Scribie offers a great opportunity to augment your income by transcribing audio files for us. The work involves listening to the audio files and typing it as accurately as possible. The job is fully remote and you can choose your files. We pay by the length of the audio file and the pay rate varies from $5 per audio hour to $20 per audio hour. We also provide a free automated transcript to make it easier for you. You just need to go through a test process to become certified as a transcriber.

After certification, you can be promoted to a Reviewer, Proofreader and QC on good performance. For each submission, your Scribie account will be credited with the appropriate dollar amount. We do not assign any files; you get to pick and choose your work. Earnings will accumulate in your account and you can transfer it to your PayPal account anytime. From PayPal, the funds can be transferred to your bank account. There are no monthly commitments or minimum withdrawal limits. Payments are made once a day.

If you are an experienced transcriber and have spare time, then Scribie.com can help you to fill that up. If you are starting your career as a transcriptionist then you can gain valuable experience and hone your skills.

We have been in business since 2008. We have transcribed more than 9M minutes and have more than 90K customers and 50K certified transcribers till date.

The following are the requirements for this remote home-based job.

• Laptop or desktop computer
• Headphone or earphone
• Verified PayPal account
• Broadband connection
• Good comprehension of English
• Ability to interpret conversations
• Ability to apply context and identify mistakes

We send payments via PayPal and we require a Verified PayPal account in order to be eligible for this program. It is a necessary requirement and cannot be relaxed. In order to verify your PayPal account, it has to be linked to a bank account and/or credit card depending upon your country. Please check the PayPal FAQ for the exact process. If you do not have a PayPal account already then please sign up for one and get it verified before applying. It is free to sign up for PayPal.

This requirement is specifically to ensure that you are able to receive the money when we transfer your earnings to your PayPal account. A Verified PayPal account indicates that you are able to successfully transfer your earnings to a bank account eventually. It also helps us save on support costs for payments related issues.

You can specify any PayPal account as long as it's Verified and not in use already. It can also be changed later on. The PayPal account is not used for any purpose other than funds transfer. We do not support any other payment methods currently.

Transcription Guidelines

The transcription guideline is a set of rules that should be always followed. Therefore please adhere to these as strictly as possible.

1. The raw transcript should not contain text other than the spoken audio. No headers/footers, speaker tracking, time-codes, comments etcetera.
2. No part of the audio should be omitted, unless specified otherwise by an instruction or another guideline.
3. Inaudible parts should be omitted and marked with a blank ____.
4. Laughter should be omitted and marked with [laughter] or [chuckle].
5. Ellipsis ... should be used to indicate unfinished sentences or mid-sentence pauses.
6. Contractions, wanna, gonna, kinda, gotta, should not be expanded.
7. Numbers one to nine should be transcribed in letters and numerals otherwise, except for measurements.
8. A new paragraph should be started at each change of speaker and paragraphs should be separated by an empty line.
9. Fillers (right, you know, I think, like, I mean, so, actually, basically), false starts, stutters and partial words should be omitted, except for strict verbatim files.
10. Utterances should be omitted for non-strict verbatim files, unless necessary. For strict verbatim files, only the following utterances should be transcribed: Mm-hmm if in agreement, Uh-huh if in disagreement, Umm and Uh.

Additional Notes:

• Strict verbatim files are indicated with an instruction. Files without the instruction should be considered as non-strict verbatim.
• Blanks that are filled during the Review, Proofreading and QC steps are considered as major mistakes (except for names and acronyms).
• For Guideline VII, measurements are considered as anything which has a unit (kg, ml, currency units, etcetera).
• For Guideline IX, the filler words specified have to be frequently repeated by a speaker during the conversation to be considered a filler. In-frequent usage of those words should be transcribed.
• False starts are when the speaker starts a statement but immediately corrects it to something else.
• For Guideline IX, all files are non-strict verbatim by default. Strict verbatim files are indicated by an instruction on the file. Therefore if the instruction is not present, all utterances, fillers, false starts, stutters should be omitted. If the instruction is present, nothing should be omitted and the raw transcript should match the audio word for word.
• The only case when an utterance is required in a non-strict verbatim file is when it is a response to a direct question. The unless necessary part of Guideline X specifies that.

Style Suggestions:

The following are some styles that we recommend. Please note that this list is not exhaustive. If you require additional guidance, please contact support.

• Punctuations are free style. Please use your discretion on placement of commas, periods, semicolons, exclamations etc.
• Spelling styles are different for each file and the styles suggested by the spell check should be followed.
• All proper nouns should be first letter capitalized, e.g., names of places, person, organizations, job titles, etcetera.
• Spelled out names should be all capitalized and separated by hyphens. E.g. A-D-A-M.
• Use etcetera instead of etc.
• Use i.e., instead of ie.
• Use e.g., instead of Eg.
• Alright and All right are both acceptable.
• A statement can begin with an And.
• Generic drug names should be all lowercase and branded drug names should be first letter capitalized. Google once to check if they are generic or branded.
• Special marking schemes for phonetics and spelling should not be used. Blanks should be used instead.
• Periods should not be used in acronyms. E.g. PhD instead of Ph.D.
• The following examples further illustrates Transcription Guideline VII.
• Time: 10:00 AM
• Date: March 2, 2012
• Temperature: 5 degrees
• Money: $5, $500,000, $5 Billion
• Percentage: 5%
• Speed: 5 miles per hour
• Dimension: 6 x 10, 5 feet 2 inches
• Address: 213 2nd Street
• Era: in your 20s, in the '90s
• Rank: ninth, 10th

Sample Transcript

The following is a sample transcript which illustrates the formatting required for raw transcripts. Please note the following:

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