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Yep, just got an e-mail from them saying they need a photo id. I am trying to reactivate my LeapForce. I sent an e-mail to agent support last weekend and haven't heard anything back yet. Anyone have experience getting their LeapForce account reactivated?
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I'm gonna try to apply to Daily Transcription. Wow, that first file they make you do on the application page is a nightmare. Plus it would be nice if there were more example templates to verify your work on. I've transcribed about five minutes of audio in the last two hours but I'm slowly picking up speed. If I get hired I will definitely invest in a pedal.
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May 7, 2012 01:55
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kazmeyer posted:The pedal will make an enormous difference in how fast you are. Thanks kaz, they just contacted me and it looks like I am hired. I appreciate the recommendation.
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May 11, 2012 20:15
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A lot of fishy stuff goes on in Florida for some reason. If I see a company is from there it's usually a bad sign.
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May 18, 2012 02:57
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Anyone doing Crowd Sourcing for Appen Butler Hill? I keep getting e-mails that there are new tasks but I never see them in Marketplace  Been dry the last few days.
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Jun 5, 2012 03:23
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I told them I worked for Leapforce. They were cool with that and I got hired.
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Jun 9, 2012 00:34
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Hey kazmeyer, how do you level up in the transcription business? It takes me like 3 hours to transcribe about 30 minutes. The people have the worst speaking habits. If you do the math at .60/minute, it's like six bucks an hour. How do you gain access to the big bucks work? Also, I'm with Daily Transcription and when I request work the turnaround is always next day or less than 24 hours but I'm not making more than .60/minute as far as I know.
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Jun 9, 2012 19:40
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That's cool. Thanks for the explanation. I'm going back to school and doing my best to stay out of retail slavery. I don't mind the work and so far the topics I've gotten are pretty interesting so I'll keep plugging away. I am getting faster. The most frustrating part is just getting the drat format down with all the headers and footers. Open Office was a nightmare and I switched back to MS Word which makes this way easier. I built up a template document with preset headers and footers and now that saves me tons of time and yelling at my computer. I wasted a lot of time on my first two jobs just screwing around with that stuff.
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Jun 9, 2012 22:36
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I went ahead and applied to Focus Forward since yep Daily Transcripts isn't giving out much work at the moment. I wish I was fluent in Spanish. They pay $37.50 per 15 minutes of Spanish audio transcription!
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Jun 25, 2012 22:19
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I've been using InqScribe. I think it's a pretty good program. I'm probably under utilizing because all I do is play files and transcribe with it. Then I copy/paste to Word. So far it has played everything flawlessly. My trial is almost up and I'll end up buying it. I was using Express Scribe but the trial ran out and I can't really do much with it anymore apparently. I was also having problems with that god awful Daily Transcripts .rm file for the test and also had to use RealPlayer for some parts. This was all with Express Scribe.
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Jun 26, 2012 03:22
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I'm with Lionbridge and all I seem to get are experimental and the occasional SxS. I'm still kind of new and it is so annoying having to learn a new experimental every time I want to do anything. Usually I just say screw it and watch tv or something. My brain just totally shuts down and I find it hard to concentrate on what they want. It's just frustrating they give you a 100+ page book to read and I haven't even applied any of it because I have never had URL rating yet.
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Jul 6, 2012 05:51
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Yeah, DT is pretty cool and they always have people around ready to answer your stupid questions. I decided to up my minutes per day on the schedule and apparently they like that because I have tons of work now. I'll be making around $150-200 this week. They sent me four files the other day which were all part of a series. The first and last five minutes or so were the same exact audio for all the files so a little copy/paste easy money there.
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Jul 12, 2012 05:20
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I just rejected some work from Daily Transcription because apparently I need to open these QuickTime files as .bwf files in order to view the timecode in order to transcribe properly. Anyone know how to do that? I spent like 20 minutes looking for converters and messing around in QuickTime and Inqscribe to no avail.
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Jul 15, 2012 15:47
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Yeah, tried that. Oh well.
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Jul 15, 2012 21:38
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That sounds like some high level security clearance poo poo right there. I did my first 1.25/min file last week and I guess I'm now on the mailing list for rush jobs because I'm getting $1/min e-mail offers now. So I must be doing something right.
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Jul 19, 2012 04:26
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Cool, I bookmarked your link in case I need it for later, thanks. I just accepted a rush job with some hosed up formatting. Different colors for timecodes and spoken text and centered speaker names. Don't people realize this is a giant pain in the rear end I'm not exactly a Word genius so tons of copy/pasting for me.
