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Nexus42 posted:This has been a helpful thread, thank you. I started writing for Textbroker recently. However, I am very slow at it. It can take me 2 hours to write 400 words. I choose topics that should be easy to research, but this still happens. Practice, really. The more you do and get used to it, the faster you become.
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Doghouse posted:Ha, yeah, I saw that Goonerotica thread. No way I am doing that, but it is a clever way of making money. It seemed from the Self Publishing thread that goons have not made a lot of money from non-erotica stuff. I love writing fiction and that seems really neat but I am highly skeptical. Also writing good fiction takes a lot of time. The don't ask for your bank's address on the direct deposit form, do they? I have never been asked that for any job when filling one out. Its just bank name, routing and account numbers. There is no way for them to know unless you use a regional bank with the specific city or state in the name.
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Jun 8, 2012 04:56
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Hey, get back on topic. This is the Legitimate Online Moneymaking thread.
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Jun 29, 2012 23:05
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No. 9 posted:BH doesn't do transcription, they do along the lines of search engine evaluation. They also do transcription and crowd sourcing. http://www.appenbutlerhill.com/freelance_work
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Feb 11, 2013 01:19
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Funddevi posted:I passed the DT test! I submitted it last night but did wait a while for the final pass. Learned that from writing of papers and articles and doing the final edit. Kazi mentioned earlier in the thread how many inaudibles his test had and I was nowhere near that. Paul needed to answer the questions for both of them though. Asking the questions, too, wouldn't have hurt either.
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Feb 11, 2013 18:14
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kazmeyer posted:As long as those [INAUDIBLE]s weren't standing in for whole sentences or something, sounds like you did good. Not whole sentences but two were two or three words. Other than that and what I talked to you over PMs about I feel I did decent.  Tomorrow my girlfriend and I find out if we are having twins. I'm not sure what I'm more anxious to hear. Pass the test or a possible 3 kids under 3 years old in the house.
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Feb 11, 2013 19:02
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For the people who have been contracted with DT lately, how long did it take for them to contact you after sending off your W9 and NDA? Its been a couple of days and just wondering if that's normal.
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Feb 15, 2013 02:28
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Dabbo posted:Does anyone have experience working with Fancy Hands? I see them around a lot, but haven't seen a lot of feedback. I got $5 from there to draft some guys fantasy football team. I check there every once awhile to see if they have something easy to do real quick. A lot of people want you to check Craigslist for apartments for some reason. Find the ones that only want 3 or 4 apts. and you can make $4+ for 10 minutes of work. Making appointments for people are quick and easy, too.
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Feb 16, 2013 04:10
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MasterControl posted:I must be missing this but where do you sign up to do work? Careers just shows dev jobs. Its the link right below that says become an assistant. Says they aren't hiring though and to check back later.
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Feb 17, 2013 03:36
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Feb 19, 2013 03:53
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What is everyone putting down for time available every day? I'm putting either 60 or 90 minutes and haven't received anything yet. Would putting more increase my chances?
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Feb 28, 2013 06:04
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Chomposaur posted:Appen doesn't give a poo poo about speed until you're in production, at least the project I'm qualifying for now. It's all about how much you got wrong or right and how far off you are. The thing is that there's a maximum amount wrong for each category, so if you get like 85% of them right but you missed a bunch from one category you might fail. Or you could only get 75% right and pass because your mistakes were more evenly distributed. The quals are nuts. Out of the 50+ that took it with me only 1 passed. The poo poo is so arbitrary in some things.
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Mar 8, 2013 19:21
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I finished a file this morning that was a pain in the rear end. The only saving grace was the subject matter. Its the only reason I didn't totally felt ripped off since the pay wasn't that great with the speaker I had to deal with. Constantly mumbling and laughing while talking. You're lucky you've done more in one day than I'll probably do in my whole life, sir.
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Crunch Bucket posted:That's pretty much what I figured, but I didn't want to screw myself from the get go. I took a look at Rev/Fox, but their employment page states that they require experience. Doesn't state how much experience, but I'm assuming a couple of weeks with one other transcription house isn't going to cut the mustard. I may wait a while before sending a resume to them. I've only received one assignment from DT so far so I'm pretty bummed about that, but I didn't expect a deluge of work. I'm looking at their Transcriber Application page, where do you see they require experience? I don't see it anywhere. They only pay .40/minute, I don't see how they can require previous experience since anyone with experience can get more than that everywhere else. I'm going to put in an application just for the fact they used the Big Kahuna Burger dialogue from Pulp Fiction in their Sample Template.
