As a business owner, saving time and money are top priorities.  One way many, many business owners can accomplish these, and more, is by utilizing dictation and transcription, and specifically utilizing a virtual assistant for the transcribing. “How?” you ask. Keep on reading and I’ll tell you.

Headphones are used for transcribing documents either from tape or digital sources.

Let’s think about all the ways business owners lose working time: commuting, traveling, waiting/idle time (before/after meetings, court hearings, etc.), lunch breaks (if not taken at desk), personal errands, etc. Lost time=lost money.  One easy and simple way to make use of this typically “lost” time is to utilize dictation and transcription.

WHAT IS TRANSCRIPTION?

Simply, dictation involves speaking into a voice recording machine, and transcription is the process of converting the spoken words into print.  I often use “transcription” to mean the process of both dictating and transcribing.  This process used to be (and occasionally still…