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Jul 21, 2012 23:41
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Haha, I heard ExpressScribe was free but never could figure out how to get it to work after the trial was over so I switched to InqScribe which is better imo.
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Jul 22, 2012 14:58
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Yeah, use the timecode in the box or whatever. They are cool with inaudibles, that test file was hell. I'm not really sure about the resume. I would assume that your accuracy on the test file is more important to them. When you sign up, you get access to a scheduling website. You can schedule up to two weeks into the future or so. You pick days and input the number of minutes you want to transcribe each day. And yeah, good luck making even 100 bucks a week. I am signed up every day and this week has been dry so far. Other times you always have something to do. It's pretty random.
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Aug 1, 2012 23:31
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I haven't got any notification about a tool bar yet. And god drat them. I was looking for tasks and a SxS local task popped up and I read the 30 page PDF because there just aren't enough PDFs to read and goddammit I get one little two minute task and that's it for tasks on that subject.
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Aug 16, 2012 20:08
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After I had totally forgot about them and written them off weeks ago, Focus Forward e-mailed me and said I failed their transcription test. Oh well. Not sure what I missed. Daily Transcription still thinks I'm a pretty cool guy at least.
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Aug 24, 2012 06:33
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Logging into that stupid toolbar every time with no work is getting kind of old.
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Sep 4, 2012 04:13
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What are people looking for in terms of transcription experience? I've done a ton of work for DT so far but not sure how that translates to other companies. Should I be adding up my transcription hours or months as an employee or what?
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Sep 10, 2012 19:27
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I've been working 0 hours a week and they haven't said anything. Of course, I am probably out of a job at the 6 month mark. I think the most I've made in a month there was like 100 bucks.
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Oct 15, 2012 14:42
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Wow, DT has really picked up. They are handing out rush jobs like candy and I also got a raise.
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Nov 2, 2012 19:00
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I made about $170 yesterday. After all these months I can finally see how you're able to make a decent living doing this.
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Nov 3, 2012 12:57
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Lionbridge is awarding me for being a slacker by offering a 2 hours for the price of 3 deal if I come back to work. Too bad it's only 1 bonus hour max. Job is about as exciting as watching paint dry but I guess I'll cash in on that.
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Nov 20, 2012 14:16
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I always just copy/paste a time code template and only have to put in the last four numbers or so if time codes are called for.
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Jan 22, 2013 03:53
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In InqScribe I've had problems with the pedal not reversing for some reason on a file or two. I was able to set up a reverse hot key using shift-tab or something like that. It's only a little slower than the pedal since those keys are easily accessed.
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Feb 2, 2013 06:50
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Yeah Kaz, I think they were .wma files. I'll have to check out those conversion programs you mentioned next time something screws up.
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Feb 3, 2013 01:12
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They seem pretty busy. I only work on the weekends since I have school and a "real job" but they are always sending me stuff when I schedule. I was kind of scared about their new pay system but so far it hasn't screwed me.
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Feb 12, 2013 01:56
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Gotta love those interviews where you can write [non-interview] and sit back and relax for ten minutes.
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Feb 19, 2013 13:58
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But that would have taken me four minutes to transcribe instead of four hours.
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Mar 4, 2013 18:35
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I must be pretty dumb because I always enter my time codes by hand. I just paste a time code template every time and fill in the minutes and seconds. Maybe thats why I never got bothered about my time codes being off.
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Mar 20, 2013 05:41
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Yeah, it's been pretty dry. I got an offer to do some editing for 50 cents a minute a moment ago, but eh. I think I'll do lionbridge instead.
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Apr 5, 2013 21:06
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How do you see who else has signed up?
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Apr 16, 2013 02:48
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Oh cool, didn't know that's what that number meant.
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Apr 16, 2013 04:00
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Horray for 6am emails telling me my time codes are off. I transcribed an hour long mp3 file in InqScribe and at the end the TC was off by 15 or 20 seconds. So I went through with Windows Media Player and manually fixed an hour worth of TCs. At least this job let me do them in one minute increments so it only took about 25 minutes. Anyone else have problems with InqScribe and time codes?
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May 30, 2013 12:56
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I used running time. Yeah, it started off fine and drifted significantly at the end. It was just an audio file too so I dunno.
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May 30, 2013 15:00
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I hate the projects where you get like ten different files and they are all 2 or 3 minutes long and have to be transcribed in different documents.
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Jun 8, 2013 15:15
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Yeah, I have gotten emails asking if I can confirm when I sent confirmation like eight hours ago. Pretty annoying on a Saturday night. They seem to be getting busier and everyone dumping emails into submissions probably isn't the best way to keep track of everything anymore.
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