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Mar 14, 2013 20:16
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dms666 posted:Does anyone know if DT emails you if you failed the test? Only reason I am asking is because it is closing in on a month since I emailed my test file in and haven't heard anything back yet. I know people were saying DT was very busy towards mid-February when I submitted, not sure if that is still the case or what. Email them asking about it. I heard back from my test the next day but didn't get my paperwork for signing up. After waiting about a week and a half I emailed them asking about it and they apologized for the wait but were swamped the past couple of weeks. They sent the paperwork right then and I started. Never hurts to ask and it might show them you are excited to start the job.
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Mar 15, 2013 23:28
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kazmeyer posted:Urge to kill client rising. Got one who's trying to renegotiate a pay rate while I'm in the middle of their tape. About to send them the quarter I've finished an an invoice. Add 20% of what was originally agreed upon. Negotiations go both ways.
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Mar 16, 2013 22:36
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I have that pedal and its the only thing that will survive in my house if a nuclear war would happen. It works great and after using it for a very short time it becomes second nature while transcribing.
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Mar 17, 2013 19:31
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Quick question for Kaz or anyone who uses Inscribe. Midway through a file the sound guy had a problem with sound and now half my TCs are [00:00:32:04] off. Is there an easy way to fix the screwed up ones without doing it individually? The program won't let me select all the affected TCs. It seems to be either all or just one at a time unless I'm missing something. Edit: Nevermind, I figured it out. I'm dumb. jabro fucked around with this message at 23:09 on Mar 19, 2013 |
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Yeah, for some reason I kept trying to select only the affected time codes but not anything else. Then it dawned on, "Hey dummy, the time code is a macro. Maybe highlight everything including the text and then tell it to adjust."
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Mar 20, 2013 00:15
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Slightly Used Cake posted:Just keep swimming? I know what're doing. I had to turn my part down, unfortunately, since I had other work. One video felt like I was reading a National Geographic. Kaz posted some free programs he uses somewhere in here. Now sure if they do .flv though.
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Mar 21, 2013 19:17
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dms666 posted:Has DT been short on work lately or is it just normal to get 2 files in 3 weeks when starting out? I have been requesting 60 minutes M-F every week, unless I need to request more. I was overworked two weeks ago where they were even sending things past my minutes but nothing this week so far.
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Apr 5, 2013 19:32
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Slightly Used Cake posted:I got that offer too and I'll be taking it as I haven't done much for the editing side yet. This week has been like weird for DT, not a HUGE amount. But yes, in the first few weeks working with them I really didn't get a lot and just chalked it up to them evaluating my skills. It was me who turned it down. That was one of the files I turned down from being overextended. I knew that it was too good to be true. The files I reviewed were perfectly spoken with no background noise so I wondered why the pay was higher than usual. I figured it was because I would be googling medical terms for proper spelling 90% of the time. Not to mention I would be forced to look at boobies the whole time transcribing.
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Magugu posted:Cool, thanks for the info. This sort of work seems more like my wife's thing. Think i will point her in that direction. I know there have been a few company's posted in the thread, but any high recommendations/places to avoid? Like you said. Its in the thread. Edit: Guess I should tell you how to make it easier. The little question mark under Kaz's avatar. Click on it and it shows only his posts. jabro fucked around with this message at 06:11 on Apr 20, 2013 |
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Budget Bears posted:If I want to turn down a particular DT job because I won't be able to complete it by the deadline, do I need to email them saying so? I always email them a confirmation that I have received the files that they send me to transcribe, which usually says something like, "I have received file #1234 and I will be able to complete it by the deadline." To turn something down, should I email them just saying "I am unable to complete file #1234 by the deadline"? Yes, and tell them why. They'll usually email you back with a new deadline ask if you can get it done by then.
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May 11, 2013 03:52
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Spartan421 posted:Okay, so for the last year I've been doing crowdsourcing work for AppenButlerHill. And by work I mean I've probably logged five hours if I'm lucky but they let you stay on indefinitely whatever volume you do. Anyone else getting tons of what are obviously supposed to be private emails from them today? It's pretty funny. I'm getting them and haven't used ABH in years. People are getting mad with the reply alls so I'm doing that by telling corny jokes.
