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  • January 22, 2014 at 4:51 pm #17493
    Amanda Licastro
    Participant

    Hello again hive-mind,
    I am writing to see if anyone could direct me toward a good resource for transcription services. I will be doing a series of audio and video interviews and am hoping to hire some transcription help. I am sure there must be a way to do this at CUNY, but I have yet to find the answer. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
    Thank you!

    January 22, 2014 at 5:05 pm #30370
    Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz
    Member

    Hi Amanda,
    For a personal project, I used Linked In’s Transcribers Group http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Transcribers-Group-3722366?home=&gid=3722366&trk=anet_ug_hm
    which seems like an unverifiable outsourcing system, but after posting for a particular demographic, I received a surprising number of qualified applicants and had a rigorous application and interview process.
    I’m not sure what is available within a CUNY, however. Often, you can send the call out to a departmental listserv, and let the people know your budget.
    Shawn

    January 22, 2014 at 5:25 pm #30371
    Steve Brier
    Member

    That’s helpful, Shawnta, thanks. Can you give us a rough idea of what people in the group charge per hour or page of transcription?
    Steve

    Dr. Stephen Brier, Senior Academic Technology Officer
    Professor, Ph.D. Program in Urban Education
    Coordinator, Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Doctoral Certificate Program
    Co-Director, New Media Lab
    The Graduate School and University Center, CUNY
    365 Fifth Ave., Rm. 7301.10
    New York, NY 10016
    Phone: 212-817-7290
    Fax: 212-817-1614
    email: sbrier@gc.cuny.edu
    Web: http://web.gc.cuny.edu/itp

    January 23, 2014 at 7:55 am #30372
    Jessie Daniels
    Participant

    There’s also Rev (http://www.rev.com/) which is an online service that does transcription for $1 per minute, 48 hour turnaround. We’ve had good experience with them, used them for JustPublics@365 transcribing of podcasts (for blog posts).

    January 23, 2014 at 11:48 am #30373
    Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz
    Member

    Thanks Jessie.
    For the Linked In Group, you’d have to put out a call and ask for folks to bid. It’s good to see what competitive rates are as in Jessie’s referred service. Most charge per audio minute. Another referral (just remembered) is when I worked at StoryCorps and in the slim cases when transcriptions were ordered, they used Audio Transcription Service.
    http://www.audiotranscriptioncenter.com/

    January 23, 2014 at 12:19 pm #30374
    Amanda Licastro
    Participant

    Thank you so much everyone. These are very helpful suggestions.

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