Transcription is defined as the transfer of audio files into text format and the person doing transcription is called a transcriptionist. Transcription may be of different types as follows. Transcription has opened new opportunities to work in India, and it gives people freedom to work at their convenience.

Medical Transcription : As the name suggests medical transcription involves transcribing medical records into the physical format. This includes patient's history, report, consultations, clinic reports, lab reports, x ray reports, discharge summary and other medical records. Earlier medical transcription was done by lab technicians, nurses or staff from hospitals. With outsourcing boom there are lots of opportunities for individuals to become medical transcriptionists. One has to undergo training in order to become a medical transcriptionist. Good knowledge of typing, English and medical terms are a must.

Legal Transcription: A legal transcriptionist is in charge of transcribing the various cases relating to labor law, company law, litigation, malpractice, accident/insurance claims, real estate etc. In order to become a legal transcriptionist a person need not necessarily be a law student but a clear understanding of the law terms and knowledge of the governing laws is essential. A fresher would start off, as a trainee becomes a transcriptionist/senior transcriptionist and then supervisor, proofreaders, editors and managers. In addition to law firms opportunities are rife in outsourcing firms.

Media Transcription: Media transcription is a relatively new stream in outsourcing. While medical and legal transcription are restricted to their respective specializations media transcription offers a wider variety. A person does not require any particular qualification and can learn on the job. Here an individual is a given media clip which could be a newsreel, talk show, a debate, discussion and it has to be transcribed. Since this stream is relatively recent job opportunities are vast and competition is less. The awareness among people is also less.

Business Transcription: Business transcription arose from the need of documentation of all the business meetings, seminars, conferences, teleconferences, interviews due to the businessmen traveling and conducting their business from everywhere be it a boardroom or on an airplane. It is not restricted to any one particular industry and spans across all industries be it manufacturing, insurance or healthcare. The basic requirement for a person to be a transcriptionist is good typing and language skills.

General Transcription: This refers to the transcription work that is not covered under any of the above. This could be related to just plain data or any other technical topic.

The skills required across transcriptionists are good listening and understanding skills with command over English. Accuracy and speed are also very important. Also one should be able to pick up the various accents that will come up in the audio and a certain amount of typing and computer skills.

In addition to opportunities in the various organizations or firms transcriptionists can also work from home. This is possible through the organizations that provide training and facilitate work at home or through jobs on the internet. However due to the sensitive nature of data there are not many work from home jobs for media transcriptionists.

- Last Updated on June 20, 2009, 3:09 pm

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  • By SHANMUKHA RAO on November 7, 2009, 9:30 pm Sir
    I am from Hyderabad-India and having 11+ years experience in Market research. The experience is in different sector and from low level to higher level.

    Apart that i am having transcription( not Medical Transcription) experience but its a few months.

    Now I want any company who can provide Transcription (either on line or off line) from home ( i am having all arrangement) or at office.

    I am assured, you will provide service in time.

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  • By Rahul Jagtap on November 9, 2009, 9:42 am Would like to have more information on work from home transcription job, can you tell me how a person can get transcription jobs without registration.
  • By sai kumary on November 16, 2009, 4:39 am Would like to have more information on work from home transcription job, i have compleated medical transcription course but would like to get more details about business and legal transcription also.
  • By Wagh Ashish on November 29, 2009, 1:01 am Hello, I am based in Mumbai suburbs and have a setup of 10 pcs for medical transcription and is looking for any type of transcription medical, legal, general or financial transcription.
  • By BHUVANA AVINASH on December 10, 2009, 9:32 am I am a BCom graduate presently working as a teacher for the past 7 years and I request to please be provided with information on how to work from home. I stay at South Bangalore. I also have about 7 years of experience in commercial, accounts in corporate world.
  • By Gopi on January 2, 2010, 7:50 am Hello sir/madam, Presently I'm working in a private company at Coimbatore as a Business Transcriptionist about a year. So if there any openings perfect by my profile please let me know.... I am searching for transcription jobs in Coimbatore.
  • By Roman Magdangal on February 19, 2010, 9:33 pm Sir/Madam, This is my first time in this kind of field. Being new in transcription field, I need an assist or help to know the operation of this field. So please kindly assist or help me. And give me some or not some information on how I can have a client on this field and have a online transcriptionist training. Thank You.
  • By Jasmine on February 23, 2010, 11:40 am Dear Sir, I am Jasmine from palakkad district. I was born and brought up in UAE where people start working at a very early age, right from school vacations actually. I started transcription jobs as a summer vacation job and continued throughout since that job had a facility of working from home.Infact, I used to do it even over weekends while I was on a fulltime job with Emirates Airline. Since 2months, I have relocated myself to Kerala for personal reasons and would like to take up some online jobs, if possible. I am sure I would prove to be the best and will not let you down. Do mail me for any suitable opportunity.
    Thanks & Regards,
    Jasmine
  • By jonaki on March 2, 2010, 12:09 am Hello, I have 6 months experience in HBT i.e. medical transcription I am seeking to work as HBT full time. Please let me know any company who would give steady opportunity.
  • By Parvathy Kumar on March 8, 2010, 3:27 am I have good command over english and typing speed of 60+ words a minute. I have also worked as a business transcriptionist and later on as quality editor on and off for around 3+ years. I am a postgraduate (Mcom) and in addition I also hold a MBA (Finance) degree. I have 12+ years of experience in Accounts, Audit, Taxation as well as Finance. Currently I am looking for a home based business transcription, quality editor assignments. Kindly let me know about any openings and opportunities.