Transcription Job Information

The first thing that you need to do is get a transcription job. You will need to go to www.wahm.com and go to the message boards. They will have a folder which is labeled Transcription Jobs. You will be able to find out about at least 30 different companies that will hire people to do transcription from home. You can also go to the Telecommuting folder and click on the folder in the top section which states that it's the first stop for newbies. You will find a complete list of all the work at home transcription companies that will hire you. One company you definitely want to try is www.accutranglobal.com.

Now that you are on the way you will want to pay close attention to the files that they send you. They wont keep you around if you don't study this and use it every single day. Most of the stuff will be hard to learn and get the hang of but keep the papers handy so you can figure out what you need to do at each section when you are transcribing the files. Different companies will use different policies. Most of them will not keep you around if you make a lot of errors so you will want to take your time at first until you get the hang of things.

If you want to make more money you will need to purchase a foot pedal. That way you can use the foot pedal to start and stop the audio when you need to. You will be able to click on the foot pedal to get the audio to start and stop rather than clicking on the buttons on the audio player. You will get the work done at least twice as fast by purchasing a foot pedal. You will want to make sure that the foot pedal is capable of reading the files that you need to listen to such as wav or mp3 files.

You will want to make sure that you purchase the right foot pedal with the audio file and your computer as well. They make usb foot pedals and foot pedals which plug in other ways. You will need to see which foot pedal the company recommends. You will also need a good set of headphones. You will need headphones that work well so that you can hear the audio. Some audio files have accents so you will need to be able to turn the audio up if you need to.

Transcription jobs are great because you can work from home. You will usually make around $9 an hour from home or possibly more. It's hard to find places that will hire you without experience but you will want to try to submit your resume to all of them just in case.