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Transcription is a great job for people who are relatively fast at typing, allowing them to either transcribe old documents or recordings into digital formats.

Transcriptionists can be found in all sorts of industries (practically all of them), the

major ones being business, law, and healthcare. Additionally, most transcription work can be done right in your home on your own computer. However, there are

some myths about transcription service that simply isn't true.

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Though it seems services like apps and software would replace                                  completely, this isn’t true for the majority of work out there since it requires great precision.

Sorry 21st Century: technology just isn’t as accurate as human transcriptionists.

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So long as you are able to type beyond the "two finger" method and know your way around the keyboard, you don’t need to be lightning fast (but being slow is not

good, either).

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While there definitely are some scams out there, the majority of transcription work from home jobs are legitimate and can

either pay per word or even an hourly wage.

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If you think you just need to know how to type, then you’ve been misled. Transcribing is also listening, comprehending, working with deadlines and much more. It can be difficult

work, but also very rewarding.

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They are actually very different.                                             deals with a lot of listening and typing, whereas data entry

will be mostly working with exclusively databases and spreadsheets.

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