Global Interview - By investing in freelance audio editing, businesses will no longer have to be burdened with transcribing, formatting and editing their audio files. These tasks can be properly handled by freelancers.

1. Freelance Audio Editing: Video
Transcription Services
Interview with a Freelancer

2. What are the most important considerations an employer
should have when planning these types of projects?
• Make sure that your files to be transcribed are in the exact
order that you want them finished.
• Please give clear instructions on how you want a particular
project done, e.g. formatting.
• Please give a reasonable amount of time for the completion
of any project, a freelancer could only do so much in any
given day.
• Be straightforward about the quality of the audio or video file
to be transcribed, e.g. quality of the audio or video, number
of persons in it, accents.

3. What are some guidelines and/or best practices that
will ensure project success?
• The best management practice advice that I could give is to
make sure that the employer communicate regularly with the
freelancer. Don't hesitate to ask if the freelancer is on track to
finish the project on time.
• An important guideline would be to establish, before the
project begin, regular lines of communication between the
employer and freelancer.
• Employers shouldn’t hesitate to ask questions of potential
freelancers while negotiating on a project.

4. What are common milestones or project phases in
this area of outsourced work?
• Employer gives the freelancer instructions on what needed to
be done and the time-frame for the completion of project.
• Transmission of the files from employer to freelancer.
• Freelancer transcribes the files.
• Upon completion of the transcription, freelancer edits,
proofreads, and formats the finished product.
• Transmission of the transcript from freelancer to employer
for review.
• Freelancer deletes all audio/video file/s related to the
project.

5. Three of the cons of outsourcing this type
of work?
• An employer must not fail to clearly instruct the freelancer on
what he/she wants to be done. For example, if you want
timestamps on the transcription, don't just say I want it in this
format or so then stop there.
• Inadequate time given to the freelancer for the completion of
the project. Don't hesitate to ask the freelancer if he/she
could complete the project within your desired time frame.
• Don't fail to communicate regularly with the freelancer during
the duration of the project. There might be more
clarifications that the freelancer might need regarding the
project.

6. What are three fundamental errors that can result in
project failure on the freelancer’s behalf?
• A freelancer must not accept more projects than he/she
could handle within a certain time-frame.
• Nuances in accents and pronunciation could often lead to
errors in transcription. The freelancer must make sure that
he/she is comfortable with any nuances before accepting the
project.
• A freelancer must not hesitate to communicate with the
employer if he/she needs more clarification regarding the
project. Not doing so might lead to a less than accurate or
satisfactory product.

7. An employer should not post a project in this area if
he has not considered what three questions?
• The most fundamental question that an employer should
consider is; would it save him/her more time and money to
have it done by a freelancer instead of doing it
himself/herself. The employer should decide whether he/she
is comfortable enough to entrust a sensitive or personal files
to a person that he/she barely knows. Trust between an
employer and freelancer is very important.
• The employer should consider if the time-frame he/she
requires would be enough for the freelancers to successfully
finish it. Not even the fastest transcriber could finish a one
hour audio file in under an hour.

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