What kind of training is required for business or legal transcription?

Question

I'm curious about doing transcription work but admittedly know very little about it. Most transcription work I hear about is medical. I would like to know more about other types of transcription work, what the required training is and where it can be found, how it compares to medical transcription, and so on.

Answer 1

I have been a professional medical transcriptionist for going on 20 years. You should be excellent in spelling, grammar and puzzle solving (because people do not speak distinctly and you have to figure out what they are saying). You should be an excellent typist. Other than that, you learn different terminology according to what type of transcriptionist you want to be. Obviously to be a medical transcriptionst you need to learn medical terminology. To learn legal is less complicated because the terminology is not as complex or as voluminous. One of the trickiest parts of transcription is learning to comprehend accents. All of these is accomplished only with good old fashioned hard work and time. There are no shortcuts to "big bucks in transcription," let me tell you.

Answer 2

My job is transcribing the tapes insurance adjusters make when they interview people who have made claims against their insurance policies. This kind of transcription doesn't require any special training, but you must be a fast, accurate typist, a good speller, and have a really good grasp of proper punctuation. Grammar doesn't matter, because you are typing everything the people say, exactly as they say it, bad grammar and all. Benefits are I work from home and some of the tapes are at least remotely interesting. Drawbacks are the pay is kind of low, you are paid on piece rate rather than hourly and some of the tapes are far more than remotely boring!

Answer 3

take some word processing classes at a local community college. they can get you into a career in the legal field as a legal word processor. you will type up correspondence, legal docs (pleadings/discovery), memos, etc. for attorneys.

another type of "typing" career, is a court reporter. i work for a court reporting firm (although, i am not a court reporter). i hear the pay is great. you will attend depositions and trials and record everything that is being said. you have to go to school to get certified. this can be accomplished at a community college as well.

Answer 4

every company has its own mthodology and policy it will train its employees accordingly depending on its clients requirement and specifications