Monday, October 15, 2018
Transcription work for a non-US resident - is $30/day an achievable target?
Hi everyone.
I had posted this very query on BeerMoney and was referred to this subreddit as an appropriate forum. I am a law graduate from India. Currently I am not employed full time and have a lot of free time at hand. I am not too keen on pursuing law as a full time career and am looking for alternatives. Recently I was given some transcription work by a research scholar pursuing his PhD. I transliterated and translated (to english) a few interviews.
I am getting paid ~$8 per audio hour, and a lot of the audio is in our native language which I need to translate to english. I would be a lot faster if the audio was in english since I have a typing speed of around 80 wpm.
This led me down the rabbit hole of transcribing online and I found a wide variety of services offering jobs. I searched here and found that a lot of people were not happy with the low pay.
Now, I am not a US citizen and our currency is relatively weak vis-a-vis the US dollar. From what I have understood, a company like TranscribeMe offers $15/audio hour, which for me would be a significant hike. If I was to transcribe 2 hours of audio files per day and earn about $30/day, it would be a very very comfortable amount for me. I have a few questions I wanted to ask in this regard -
- What websites would you recommend? I have found services all across the spectrum by now, but I am looking for reviews from people who have actually worked on these platforms.
- Is earning $30/day from websites such as TranscribeMe/Rev plausible?
- How many hours of effort per day am I looking at to achieve that target? I am okay with putting in 6 to 8 hours of work per day.
- Since I hold a law degree, does the per audio hour pay increase with experience? I could transcribe law lectures and other related material.
- What websites would you recommend for someone who is a beginner but not so much a beginner? As in, I can understand the American and British accent very well. I have relatively okay grammar skills, which I plan on honing further.
- What is the way forward? From what I can think of, work for websites such as Rev, TranscribeMe, etc. and then start approaching companies independently or on platforms such as UpWork.
- Any other advice you would have for someone who is stepping into the industry?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
PS: I just got a rejection email from Rev. I am quite surprised to be honest. I really thought I nailed the transcription. I can't seem to think where I might have gone wrong. I followed their guide to the T. I will try and apply again after 45 days.
Submitted October 15, 2018 at 01:37PM by mulloverit https://ift.tt/2CItqPb
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