Nonmedical transcription

I have received a call for some nonmedical transcription work. It
"looks" easy 'nuf. It is transcribing focus group comments dictated
by a focus group leader. The format is a 2-column table and the Item
#s go in column #1 with the Job Class and comments in colum #2. The
voice files will come over in a .wma format. There is a 1-week TAT.
Can't share how many lines a single recording can produce or how long
it takes to transcribe one approximately because I haven't done one
yet myself. They can't even tell me how many dictators I may receive
from week to week for the next month, but they plan to send at least
one dictator today. They just sound panicked and may be trying to
ensure they have extra hands that may not be needed, but at any rate,
if anyone is interested in earning extra money and giving it a go when
the work is available, please contact me. The MT that has done this
type of work in the past shared that they are not too picky, if they
curse, you transcribe it, you make the best guess you can in reference
to company-specific terms, etc. It would look something like this
(except in a table format): (and hopefully this works)

Item # Description

3 A staff engineer said, Everyday safety is #1.
If we are not
focused on safety, people are worried.

A staff engineer said, We need more formal
criteria for
assigning a priority.

5 A staff engineer said, We do have people that
are role
models. They always preach safety and always
wear their
PPE.

.

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