DEBRA BOZETH
37E Cambridge Court
Lakewood, New Jersey 08701
(732) 948-7961 (Cell)
(732) 276-6584 (Home)
Email: ldebma@aol.com
debma2003@yahoo.com

Re: Transcription

Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Debra Bozeth. Recently I was laid off due to lack of work at this New York law firm. A good bulk of my responsibilities consists of transcribing legal documents, correspondence, medical records, billing, etc. Aside from my legal assistant/paralegal experience and legal transcription of deposition transcriptions, etc., I am also a freelance transcriber with dictation/transcribing equipment located at my home. I have assisted companies in various types of transcribing assignments, including in particular, medical transcribing for a New York company that farms out tapes to be transcribed regarding, i.e., Lupus, Tourette Syndrome, medication in connection with migraine headaches, and various one-on-one seminars consisting of doctor/patient information.

Located at my home office I am equipped with standard, micro cassette and 4-channel transcribing devices. I also have a USB foot pedal that works in conjunction with Start/Stop, Express Scribe, The Record Player and can access Cds equipped with Court Smart software for audio files to be downloaded and transcribed.

In the event you have a desire to contact me regarding the above, and you have requirement for a transcriber, please feel free to telephone me at (732) 948-7961 (cell) or, in the alternative, you can e-mail me at any at the e-mail addresses located in this letterhead. I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Debra Bozeth

We are looking for independent transcriptionist to help us process transciption work . please email your resume to support@zodiacinfo.net

Associates in Secretarial
85 wpm typing skills

Currently working for an online media site transcribing stream lined videos for an online media site from my home.

Currently working for a phone voice to text company.

I have worked in the past for 15 years as an office manager before the birth of twins.

Please e-mail me if you have any further questions.

I am seeking to replace the above two work from home jobs or add to them. Any advice for similar work from home general transcription would be great.

I also bought a Logitech Headset in case I would be hired as a phone agent.

Thank you for your time.

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Also, WAHM.com has a transcription message board. If you’re looking into becoming a transcriptionist, go there and read, read, read. There is a wealth of great information there, especially for beginners, but there are also client specific discussions and information about crummy-to-work for transcription companies.

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I brought it up because I had one transcriptionist who liked to paraphrase what she was typing up and even include her own personal asides such as (that’s funny) in the transcription. Yikes!

Here’s just an example of how a simple comma can dramatically alter the meaning of a sentence. I’m sure you know just, but I just want to illustrate it for my readers.

Let’s eat, Daddy.
Let’s eat daddy.

Additionally, verbatim transcription has different meanings from company to company throughout the transcription industry. For some companies verbatim is exactly that, verbatim with all ums, uhs, stutters, etc., basically every sound that comes out of a speaker’s mouth. But for other companies, their version of verbatim is to leave out the uhs, ums, stutters, and to clean it up a bit by changing “gonna” to “going to” and so forth. It’s important for both parties entering into a transcription agreement to be clear in exactly what their expectations are.

“one of the most important skills needed is to be able to actually take the spoken word and transcribe it in a way that fits grammar rules for written language so that it actually makes sense to the person reading it.”

I’m very surprised to see this because the point of transcribing is NOT to change the person’s words. I am a reporter and I hire people to transcribe my interviews. I’ve had to let people go because they changed sections instead of typing what they hear. In the reporter biz, it’s NOT okay to change quotes. I can’t imagine any circumstance, except perhaps transcribing from dictation where you’d want to correct the grammar or the sentence structure.

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Kristen, that’s a valid concern. Obviously it’s different for everyone, but if you have the drive and determination to do it, I’m confident that you can. I can tell you that it took Mandi, Shaina, and I all about a month from when we started to secure a contract. We didn’t have a resource that walked us through the process though.

We’re in the process of sending out a questionnaire to those who have already purchased the book for feedback, and one thing we ask is if they have secured a contract yet and how long it took. I’ll be happy to share those results as we receive them.

Jessica, medical transcription is an excellent independent too, but you will want to research schools carefully. There are only a few that are highly regarded by companies in the industry.

Good luck to all that give transcription a shot!

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