A transcription service is a business which converts speech either live or recorded, into a written or electronic text document. Transcription services are always provided for business, legal, technical or medical purposes, this is always intended to serve the people who have hearing problems.
Areas where professional transcription services are necessary
In the business world, there are different businesses that are critical in nature that all people you are serving must benefit from, different people have different disabilities and need to be helped, some may have hearing problems and transcription is the only solution to help them since they can read from the screens, therefore, professional transcription services are necessary in situations such as;
Court hearings; during court or legal hearings, transcription services are necessary and can cover critical issues such as evidence, technical details testimonies and witness statements. All the information collected will be documented in the text formats.
Videos and subtitling; transcription services are also necessary for videos and subtitling, under video transcription, you will not only get help with website search engine optimization but can also help the a particular group of people who are deaf to benefit from your video and multimedia content. Video transcription will provide you with formatting, layouts and style that you need depending on the video transcripts.
Subtitles, on the other hand, has the advantage of increasing the SEO efforts since search engines can not read the video contents but only the content that accompanies it. When the Web subtitles are produced in SubRip Text(srt) format, it makes it easy to edit and translate hence giving it a worldwide appeal and accessibility. Transcription services will, therefore, ensure that your content on the Web is searchable and understood by different sorts of your worldwide clients.
Medical engagements; medical issues are such critical that need clear communication and understanding between the patients and doctors. There are times where medical professionals, doctors or medical consultants record medical reports of a patient via an audio or voice recording devices, you might need that recorded information to be in a text format or may be your patient is a non-English speaker, you will need the text to be translated into the patient's native speaking language, transcribing is the best option in such a situation.
Market research; transcription is very vital when conducting a marketing research in a particular area, instead of you taking all the time writing the notes that will hinder the targets set to be attained during the research, transcription can capture all the points, or rather if you are busy directing the conversation, an important fact can be missed out hence setting your project back because you will instead have scanty information.
Press conferences; in today's society where the online platforms and social media are so prevalent, transcriptions are very important. This will be easier for your announcements, news to be interpreted and modified by various parties, hence, a written proof document can help to control the message dispersion.
Human resource and disciplinary meetings; transcription is important where HR and disciplinary meetings are held because it allows information to be documented and transcribed, this will help to ensure that no single information is left out, or misinterpreted. On the other hand, the issue of note taking by the managers will not be there, thus giving them time to concentrate on the issue at hand.
Transcription services can be got from any translation company of your choice. Whether you need a language transcription service or a translated transcription, it's their role to help you attain whatever best suits your interests.
KL Translations Ltd specialises in providing professional transcription services such as video, medical, legal, marketing transcriptions and much more to all parts of the world in over 120 languages at competitive prices.
