By Emily Amber

Transcription services are used in a variety of industries, most notably in medicine and law.

A transcription service allows clients to submit audio recordings or video recordings to a transcriptionist who will then transcribe the audio into text. Usually the text is formatted in a way requested by the client; this can be a medical report, script, letter, or other type of document.

Here is a list of different types of transcription services:

Medical Transcription

Medical transcription is when a transcriptionist listens to the recording of a doctor or other health professional and types the recorded dictation into a report, usually a medical report. The recordings are usually about patient diagnosis, symptoms, reactions, and other types of patient related information.

Once transcribed, the medical report will be approved and placed into the patient’s file. It is important that a medical transcriptionist has some training in medical terminology, abbreviations, and other medical related language, as the reports being transcribed are vital to the ongoing health record of different patients.

Legal Transcription

Legal transcription includes the transcription of recorded interviews, interrogations, correspondence, and other documents. A background in law is helpful for legal transcription because, similar to medical transcription, the language used in legal field may not be familiar to those without law experience.

Business Transcription

Business transcription is required by corporations who may want a text document of training seminars, interviews, presentations, speeches, and other business related items. Many businesses require records of these events, either for their own purposes or to share with others through the their website or for prospective clients.

Individuals may also use transcriptionists to help type out dictated letters or other types of correspondence. A related type of transcription services includes conference and conference call transcription.

Academic Transcription

Academic transcription is needed to transcribe lectures, presentations, guest speakers, and other types of audio. More and more educational institutions are making their coursework available online and a text document that couples with audio or video makes the information easier to follow and cite.

In addition, transcribed audio helps make information available for students who may have impairments that prevent them from receiving the information through other mediums.

Other types of academic transcription may be dictated work from a professor or graduate student who may record notes related to an academic paper, book, article, or thesis project. An academic transcriptionist will be depended upon to transcribe those recorded notes in a coherent and readable document.

Focus Group Transcription

Focus group transcription is when a company, institution, or scientific organization needs the outcome of a focus group meeting to be transcribed into a text document.

These types of documents will be used to provide information in a more digestible format to allow researchers to more easily dissect focus group information. As focus group results are used to develop products, modify services, and create marketing material, it is important that the information relayed from a focus group be available in the most accessible type of format, usually a textual document.

Above is just a brief list of different types of transcription services that are available. Some freelance transcriptionists may offer overlapping transcription services for different industries, while others will choose to specialize in just one type of transcription service.

About the Author: Emily Amber contributes to the understanding of the medical transcription profession through her website medicaltranscriptionhub.com where she offers information about medical transcription forums, finding transcription jobs, transcription equipment, and more.

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