Tuesday, April 25th, 2023
The Future of Transcription Services: Trends and Predictions for 2023 and Beyond
Transcription services are constantly evolving, with new technologies and trends emerging all the time. Here are some trends and predictions that McGowan Transcriptions can see happening for the future: Greater focus on security and privacy: As the amount of sensitive information being transcribed increases, there will be a greater focus on security and privacy. McGowan
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2022
AI vs Human Transcriptions, Which Is Better?
On the surface, audio transcription seems like a pretty easy task, you just write down exactly what you hear in an audio file. However, there are so many intricacies that make it far more complicated than you may initially think. Transcribers need to be able to understand accents, dialects, industry-specific jargon, facts and a whole
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Monday, July 4th, 2022
6 Most Dramatic Spelling Mistakes In History
Spelling mistakes, we all make them. Some more often than others. But did you know that a simple spelling mistake or grammatical error can have the most detrimental of outcomes? Throughout time there have been numerous occasions where a small error has resulted in a huge financial loss, a technology-altering change and even a problem
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Thursday, October 7th, 2021
The Challenges of Transcribing Group Conversations
Have you ever tried to pick out one speaker from a group discussion? It might sound simple, but it’s trickier than you think! There can be a lot of overlapping words, different volumes of speakers, inaudible sections, background noise and rustling, all of which makes getting an accurate transcription of what’s actually being said a
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Wednesday, July 14th, 2021
Everyone Loves A Bargain… But At What Cost?
In the immortal words of Oscar Wilde, ‘People know the price of everything and the value of nothing’. In this day and age, everyone loves a bargain. Whether it’s a BOGOF in Tesco or a last-minute sale item stumbled upon after hours of searching on eBay, it’s human nature to want to feel that we’re getting more than we’ve paid for. How many times, though, have we landed what we think is a fantastic deal only to find that after three washes, the cheap T-shirt falls apart, the unbranded TV breaks out of warranty, or the sale item from eBay doesn’t exactly match the description on the site? When it comes to clothing or consumer goods, such experiences leave us with little more than a sense of disappointment and chagrin at our unwise opportunistic gamble. However, translate this into the context of your business – and it becomes a little more serious.
Tuesday, March 9th, 2021
Illiterates: The words English speakers struggle to spell the most
“Favourite” is the most difficult word to spell across the English-speaking world, according to our research of Google’s search data. Runners-up include “definitely” and “diarrhoea” (which is spelled ‘diarrhea’ in the United States). These results take into account common search trends across countries that speak English as a first-language. Including the United Kingdom, United States,
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Monday, May 18th, 2020
Recording In The Cloud
Don’t forget to ask permission to record! Consider your device: It is best to conduct cloud calls on a laptop, desktop or tablet device rather than a smartphone. Sound quality will be better and access to advanced features of the cloud-based platform will be more readily available and easier to use via a larger screen/device.
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Thursday, May 7th, 2020
Zen Master Interview Skills
As transcribers we listen to literally thousands of interviews over the course of our careers. We have the privilege of hearing respondents’ views on a vast array of subjects, and of learning about things we had never heard of before. Part of the enjoyment of the job for us is the variety of material that
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Wednesday, June 12th, 2019
Six (Actionable) Ways To Improve Your Meetings
When utilised properly, meetings are a great way to unite the focus of a team and keep everyone updated on important information. On top of that, they can also improve morale and efficiency throughout the staff. However, when meetings are poorly handled or even too frequent, people start to see them as a waste of time. We can’t blame them. In fact, research shows they’re not in the minority…
So, we decided to put together these actionable pointers that should help you get the most value out of your meetings. Hopefully, these can convert even the most anti-meeting people out there.
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019
A Meeting of Minds – and not a ‘Minute’ too soon
Meetings have become an integral – and often unavoidable – part of our professional lives, irrespective of the sector in which we operate. Whether conducted over video conference or face-to-face in the archetypal boardroom, most of us will spend at least some of our working week attending them. Business meetings can be occasional or, in the case of large corporations, monthly as the board of directors convenes to discuss company direction of travel, financial objectives and to review the previous month’s targets. Problems affecting the day-to-day operation of the business will be raised and discussed, and projected future threats potentially identified before they occur. In short, they are vital to the smooth execution of business process.