not horrible.

I have completed 4 tapes, not all of them full, and I've already spent about 24 hours transcribing! That does not include printing and proofreading. I still have 13 more tapes to do. At the rate I'm going, I will have to charge this person an arm and a leg. Is it fair to charge him by the hour, when I'm obviously so slow?

PLEASE let me hear your thoughts about my problem as quickly as you can.

Sandy
Letter Perfect WP Systems

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: I am in the process of transcribing tapes of group interviews. Thirty minutes of transcription results in about 20 pages, single spaced, except between speakers. These tapes are taking me for a full 60-minute tape, about 8 hours. Am I retarded???? : I am hearing from you people that the ratio is 1:3 or 1:4. How can that possibly be? The speakers in my tapes are not the greatest and there is quite a bit of rambling and some mumbling, but they are not horrible. : I have completed 4 tapes, not all of them full, and I've already spent about 24 hours transcribing! That does not include printing and proofreading. I still have 13 more tapes to do. At the rate I'm going, I will have to charge this person an arm and a leg. Is it fair to charge him by the hour, when I'm obviously so slow? : PLEASE let me hear your thoughts about my problem as quickly as you can. : Sandy : Letter Perfect WP Systems

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