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cheap transcription service?

jerry
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Jan 24, 2005, 3:52 PM

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Anyone know of a cheap transcription service? I have 14 hours of dv, mainly 1-1 interviews. What is a ballpark figure of how much this might cost?

thanks,
jerry

hlanden
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Jan 24, 2005, 5:00 PM

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Check your yellow pages under secretarial or transcriptions. I'll bet they will not accept a DV tape. They'll probably want an audio cassette so they can control it with a foot pedal. 14 hours will cost. You might also try places like freelance.com

Good luck

Hal
Produce Profitable Special Interest Videos

mjeppsen
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Jan 25, 2005, 10:39 AM

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I know somebody that does transcription on the side. I've sent you a PM.
FWIW, I think nowadays they are setup with special software so that they can work from an MP3 file. How convenient to be able to deal with all audio via e-mail, eh?

Matt Jeppsen
www.FreshDV.com

(This post was edited by mjeppsen on Jan 25, 2005, 10:42 AM)

jerry
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Jan 25, 2005, 3:06 PM

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thanks so much for your help. I'm gonna check it out.

KittyKat
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Feb 6, 2005, 5:28 AM

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Budget Office Solutions offer a cheap transcription service for students, the audio can be in any format electronic or tape. www.budgetsec.com.au Email them for a quote.