DMC Office Services provides general business transcription for clients. Transcriptions can be on standard or micro cassette audio tapes or in digital format. We can also rip audio from DVD's for transcription. Recordings that are in digital format can be sent via E-mail directly to denise@dmcofficeservices.com or uploaded. Your completed work can be sent out directly or returned to you in hardcopy, E-mailed, or written to diskette or CD-ROM.

Examples for Transcription Services
Below are examples of transcription services:

	Interviews for publications, books and documentaries,
	Reports and evaluations,
	Focus groups and shopping interviews for market research and brand planning,
	General meetings,
	Speeches,
	College classes/lectures.

Determining Rates for Transcribing Your Recordings
Quality of the recording impacts the amount of time it takes to transcribe an interview. Quality is impacted by background noise and for group interviews, people talking over each other.

Depending on the quality, it may take from 4 to 5 1/2 hours to transcribe a one hour interview. A clear recording with one or two speakers not talking over each other generally will require 4 hours to complete. This includes playing back the entire interview and proofreading it before returning the completed transcript to you.. Multiplied by $15 per hour, this type of one hour interview costs approximately $60 to transcribe.

For transcription or dictation rates, you can get a quick estimate.

Digital File Types
For digital recordings, transcription using Express Scribe can be performed from the following file formats: