How to Make Money Transcribing Online

Many people are searching for ways to make money online; some because they want to be home with their families, others just to make a little extra money. Whatever the reason, some people have found a way to make extra cash transcribing online. Transcribing if you are not familiar with the term is taking a audio or video and putting the words down on paper.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Computer
• Internet
• Speakers or headset

How to Make Money Transcribing Online

1. 

   Find a company that offers transcribing jobs. To do so type into your browsers search box the words “transcription jobs”. Many choices will come up in your search.

2. 

   Decide if you want to transcribe medical or general audios and videos. If it is medical you may need additional training and certification. At this point you may have to sign up for a program to learn before you can earn. If it is non medical there are some companies online that offer jobs for non medical audio and video transcription.

3. 

   Apply to the company that you would like to transcribe for. You may need to submit a resume while others just have a short application process.

4. 

   Set aside a certain time of the day to transcribe. Keeping this time of the day set aside only for transcribing will keep your job running smoothly. You can plan on working during these specially designated hours.

5. 

   Expect to get paid as much as you work. If you only work a little, you will only get paid a little. If you work more, you will get paid more. There is work out there for you as a transcriptionist. Once you find a company that offers this type of work, you can start make money transcribing online.

Tips & Warnings

• • Don’t give up if you haven’t found the right company yet. Keep searching
• • Transcribing in a quiet room helps you hear the voices better.

Resources

• How to Make Money Transcribing Audio to Text
• Product transcriptions
• TigerFish Transcribing and Editing

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[femwriter]

on 7/9/2009 This is a very informative article regarding making money through transcribing online, thanks. 5* + recommendation!

[butterfly2000]

on 7/3/2009 Sounds like some great ideas here, what internet search engine would I use to lookup this info?

[tracysmith159]

on 5/16/2009 Thankyou for the infomation of transcribing.

[bowielove]

on 3/4/2009 thanks for the info!

[bradfordr]

on 2/21/2009 Right now I am working on a medical transcription certificate, so this advice may come in handy.Thanks for the information.