| When it comes to dictation service for transcription, | | | | service providers also need to remember that easy |
| there are some obvious points that will help one get | | | | names might be spelled more than one way. If they |
| the best results. The most obvious is to make sure | | | | will be working regularly with a certain transcriptionist |
| one dictates in a quiet room, preferably alone and | | | | it is worth providing a list of names within that |
| with as little background noise as possible. They | | | | organization, names that you are likely to mention |
| should want to avoid shuffling papers or tapping on a | | | | frequently, with simple guidelines in advance. |
| keyboard while dictating as this can obscure | | | | If a dictation service provider wants the work |
| one´s voice when the transcriptionist attempts | | | | produced to a standard format, they should send |
| to transcribe it. Another thing one should do is use a | | | | their transcriptionist a template or a copy of a piece |
| noise canceling microphone, which cuts down any | | | | of work formatted in the say way that they want |
| background noise and aims to record only the voice | | | | this transcript formatted. A transcriptionist can work |
| speaking into it. | | | | to a variety of different templates provided by a |
| A knowledgeable transcriptionist will know to | | | | dictation service, and will otherwise work to their |
| capitalize names, but where you have words requiring | | | | own standard template. A dictation service should |
| capitalization that are not proper nouns, dictation | | | | specify each time they want a new heading or |
| service providers will need to say so. They should try | | | | sub-heading. For example, they should state "new |
| to say the capitalization before the word itself. If a | | | | heading," when they want a new heading put in, prior |
| dictation service provider has words that, in context, | | | | to giving the heading title. |
| are always going to be capitalized, they should say | | | | There are bound to be specific instructions that a |
| so at the beginning. Although capitalization of names | | | | dictation service and a transcriptionist develop |
| can be assumed, these dictation providers should spell | | | | between each other over time, hopefully this has |
| all names including people's and place names. Dictation | | | | given you some information about a dictation service. |