We feel this second interview is a good test for applicants because it replicates well the average interview that we receive from clients. We expect new applicants to transcribe this interview with a minimum of 99% accuracy if they are to be offered a role. Our experienced transcribers can transcribe this interview with 100% accuracy. The interview with the background noise is nothing terribly difficult but does require more concentration to hear the words but all words can be heard clearly when listened to carefully. The clear interview is very straightforward to transcribe and we expect all applicants to achieve 99-100% accuracy with this. One recording is crystal clear with no background noise, the other has a small amount of background noise from start to finish but the speech can still be heard quite easily above this noise.

Both are two speaker interviews with no strong accents. We have two interviews that we use for testing transcribers who apply for a role with us.

We haven’t tested automated transcription software for a while so we thought we should make sure that what we are telling people is still correct! Automated Transcription – The Test We always try to explain that whilst voice recognition software has come on in leaps and bounds in recent years and may work well for basic dictation, it is still nowhere near good enough for serious projects where there are more than one speaker and the interview environment is not perfect. Manual Transcription – a throwback to the Stone Age? We get many people asking why we still transcribe manually, using (and paying) highly trained transcribers rather than just purchasing some voice recognition software that could convert speech to text in the same way that an iPhone can produce a dictated text message.

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