TranscribeMe

[Lynda Monroe]

I have been transcribing files today; first day. It is extremely slow to submit; takes forever. The files are short snippets of longer ones. They have been longer than 8-10 seconds but can't remember what the longest one was. I think it will be good for down times with my other clients but unless the submit times gets a whole lot faster (and I'm talking a whole lot), won't ever make any money.

Lynda

[Lynda Monroe]

There are two categories: earned as transcriber and earned as QA. I know QA stands for quality assurance but why do transcribers get paid for that and why are the numbers lower than the transcriber side? Thanks for any input.

Lynda

[Mestique Boutique]

I'm going to give this a go for a few days, but the accent is so heavy! My biggest complaint is the initial time it took to get the first file, about 1 minute and 15 seconds. It calculated my duration for 9 seconds and that was $.05. Between rewinding and figuring out if this lady was considered "stammering" I was on this file for 3-4 minutes.

This is my first time transcribing, so I'll use this as a learning curve. Maybe it'll break me away from Facebook so much

[moongazr]

Hey ladies...

I have been working with TranscribeMe for a couple months now. The last few weeks I have noticed it has gotten really s-l-o-w. I have very high speed broadband and I've tried 2 different computers...I am sure it's the site.

The last couple days, I am getting all kinds of errors and I notice about 1 out of every 3 files actually does submit and I get credit for it...meaning I am doing all kinds of work for free! That is a real problem, because as you may have noticed, it takes anywhere from 3 to 10 minutes to actually pull up a file, then get it to submit...ridiculous!

Does anyone have any contact info for TranscribeMe? I tried replying to their PayPal email but it bounced back to me.

I am really frustrated and if I could find any other web-based transcription site I would definitely check it out.

Advice?

Thanks!

[poly]

Originally Posted by moongazr

Hey ladies...

I have been working with TranscribeMe for a couple months now. The last few weeks I have noticed it has gotten really s-l-o-w. I have very high speed broadband and I've tried 2 different computers...I am sure it's the site.

The last couple days, I am getting all kinds of errors and I notice about 1 out of every 3 files actually does submit and I get credit for it...meaning I am doing all kinds of work for free! That is a real problem, because as you may have noticed, it takes anywhere from 3 to 10 minutes to actually pull up a file, then get it to submit...ridiculous!

Does anyone have any contact info for TranscribeMe? I tried replying to their PayPal email but it bounced back to me.

I am really frustrated and if I could find any other web-based transcription site I would definitely check it out.

Advice?

Thanks!

You can try this [email protected] as suggested by some ladies here. Helga is also a member here. I have an issue with my work first week of January not being paid but paid for my work last week/second week. I'm reaching out to the people from TranscribeMe but I haven't heard from them since I was sending them messages for the past two or three days. I hope to hear from them.

[JoetteB]

This lack of ability to communicate with your contract when there is a problem or question is appalling, particularly when there's an issue with pay. You all deserve better than this.

[mully]

I totally agree JoetteB. Add onto that the rate at which you are paid, sorry, but to me it's totally a no-brainer. It's just sad, so sad for this industry when people support this kind of behavior. The time spent messing with this could be time well spent looking for a decent transcription company or even individual posting thru Craigslist, Guru, Elance, Odesk, etc. I guess too many people just want things handed to them and not do the footwork, so they settle.

[six]

Hello,

Have you all been paid by transcribeme for this week? I know I have money owed to me, and they have never missed a date, so just wondering if there is a glitch somewhere. I emailed Helga, so hopefully I hear something back soon.

Thanks!

[moffettl]

I'm pretty sure Helga has left TranscribeMe or if not, she's leaving shortly. There are so many complaints about rejections, non-payments etc on their Yammer group that I gave up on them a while ago. Their pay is extremely low, way below the industry standard and they are now rejecting a lot of transcription for QA "errors". Many of their QA people do not even have a good grasp of the English language, but they are now allowed to reject transcription. My personal advice is to stay far away from them. There's a lot of decent freelance transcription work out there that pays more in line with what we should be earning.

[six]

Originally Posted by moffettl

I'm pretty sure Helga has left TranscribeMe or if not, she's leaving shortly. There are so many complaints about rejections, non-payments etc on their Yammer group that I gave up on them a while ago. Their pay is extremely low, way below the industry standard and they are now rejecting a lot of transcription for QA "errors". Many of their QA people do not even have a good grasp of the English language, but they are now allowed to reject transcription. My personal advice is to stay far away from them. There's a lot of decent freelance transcription work out there that pays more in line with what we should be earning.

Yes, I figured there was something the matter because I did not get paid and about a week ago I had emailed Helga, but received no reply. The company is not behaving in a professional manner. I am a bit bummed because I worked hard for that money and wish people were more vocal about how sh!tty they were sooner. Lesson learned.

Thanks very much for your help