Posted by Sandy on August 31, 2000 at 16:30:18:
In Reply to: Re: Back to transcription ratio posted by Hope on August 31, 2000 at 09:46:13:
: : Hi Hope!
: I have completed 9 tapes so far of the 13 in the project I'm working on.
: For one tape it took me 7 hours to produce 27 pages. The tape was horrible, with continual background noise and with several people talking at once a good share of the time. I was about ready to pull my hair out!
: Some of the other tapes I did took me 5-6 hours to do 22 pages. Most of the tapes were 60 minutes of conversation. They were single-spaced with double spacing between speakers.
: I consider myself an excellent typist, but it all depends on the quality of the tapes. You can't type very fast if the speaker is mumbling, if you can't hear because of all the other noise, etc. That's why I charge by the hour. After I did a couple of the tapes, I gave my client a heads up that they were taking longer than expected so it was costing him more money, of course. He was very appreciative and indicated that he thinks my price is fair.
: I have considered charging by the page, and with the number of pages I have typed, I have made $3.88 per page. That doesn't seem too high to me.
: Sandy