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What is the GDPR and why does it matter?
In case you haven't heard, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is coming in May 2018, and it has important implications for how organisations handle confidential data. It also affects how we communicate with you and means you need to take...
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CALLING ALL TRANSCRIBERS – WE ARE RECRUITING!
Minimum 2 years conversational transcription experience required We don't recruit on a casual or ad-hoc basis; this role is permanent and indefinite. McGowan Transcriptions are recruiting for both full-time and part-time professional transcribers who are specialists...
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Recording Guidelines eBook
We encounter a variety of recordings in the course of our day – some are audio files, some are videos, some are recorded indoors, some outside or in large public spaces. We have interviews that are recorded as one-to-one, face-to-face conversations and also tele...
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Looking back on 2017
Where has 2017 gone?! It was McGowan Transcriptions' 24th year, and what a memorable year it has been. To sum up: there have been challenges, there have been opportunities; we've welcomed new additions to the team as we've waved goodbye to others; we've even had some...
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Announcing Global Lounge – our new faster, safer file upload solution
Not to blow our own trumpets, but we at McGowan Transcriptions are known for being super-speedy transcribers (well, so our clients keep telling us, anyway!). I mean, you'd hope we would be after 24 years in this business, wouldn't you?! What you might not know about...
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Top 10 Advantages Of Using Transcription Services
Outsourcing transcription services to a professional company is a smart choice, especially when you don't have in-house expertise. Transcription is an expensive skill set - just think about the wages, benefits, and all the overhead costs of a dedicated audio...
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Thank You Internet
Those of you who have been around for as long as I have will definitely remember when the internet became such an important part of our working lives and particularly whilst working at McGowan Transcriptions. Even whilst writing this blog, I have just nipped online to...
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Smoke & Mirrors – Lesson Learned
We work hard at McGowan Transcriptions to ensure that our work is of a very high standard and we also liaise closely with our clients in order to meet their deadlines and exceed expectations. Recently, we had a short, sharp lesson in the way another transcription...
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Why you would want to work with McGowan Transcriptions
The fact that I have worked for Joe for many, many years, I believe speaks volumes. In fact, I’ve only just realised that this will actually be my 20th year!! Time flies as they say. I cannot deny that I did struggle at the beginning having never done this type of...
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Transcriber Vacancies
We are currently recruiting for professional research transcribers, full and part-time, who have experience working with a diverse range of material and are experienced with regional accents. We were founded in 1993 by Joe McGowan and we’re the number one name for...
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Virtually working, so to speak
As a transcription company, we are used to working digitally although it wasn’t always the case. We’ve been in business long enough to remember the days of mini cassette tapes and waiting for the postman to deliver our day’s work. However, we’ve always worked...
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Transcription – A Beginner’s Guide
I’ve been transcribing with McGowan Transcriptions for three months now and I’d like to share some tips and ideas for super-new beginners to transcription. I found it really hard when I was brand new and couldn’t find much useful advice out there. I’m hoping to help...
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