Transcription
Hard
Skills
01
Transcription
Types
&
Modes
7
SKILLS
02
Listening
&
Audio
Comprehension
7
SKILLS
03
Typing
&
Keyboard
Proficiency
6
SKILLS
Verbatim
transcription
—
fillers
,
false
starts
,
and
stutters
preserved
Clean
/
intelligent
verbatim
—
fillers
removed
,
meaning
intact
Edited
verbatim
—
second
pass
for
publishable
prose
Phonetic
transcription
—
IPA
and
plain
-
text
phonetic
spelling
Time
-
coded
transcription
—
SMPTE
and
HH
:
MM
:
SS
timecodes
Summary
and
abstract
transcription
Translation
-
ready
transcription
—
source
plus
target
language
handling
Active
listening
across
0.5×–2×
playback
speed
Accent
and
dialect
decoding
—
regional
US
/
UK
,
ESL
,
Indian
English
Overlapping
speech
and
crosstalk
resolution
Low
-
fidelity
audio
recovery
—
phone
calls
,
body
cams
,
surveillance
Speaker
diarization
and
voice
identification
Noise
isolation
—
EQ
,
noise
gate
,
high
/
low
-
pass
filtering
Non
-
speech
annotation
— [
laughter
], [
crosstalk
],
[
inaudible
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Touch
typing
at
65–90+
WPM
—
with
≥
98%
accuracy
Transcription
foot
pedal
control
—
USB
,
Bluetooth
,
infinity
pedals
Keyboard
shortcut
fluency
—
text
expanders
,
macros
,
hotkeys
Real
-
time
and
live
-
caption
typing
Numeric
keypad
and
data
-
entry
speed
Long
-
session
stamina
and
posture
management
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04
Language
,
Grammar
&
Style
7
SKILLS
05
Domain
Terminology
6
SKILLS
06
Software
&
Tools
7
SKILLS
07
Formatting
,
Output
&
Delivery
7
SKILLS
Grammar
,
syntax
,
and
sentence
structure
Punctuation
and
capitalization
conventions
Homophone
disambiguation
—
there
/
their
/
they
'
re
,
cite
/
site
Spelling
of
names
,
places
,
and
brand
terms
Style
guide
adherence
—
AP
,
Chicago
,
APA
,
house
style
Paragraphing
and
speaker
-
turn
formatting
Reading
comprehension
at
speed
Medical
—
anatomy
,
pharmacology
,
ICD
-10,
E
/
M
coding
Legal
—
court
procedure
,
Latin
terms
,
exhibit
and
docket
references
Financial
—
earnings
calls
,
SEC
filings
,
GAAP
Technical
—
engineering
,
software
,
SaaS
product
vocabulary
Academic
—
research
methods
,
citations
,
discipline
vocabulary
Insurance
,
law
enforcement
,
and
emergency
dispatch
language
Dedicated
players
—
Express
Scribe
,
oTranscribe
,
NCH
Swift
Sound
AI
-
assisted
editors
—
Descript
,
Trint
,
Sonix
,
Otter
.
ai
,
Rev
Audio
cleanup
—
Audacity
,
Adobe
Audition
,
GarageBand
Document
environments
—
Microsoft
Word
,
Google
Docs
,
Scrivener
,
Notion
Speech
recognition
engines
—
Dragon
,
Whisper
,
Google
Speech
-
to
-
Text
Captioning
tools
—
Subtitle
Edit
,
Aegisub
,
YouTube
Studio
Secure
transfer
platforms
—
SFTP
,
Dropbox
Business
,
Box
,
ShareFile
Timestamped
and
non
-
timestamped
transcript
formats
Subtitle
formats
—
SRT
,
VTT
,
ASS
,
TTML
Structured
markup
—
XML
,
JSON
,
HTML
tagging
Speaker
-
labeled
and
table
-
formatted
transcripts
Word
count
,
page
count
,
and
turnaround
reporting
Redaction
and
anonymization
File
-
naming
and
version
-
control
conventions
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08
Compliance
,
Privacy
&
Security
7
SKILLS
09
Quality
Assurance
&
Accuracy
7
SKILLS
10
Research
&
Verification
6
SKILLS
HIPAA
and
PHI
handling
GDPR
and
data
-
subject
confidentiality
NDA
and
confidentiality
agreement
adherence
Secure
file
transfer
and
encrypted
storage
Access
control
and
device
security
Chain
-
of
-
custody
documentation
—
legal
and
litigation
work
Records
retention
and
destruction
policies
Proofreading
and
multi
-
pass
self
-
editing
Accuracy
scoring
against
QA
rubrics
—
typically
98–99.5%
Terminology
and
proper
-
noun
verification
Speaker
identity
and
job
-
title
cross
-
referencing
Flagging
inaudible
or
uncertain
passages
Peer
review
and
error
-
trend
reporting
Turnaround
and
SLA
management
under
deadline
Terminology
database
and
glossary
construction
Web
research
for
names
,
organizations
,
and
acronyms
Primary
-
source
verification
for
quotes
and
figures
Client
style
sheet
development
and
maintenance
Reference
management
—
Zotero
,
EndNote
,
citation
lookup
Search
operators
and
advanced
query
techniques
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