Scribie is an audio and video transcription service which was founded in 2008 by Rajiv Poddar. They act as the intermediary within the transcription service industry, providing a trustworthy platform for customers to submit files to be transcribed, and an efficient and easy to use website for the transcriber to select the jobs they want to do and carry out their work. Scribie is trusted by companies such as Deloitte and have over 20,000 certified transcribers working for them.
Firstly, if you want to be a certified transcriber with Scribie you will have to submit an application and take a short online test. It would be useful to brush up on your typing speed and spelling and grammar before you do so. That being said, I found Scribie to be one of the more forgiving platforms in regards to their pass criteria.
Once you are on-board and have been accepted you are ready to start transcribing! The transcription rates are approximately $5 per audio hour, but this certainly does not equate to $5 an hour. Due to things like having difficulty hearing through accents, typing speed and unclear audio, you will find the average earnings are far less, with an audio transcription of 6 minutes taking you around 20-30 minutes to complete and netting you $0.50 for your time.
That being said, if you are continuously graded highly for your work, you can be promoted to higher paid tasks such as reviewing, proof reading and quality checking. If you reach the highest stage and are a certified quality checker, you can earn over $10 an hour, as it is much quicker to check a file than to type it.
As you can see from the image above, the layout of the Scribie layout is relatively user friendly and I have had no issues with navigating around it so far. You are able to preview the files before you accept them, which is a great tool as it means you can select the files you think are most audible and easy to transcribe.
Ultimately, it boils down to the same thing that it will do for most of the topics in this series, your personal financial situation and enthusiasm will largely answer the question as to whether this is worth it for you or not. The pay is not very good and transcribing can be harder than you’d think, but if you need the extra cash and have a natural aptitude for typing and the English language, then this could be an ideal side job for you. There is always work available and it can prove to be a steady source of income, albeit a rather low one.
If freelance transcribing sounds like something you’d like to give a shot, I’ll leave a link down below where you can sign up.
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