Specialized Jobs

Owned by Sam Tipton
Last updated: Nov 01, 2021
6 min read

We are testing some specialized jobs for a certain client which have a series of unique instructions. To help you understand and follow these instructions, this page will provide a sample transcript modeling all of this in action, as well as some answers to common questions. The sample transcript is also available to view as a template in TypeEasy while you are working on this client’s jobs, so you can refer to it directly for assistance.

UPDATE 10/25/2021: There is a new instruction included with these jobs. Please pay close attention to it. In the audio, you’ll periodically hear a distinctive chime sound. Every time you hear this sound, you will type an @ symbol. Please type one @ symbol per chime. Do not skip any chime sounds, even if there is no speech between them. Leave a space before and after each @ symbol. No other punctuation is needed around the symbols. It is important that the @ symbol is never used anywhere else in the document other than to denote the chimes. (Note: Each @ symbol is counted as a word, so you will be paid for these insertions.)

New Instruction: Each time you hear a chime sound, type an @ symbol. Please do not skip any chime sounds. For example, if you hear three chimes with no speech in between, type @ @ @. Leave a space before and after each @ symbol.

Instructions:

For your reference, here are the account instructions for these jobs. It seems like a lot, but several of them are just procedural things to keep in mind.

 

Sample Transcript

[Colors appear in the transcript below only to give you an idea of when speakers changed in the audio. Your document should NEVER include color coding.]

It’s August thirtieth, two thousand twenty one, and it’s about two o’clock P M central time. This is Detective John Maxwell. I have my partner, Detective Joanne Ramirez, in the room with me, as well as Mr. Larry Omer. Spell your last name, sir? @ Omer is O M E R. O M E. Shoot, the last letter was. R as in Romeo. Got it, O M E R. And Mr. Omer, what’s your, tell me your date of birth. Seven, sixteen, ninety two. So you’re about. I’m twenty nine. Got it, twenty nine years old. Can you tell me your home address, sir? I live at forty five seventeen North Ash Street. Is that in Austin? Yes. Zip code? Seven eight seven three eighty. Did you graduate from high school? Uh huh. What’s your highest level of education? I have a P H D from U T. Wow, that’s impressive. And what was your area of study? @ It was, well, I wanted to be a, a, I wanted to be a teacher when I was littler, but my mom said that I shouldn’t because **** money? Exactly, exactly. So I decided to study politics. Very cool, dude. Congrats on that. So you have a P H D from U T. Did you **** for undergrad as well or. No, I went to T S U for my bachelors degree. Gotcha. Did you grow up around here? Yes, born and raised. I ain’t lived anywhere else my whole life. Awesome. Okay, well, do you know why we’re here today? Did you, did you get a chance to read the notice we sent? I took a look at it, but wasn’t really. @ No problem, I’ll go over it with you. Excuse me, I’m sorry to interrupt, John. I just have one thing before you jump in. Of course, go ahead. Mr. Omer, my name is Detective Ramirez. We met at ****. At the accident, yeah. Exactly, at the accident scene. So you said, well, earlier you said, the first thing Detective Maxwell asked was your date of birth, and somehow I didn’t write it down correctly, ‘cause I have seventeen, sixteen, ninety two, and I know. @ No, it’s ****. I know that’s not right. No, that’s not it. July sixteenth of ninety two. Perfect. Thank you for clarifying. Sorry for interrupting, Detective. Not a problem. We gotta get the details right. I understand. As you mentioned, sir, we’re here today because of the accident that, the motor vehicle accident that occurred on July twelfth of last year, twenty twenty. Mr. Omer, do you recall the events of the accident that day? Vaguely, but I gotta be honest, it’s been some time since I. @ Of course. You’re only human, and it was a year ago, so I don’t expect. I’ll do my. Perfection or anything like that. Sure. I’ll do my best. And of course, if you don’t remember something, it’s okay to say that too. I’ll ask you not to guess, because. Yes, if you’re not sure of something, you can tell us that. Okay, Mr. Omer? Mm hmm. Do you have any questions for us before we.

These jobs are meant to be simple – just type what you hear without worrying about formatting or speaker changes. Follow the guidelines above and type as literally as possible. Below are a few additional tips based on questions we’ve gotten from typists about these jobs:

  • Punctuation and capitalization are not crucial, so don’t stress over those aspects. Just do your best to use regular punctuation and capitalization.

  • Affirmative sounds (uh huh and mm hmm) and negative sounds (uh uh, nuh uh, mm mm) should be included when spoken.

  • Contractions (it’s, haven’t, aren’t, etc.) and slang (ain’t, gonna, wanna, etc.) can be typed as spoken.

  • False starts/corrections/repeated words should all be typed as spoken. Leave out ums, uhs, ahs, etc. and do not include stutters or partial words.