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If you’re anything of a movie fan, you probably have at least some respect for the original Indiana Jones movie Raiders of the Lost Ark. It was nominated for best picture at the Oscars, it launched a movie franchise, and it featured a young Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, and (a relatively young) John Williams all at their best.

And early on it was utter garbage.

How do we know that? Because of a transcription service!

Lawrence Kasdan, the writer of The Empire Strikes Back (and co-writer of this year’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens) was pulled in to spitball the script to Raiders of the Lost Ark with Spielberg and Lucas. For three days in 1978 they hashed it out, throwing out ideas left and right. And they recorded it and had a transcription service put...

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It doesn’t matter whether you’re AM, FM, SiriusXM or a podcast…if you have people talking during your program, it’s important to get those words transcribed. Why? Because in this information-based world, there’s always going to be a need for words that are searchable.

So why is it so important to transcribe audio to text, and how can it even end up helping your business?

Backup: Digital files are interesting. They’re so easy to duplicate and disperse, but they’re also prone to get lost. The media on which they’re stored is often iffy as well…hard drives give out, online storage sites can go out of business, files become corrupted. Strangely enough, tape is still the most reliable long-term storage available, so if you’re not using tape backup for you...

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If you are part of the legal system, you know how important it is to know exactly what was said during depositions, court proceedings, and on trail tapes. That’s why you need PressPlay Transcription.

Accuracy – How important is accuracy to you with it comes to any legal document? That’s a ludicrous question, of course. Accuracy is of the utmost importance, because it could make the difference of whether or not a court case is decided in your client’s favor. We can guarantee accuracy because of our quality review process. Rest assured knowing that what was said is what was transcribed.

Confidentiality – We understand that every legal document we help you with has to be handled with the utmost of confidentiality, whether it’s for a traffic...

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Let’s say you are entertaining a special guest at your company. Perhaps they are a motivational speaker, or a leader in your industry. Someone who is there to help you and to move your company to the next level.

Do you want to miss a word? Do you want to risk losing anything he or she said to the scribbled jottings of the average worker? No! You want to record it so that you can reference it!

Here’s the problem, though…no one is going to reference it. It’s unlikely that anyone will sit through an audio recording just to get a few inspiring points. That’s where we come in to transcribe your important interactions.

Meetings: Meetings can be a great exchange of information. On the other hand, most of them are “how was your weekend” and “what should we...

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You may wonder, what are the advantages of choosing an online transcription service? After all, can’t anyone just listen to a recording and type in what’s said? Well, it’s certainly not that easy.

Quality: Let’s say you have someone local who does your transcriptions. Are they really that good, or do they simply have one thing going for them…their location. What are the chances that you just happen to live in the same city with the best transcriptionist available? When you expand your reach to online transcription services you have a much better chance of finding higher quality work.

Size: If you have a favorite transcriptionist, what are the chances that you’re their only client. If it hasn’t happened before, eventually you’re going to...

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Online transcription service is the perfect way to take voice to text. We offer competitive prices and we handle all the popular file formats. Anytime you want to get something to text quickly there is no better way to get it done. Online transcription can make your life easier. If you have an interview, lecture, commercial, even a full movie, we can help take that file and turn it to text quickly without you having to lift a finger. Our customer service and personal approach are just the icing on the cake. No more automated service where you have no idea what you are really getting. We will stick with you to let you know what is going on, and get it the way you were looking for.

The online transcription was meant to help people. How are you going to help anyone without having...

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There are professional transcription services companies located all around the world. In fact, you can just as easily hire a transcription service company from Sweden as easy as you can hire one from right here in Fairfax, California. Both transcribing companies cover interview transcriptions, dictations, academic transcription and legal transcriptions. So then why would you want to go with the company right here in your state? We will give you several reasons to choose a transcription service company right here in your own back yard.

Utilizing a local transcription service offers swift payment processing and fewer hassles and headaches. This is, in part, because you are using the same currency and don’t have to deal with exchange rates. In many cases, you could simply make a...

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There are professional transcription services companies located all around the world. In fact, you can just as easily hire a transcription service company from Sweden as easy as you can hire one from right here in Fairfax, California. Both transcribing companies cover interview transcriptions, dictations, academic transcription and legal transcriptions. So then why would you want to go with the company right here in your state? We will give you several reasons to choose a transcription service company right here in your own back yard.

Utilizing a local transcription service offers swift payment processing and fewer hassles and headaches. This is, in part, because you are using the same currency and don’t have to deal with exchange rates. In many cases, you could simply make a...

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A group of students studying

There are several benefits of academic transcriptions, especially when you utilize our transcribing services in Fairfax. In essence, a transcribing service will enable a student to capture every word, every nuance of any lecture, questions and answers session or study group. And all of this happens so you can better focus on the event at hand. Look, your hand-written notes can be difficult to decipher at a later date and your memory certainly isn’t everything you had always hoped it would be, all great reasons to have those sessions transcribed.

In a perfect world, every sentence, every word from that important lecture would resonate through your brain, keeping all that information in your head. But in the real world, you miss important points while making notes of the previous...

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