Transcription at Home

Why Work at Home as a Transcriptionist? by Stephanie FosterWhen many people think about doing transcription at home, medical transcription is the first to come to mind. It's a great job but requires serious training beforehand. However, there are other possibilities for people who want to do transcription.General transcription jobs often require some training, as you need to understand formatting and practice transcribing, which is far more challenging than just typing what you hear,

even when you are typing verbatim.The challenge with transcription jobs is that most companies will want experience. It's a tough job and if you want to work at home, that means you aren't directly supervised. It makes it tough for a company to trust someone who hasn't done the job before.Working as a transcriptionist has some advantages.