How Transcription Can Change Your Business

Why would you ever have something transcribed? Great question!

There are myriad ways in which putting the spoken word down on paper can lead your business to new heights in productivity and creativity.

You’ve been in the meeting where you’re expected to take notes and attentively listen, but you’re also supposed to actively participate and engage.

That’s every meeting.

Imagine that you could just sit back — maybe even with a cup of fresh coffee — and let someone else do the note-taking while you engage in real conversation with your colleagues. A professional transcriber is like your very own personal note-taker.

Spreading the Word

If you’re a manager, owner, or executive, you know how difficult it can be to get everyone into a meeting at the same time. Now you don’t have to. With a professional transcription service, you can hold a meeting with only the very essential members of staff, and send out a detailed transcript to the rest of the office. You can even have a transcript edited down, so that it can easily be scanned and absorbed in moments.

By holding transcribing that important meeting, you’ve just added hours to your work week and increased productivity by spreading essential information and saving your employees’ time.

Not All Transcription is Created Equal

Lets say you’re ready to hire a transcriber to help boost your ability to pay attention and engage in meetings. Maybe you’re a CEO or business owner, and you’d love to have your important meetings transcribed to boost productivity in the workplace. But you can’t just hire any transcriber or transcription company.

When you hire a large transcription corporation, you don’t know who’s listening in on your confidential meeting. Your meetings will be transcribed by someone different each and every time, meaning that the quality and formatting will inevitably vary, leaving you to edit the finished transcripts for consistency yourself.

There goes your boosted productivity.

Know Who You’re Hiring

The benefit of a smaller transcription company is that you know exactly who you’re working with. You get to explain your unique goals as a business and as an individual, and you can communicate your questions and concerns directly to the transcription editor. You no longer have to rely on the skill and performance of an unknown contractor who is more than likely thousands of miles away.

Transcription is a Skill

You may hear transcription referred to as “data entry” by most corporations, and even by most independent freelancers. And therein lies the problem.

Transcription should never be considered “data entry” since it requires a great degree of diligence and discernment, closer in nature to editing than to data entry.

When you work with a boutique transcriptionist service, you get the professional service of a transcription business, paired with the attentiveness and the tailored product provided by only the most skilled independent contractors.

What Could Transcription Do For Your Business?

I’ve only detailed a couple of different ways great transcription can benefit your business. With Hansa Scribe, you’re in charge of your unique transcription strategy, and the possibilities — with creativity and collaboration — are endless.