20 hours at minimum wage, you're looking at $80. The time needed and labor rate will most likely be higher, especially if you want a professional. You might want to consider using a speech recognition software. It might be more cost effective. Here is one, but there are probably others. http://www.nuance.com/for-individuals/by-product/dragon-for-pc/index.htm Mark > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:51:51 -0400 > From: Cairril<cairril@cairril.com> > Subject: [ROOTS-L] Transcriber needed > To: Rootsweb mailing list<ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID:<4F7C7C27.7090208@cairril.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi -- > > I have about ten 90-minute tapes of interviews that I'd like to get > transcribed into Word. Does anyone have any suggestions for a reliable, > reasonably priced person who could do this? I'd prefer a professional. > > Thanks! > Cairril

You're a little out of date; minimum wage is $7.25. I haven't tried speech recognition software but I can see the value as well as the pitfalls. I think you'd have to do some careful checking and editing, especially for words like "their" and "there" or "read" and "reed" etc. Gale Gorman Houston On Apr 5, 2012, at 6:57 AM, Mark Shaffer wrote: 20 hours at minimum wage, you're looking at $80. The time needed and labor rate will most likely be higher, especially if you want a professional. You might want to consider using a speech recognition software. It might be more cost effective. Here is one, but there are probably others. http://www.nuance.com/for-individuals/by-product/dragon-for-pc/index.htm Mark > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:51:51 -0400 > From: Cairril<cairril@cairril.com> > Subject: [ROOTS-L] Transcriber needed > To: Rootsweb mailing list<ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID:<4F7C7C27.7090208@cairril.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi -- > > I have about ten 90-minute tapes of interviews that I'd like to get > transcribed into Word. Does anyone have any suggestions for a reliable, > reasonably priced person who could do this? I'd prefer a professional. > > Thanks! > Cairril

The problem with speech recognition software is that the user "trains" the software using their own speech by reciting prescribed passages In the case mentioned here of pre recorded tapes, I presume the person who made the tapes is not around to train the software So accuracy of results will be diminished as a result Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > You're a little out of date; minimum wage is $7.25. > > I haven't tried speech recognition software but I can see the value as well as the pitfalls. I > think you'd have to do some careful checking and editing, especially for words like "their" and > "there" or "read" and "reed" etc. > > Gale Gorman > Houston > > > On Apr 5, 2012, at 6:57 AM, Mark Shaffer wrote: > > 20 hours at minimum wage, you're looking at $80. The time needed and > labor rate will most likely be higher, especially if you want a > professional. You might want to consider using a speech recognition > software. It might be more cost effective. Here is one, but there are > probably others. > http://www.nuance.com/for-individuals/by-product/dragon-for-pc/index.htm > > Mark >> Hi -- >> >> I have about ten 90-minute tapes of interviews that I'd like to get >> transcribed into Word. Does anyone have any suggestions for a reliable, >> reasonably priced person who could do this? I'd prefer a professional. >> >> Thanks! >> Cairril