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Slightly Used Cake posted:I...have not upgraded in a very long time, I'm still running XP, I ran AVG and Spybot. Had a couple of hits for Spybot and that was it, healed, needed to run again after a restart, and ever since it's been causing issues. And yes, I know I need to upgrade, my next major purchase it going to be upgrading my PC I think. Have you tried running Inqscribe in compatibility mode for XP?
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Jun 21, 2013 07:48
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Budget Bears posted:Someone else in here mentioned that they started transcribing porn. I started an ongoing porn transcription gig a couple of weeks ago and it's pretty hilarious but Jesus it's somehow so incredibly dull. Right now I'm working on a BDSM orgy starring five guys, and all of them feel the need to say variations on "oh gently caress yes" constantly and at the same time as one another. All of these are 90 minutes long and thankfully they go relatively quick because of the minimal dialogue, but I hadn't anticipated how mind-numbing it would be to sit here and make note of every time someone says "oh yes." What's the company? I have to check this out.
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Nov 2, 2013 03:26
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Derek79 posted:So I've sent a couple of apps to Daily Transcription and have never received an email with testing instructions. Today, I accidentally came across a page that appears to be a testing page. It has a link to a video and instructions. Is it worth it to take the test and email it to them anyway or is it better to wait for the email telling you to do it? You are supposed to send in the test with your app. There is no email with instructions you are supposed to be waiting for.
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Feb 5, 2014 02:45
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Shima Honnou posted:I've had to use my phone to both download and send in assignments while my Internet was down before, or when my PC just didn't like Box but the phone was okay with downloading that specific file. I can't even imagine transcribing without macros on a computer anymore much less a tablet or phone. Screw that.
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Jul 20, 2014 06:58
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Kiwi Ghost Chips posted:Help I have no idea what's supposed to be [NON-INTERVIEW]. Questions and answers about the show you are doing? Interview. Write that poo poo down. Bullshitting about what was on TMZ last night or how crappy the coffee is? Non-interview. Drink your own crappy coffee while ignoring it.
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district 12 posted:I am looking for something temporary and somewhat lucrative while in between my soon-ending salaried job and the beginning of school, so I've signed up for a lot of the sites mentioned in the OP. However, one thing I realized is that I signed up for Leapforce and Lionbridge a few years ago and just never heard back. I take it they're just not interested? Does re-applying help at all or does it not change anything? Might as well try. The worst they can do is ignore you again.
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Aug 18, 2014 03:53
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Jedi Knight Luigi posted:I'll admit your email is one of the weird few that isn't "lastnamefirstname@gmail", but at least it isn't "gofavoritesportsteam@hotmail.com" You wouldn't believe the clients I have that still have AOL and still use their email addresses from when they were teens or in their 20s. Its always hard not to laugh when confirming emails over the phone. Hottallie69@aol.com? Okay, I'll have this for you ASAP.
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All Thumbs posted:At the risk of getting lost in 72 pages of posts and a two year old thread I'm just going to throw this out there... Start with DT to get your feet wet and getting used to transcription. After a few months and you get a hang of everything PM JKL to see if they are hiring. Don't take the test with a 102 degree fever.
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All Thumbs posted:Thanks for the advice. I take it you have a nightmare story I missed somewhere? Oh no. I have no nightmare stories. If you don't hear anything from them in a couple weeks shoot them an email and you should get a reply back pretty quick.
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Shima Honnou posted:Yeah, I know, but even then my bank password is like 25 characters long so it's a pain to do on my phone. Oh well, money's money and maybe DT can join us in the 21st century sometime in the future. Get a password manager app.
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Rhymes With Clue posted:Other people who make money with this online stuff: How do you put it on your resume or on a job application? When they ask for "supervisor" who is that? They also often ask for beginning/ending salary. I have done some online writing and I can link to that stuff, but job applications seem to want a physical address. And that kind of thing. Just wondering as I am applying for a non-online moneymaking opportunity a/k/a a regular job. You're technically self-employed. If you're a writer say you are a freelance author or something along those lines.
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I do Rev's captioning for beer and gaming money. It's pretty easy but you can't live off of it obviously but it's good for supplemental money.
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counterfeitsaint posted:My headphone cable has just a magical ability to wrap around my foot at all times. It's really amazing. There are other cables that don't do that, I don't know what the deal is. Did you have a vision which made you miss a flight on a Russian airliner recently?
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kazmeyer posted:I know there's at least one other transcriber here from America's Hat, but I forget who. Hopefully they can provide some better leads. I think Slighty Used Cake is Canadian and worked for DT so there is that option.
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