What is Verbatim Transcription?

Verbatim transcription is quite a meticulous method of converting spoken language into written text, capturing every word exactly as it is spoken, including all utterances, non-verbal sounds, and any grammatical errors. This type of transcription is distinguished from other forms by its high level of detail and accuracy, making it invaluable in various professional contexts…

What Does Transcribe Mean?

To transcribe is to make a record of an audio or video recording in a written document as text.  So essentially, in a nutshell transcribing is the conversion of the spoken word into written word.  To transcribe is the actual act of converting the data in the audio and video into data that can be…

What is a Transcriptionist?

A transcriptionist is a term used mainly in the USA to describe an audio typist. The definition is essentially someone who is able to audio type, ie has the ability to listen to an audio or video recording and prepare a written document from it.  It takes a number of skills to be a transcriptionist…

What is Audio Transcription?

Audio transcription is the production of a written document from a recording of audio and can be summed up as ‘the conversion of spoken word into written word’.  It usually involves a digital audio file, whether a .M4a file, .wav file or a .MP3 file, and a transcription is very often provided as a Microsoft Word…

What are Academic Transcripts and can you help?

The words ‘academic transcript’ are often confused because they are used in a lot of different ways. Firstly when you obtain a degree from a UK university or indeed a university around the world, the university provides you with a transcript of your degree. However, the words ‘academic transcript’ are used not only to describe…

Do you offer secure & encrypted email to clients?

Yes we do. We provide an encrypted email solution to all our clients using Egress Protect. When you send us your recordings using our ISO 27001 accredited, military security graded TLS secure file upload service we process the work and you can be guaranteed that your recordings will be kept within strong cyber security measures….

Do you offer an instant transcription service?

Yes we do. We have provided ‘real time’ manual transcription services for many years – it is highly specialist work. For example we have live transcribed the BAFTA award night for an instant transcription to be available to media companies and we regularly provide instant transcription services to a number of academic clients who need…

How much capacity have you got for transcription work?

We have as much capacity as you will ever need to get your work done. Whether you send us one minute or 500,000 minutes of recording, we will be able to handle your work. Our team of transcribers expands according to the work we have available. Large enough to handle bulk work, small enough to…

Our Accreditations

We are Cyber Essentials Plus audited annually and we hold the Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certificates. We are UKAS ISO 27001:2022 audited and accredited and ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 systems accredited company. We are members of the American Translators Association and we are assessed for GDPR compliance annually by IASME (Cyber Assurance Level 1).

10% Profits to Charity

10% of our profits are donated to the Ten Percent Foundation, a charitable trust registered in the UK. Since 2000 over £150,000 has been donated to projects in Africa and the UK. Click here for details.