Make Money Typing Online

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Did you ever thought of making money from your hyper speed typing skills?

Be a transcriptionist.

A transcriptionist is commonly perceived as a very fast typist, but there is so much more to the profession. Transcriptionists need to have a good listening skills. Because there are a lot of possible words that can be used in a session, Transcriptionists must transcribe accurately all the words that had been heard or the entire article might not make sense.

How do you become one you might ask?

First you need a computer. Most might have one already but you don't need anything that could break speed records in processing. A good ole office computer is adequate.

Second, in order for you to communicate with your future customers, you will need an internet connection. You will be downloading a lot of audio files from the net so good internet speed is needed. We can't have you stuck waiting in downloading the audio, when there are a lot waiting to be transcribed.

Third, you will need word processing software, like Microsoft office or Open office. The latter is if you want to go cheap and get one for free. The plus here is if you format your transcription and it looks good, you will look attractive to your clients.

Fourth, you will have to get an audio playback software. While most would suffice to Windows media player or VLC, I recommend getting the FTW Transcriber (http://www.theftwtranscriber.com/). It's simple to use, it's built for transcription and best of all, it's for free.

Fifth, get a digital foot pedal. This is the most critical part of your transcription arsenal. It's hard to find, but your local CDR King should have one. As a transcriptionist, you can use your foot pedal in starting, stopping, pausing, decrease and increase the speed of the audio player with your foot. Transcriptionists find foot pedals to be an invaluable time saving device. Get your feet some exercise and transcribe faster with a foot pedal!

Sixth, Headphones. Invest in the very best headphones. You will regret buying that cheap Beats by Jose when you're in the middle of transcribing and all you hear are jumbled words and a lot of background noise.

And Finally, Seventh, start looking for work. You can visit a lot of sites who are accepting Transcriptionists. Findtranscriptionwork.com is one of my favorite sites. There are also a couple at odesk.com and freelancer.com. Both are good routes especially if you already have an account with them and your building your reputation.

I recommend this to Nursing graduates as there is a good demand for medical transcriptionists. The harsh reality right now is that there is much difficulty in getting a regular nursing job. And what's hard about it is that some hospitals are asking for payment for our nurses to volunteer work for them.