Many transcriptionists I know invest in a foot-pedal, but I worked entirely with keyboard shortcuts (90 wpm typing speed helped here). The last time I worked with them (September 2009, so things may have changed) they did require output to be in Word .doc format and were recommending Word 2003 (OpenOffice was not good enough); I don't know if they've since upgraded to docx and Word 2007.
Pay usually ran between 15 and 20 cents per audio minute, and as they note they do require typists to take on four hours' worth of audio each month; I rarely had trouble getting five hours of audio a week and could have gotten more during busy periods.
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Many transcriptionists I know invest in a foot-pedal, but I worked entirely with keyboard shortcuts (90 wpm typing speed helped here). The last time I worked with them (September 2009, so things may have changed) they did require output to be in Word .doc format and were recommending Word 2003 (OpenOffice was not good enough); I don't know if they've since upgraded to docx and Word 2007.
Pay usually ran between 15 and 20 cents per audio minute, and as they note they do require typists to take on four hours' worth of audio each month; I rarely had trouble getting five hours of audio a week and could have gotten more during busy periods.