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The Virtual Office Assistant Transcriptionist/Translator

A virtual office assistant with transcription or translation experience can be helpful to a variety of different businesses.

Audio and video media are becoming commonplace in online business. It is easier to record this way for later use. Businesses will need the services of a virtual assistant to turn the recorded media into print.

Medical professionals have used Dictaphone and dictating services for a long time. Doctors later have their notes transcribed for patient and hospital records. The same goes for legal proceedings. It is more convenient to use a recording device and later have a virtual assistant create a written copy.

Who Needs the Services of a Virtual Assistant Transcriptionist?

Online businesses have found ways to market their products with audio and video. Tutorials, how-tos and interviews are uploaded to websites for viewing and hearing. But, we all know that sometimes you can't always understand what is being said. That requires the need for a transcribed record of the recording.

Just like movies, audio and video can be translated into other languages to increase your marketing efforts. Many business owners would like to do that but they don't know how to transcribe or translate. They need the help of a professional like a virtual assistant well versed in transcription and translation.

Many business owners find transcribing recordings to be difficult and a task they were prefer to outsouce. As a virtual assistant transcriptionist your clients will not have to struggle with this issue. A Virtual office transcriptionist can handle a wide variety of recordings in the format their client prefers by using transcription software.

Here are some services a Virtual Assistant Transciptionist can provide:


• Medical Transcription
• Legal Transcription
• Video Transcription
• Podcast Transcription
• Transcription Translation
• Audio transcription for business meetings

Clients can email their work to you as audio or video files according to what file extensions you accept. They may even want to mail CDs or tapes for non-rush jobs. Virtual office assistants can provide a cleaned-up transcription with fixed grammatical errors or a verbatim transcription if the client prefers.

Many businesses need the services of a virtual office assistant fluent in another language to provide translation services. Translation services allows a virtual assistant to expand their services to non-English speaking clients.

Specializing as a transcriptionist and/or translator is an area a virtual office assistant can choose for their business.

As more and more online businesses use other media as marketing tools, they will need the skill of a transcriptionist and even a translator for their work. Each area of transcription can become a sub-niche if you want to specialize further. Transcription services can also be broken down into sub-niches or specialties.

You can create a lucrative home business by specializing in legal or medical transcription alone. Learn About Other Specialty Services a Virtual Office Assistant Can Provide...


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