Saturday, April 11, 2009

Financial translation

Crimson has over a decade of experience in financial services translation. Our translators are specially screened and tested they are native-language, subject-matter experts and we are the only company whose QA process empirically tested by a Harvard-educated team includes BackEditing to insure linguistic accuracy and quality.

Crimson adopted a sophisticated translation quality system originally designed to satisfy the life and death requirements of medical technology translation. The system has been adapted to the specialized needs of financial translation while retaining all of the key elements meant to eliminate translation risk and insure the highest quality.

Specialized expertise is an important reason why so many financial services companies choose Crimson. enter your password to see what our clients have to say about us. Are you paying to have the same material translated over and over again? Language Capital Database (LCD) translation technology is Crimson’s cost-saving solution to the problem of duplicate material. LCD technology provides you with three important benefits.

Send us your documents for a free Internal Repetition Analysis. We will evaluate your material and provide you with a translation estimate that eliminates repeat segments and sentences. You can see a reduction in translation expense the very first time you use our service.

At Crimson, we develop your LCD translation database at no additional cost, as part of our standard service. When a new project is matched against your growing linguistic database, similar material is identified and reused—saving you time and money and increasing quality and consistency.

Several of our clients expressed interest in creating an LCD translation database from previously translated materials. In response, we developed a process that validates your existing translations and converts them from any file format into a functional LCD—a valuable asset that can easily pay for itself on your very next project.

Podcast transcription

We are behind the vociferous success of many leading podcast gurus. Many of the podcasting experts rely on us to convert their efforts into meaningful business.Podcast to ebook and Sell Turn your podcasts into text and ebook, sell as hot cakes. Today’s world is information hungry and information sells without recurring cost and inventory worries.

Transcripts act as key Reference Many of us like to read the content rather than listen. It is hard and not a easy way to skim an audio file to get to important or relevant content.Reach out to a wider audience By Transcribing, you are now showcasing your content to reach out to a larger audience like hearing impaired people.

Advertising for podcasts Podcast Transcripts can be of use when formatted and embedded with banner links and other marketing materials for advertising to sell your podcasts.Our Podcast transcription experts subscribe to your podcast feed or download digital file from online site. Our podcast transcription expert panel allocates and our transcribers will convert it into text format.

Voice recognition software don’t work well for podcast audios. Many podcast experts rely on good old human ‘listen and type’ process to ensure high quality, usable and saleable production of verbatim and edited transcripts.Podcast transcript text could be back to you in a variety of formats including plain text, doc, pdf or html format. Using photos, links, banner ads etc. are viable and we recommend Podcast enthusiast to go for it.

When it comes to podcast transcription, Transcriptionstar enjoys a fantastic reputation among podcasters, both professionals as well as amateurs. We are already one of the largest transcription companies in North America, offering a wide range of transcription services to clients from across the world.

We differentiate ourselves by offering our services for rock bottom prices, measuring a mere 40% of what a local US based podcast transcription company will provide for. The quality at this price shall remain impeccable and the turnaround time for transcript delivery will be restricted between 12 to 24 hours from the time of receipt of recordings.

Friday, April 10, 2009

Market Reserch transcription

We understand that trend analysis and customer feedback may provide the foundation for many critical commercial decisions, and therefore inaccurate or incomplete records of this research can mean distorted decision-making the transcription of these recordings much more difficult, and possibly less complete.

We have been assisting a wide spectrum of market research companies, each of whom uses a variety of capture methods for their research such as 1-1 interviews, recorded telephone interviews, small group sessions, focus groups, consumer forums, etc. We are confident that we can provide top quality, accurate transcripts from these recordings, allowing you to analyse data and take the process to the next stage with minimum effort.

All transcripts undergo a second pass to ensure accuracy of content. Wherever we encounter unusual words or terminology we will endeavour to research this using the internet, however we do ask that clients supply this information in advance where possible.

Whilst we are able to deal with cassette-based recordings and mini disc output, our preferred option is digital audio files. Our many years of experience have taught us that recordings submitted on cassettes of whatever size, have a tendency to significant background mechanical noise, making the transcription of these recordings much more difficult, and possibly less complete.

Our advice is wherever possible use a digital recording method – the savings gained in terms of transcription cost will soon cover any initial outlay, and the resulting improvement in transcription output will prove invaluable to your research

Focus Group transcription

you will need these sessions about specific subject to be documented for research purposes. At TranscriptionStar recoding and transcribing these focus group sessions are done with extreme care with specific formatting guidelines keeping your needs on mind. We provide focus group transcription services from video tapes as well as normal audio formats, but we highly recommend that you shoot focus groups on video so that it would be easier for our transcribers for multiple speaker identification to give best output of quality transcript.

To get time code in the transcript, we advice our clients to either Submit audio material on VHS or DVD with a visible time code "window burn" or you can also Pick the start and end time code from your video or audio and send along as note. Unlike other transcription companies.

which demands video window burn to transcribe the audios with time code, our transcription process is capable of time coding even without video window burn.TranscriptionStar extend its support to PhD candidates & university students to document their research interviews, thesis writings, university dissertations, Lecture notes, discussion notes, & seminar write ups.

We are helping the Market research companies, marketing consulting firms & Research based organizations to document their market research segments, telephonic group discussions by providing them with guidelines to use the technology, devices, recording methods of telephonic interviews/conferences, interviews conducted over VOIP or SKYPE, and best recording practices to get high quality transcript.

Educational transcription

Educational Transcription refers to the transcription of lectures, seminars, discussions etc. held in institutes and universities. The transcription is used for educational purposes and hence the name Educational Transcription.The services under this category fall under two main classes, namely real time educational transcription and non-real time educational transcription.

Audio recording and related Technology and affordability have brought enormous opportunity for today’s learners. Recorded class room lectures and focus group sessions in universities are invaluable assets to students. Transcribing classroom sessions are very useful and allow communication access during classes for deaf and hard of hearing people, as well as those with visual, physical or learning difficulties.

We transcribe variety of subjects handled in classroom sessions. This saves great deal of time in taking notes in the classrooms. It helps students to concentrate on listening and querying masters.We help students by recommending professional recorders and transmitting over the internet. We also guide students on their telephonic interview set up and recording.

Real time educational transcription is primarily used by the deaf and hard of hearing students to understand the on goings in the classroom. Imagine for a while that you are a deaf student studying in a mainstream school. The teacher is carrying on with her lecture while the students are all indulging in interactions about what the teacher is saying.

Alas, you cannot hear what anyone of them says nor can you take part in the discussions. This is not uncommon for deaf and hard of hearing students as a statistic points out that 75% of deaf and hard of hearing people have to do with studying in normal schools where other normal kids study. With little help from teaching staff in the form of deserved extra attention and the study material being created keeping in mind the classroom lectures, the hearing impaired students are unable to learn effectively in their schooling years, which can cause irreversible damage to their future prospects.

Friday, April 3, 2009

Reserch transcription

Most of our customers approach us well in advance. We Guide them on recording equipment and project organization that saves them great amounts of time and money in both the short and long term.We provide secure storage of your transcripts. Our web-accessible client area is encrypted with 128bit SSL encryption and password protected. In addition, we can strip out any identifying materials from your transcripts to maintain subject anonymity.

If you are just starting a project, we can provide advice on recording equipment and project organization that will save you great amounts of time and money in both the short and long term.Research Transcription involves the transcription of research interviews, focus groups and other kinds of recorded interactions between experts or between researchers and their subjects .

These interactions act as reference materials for research and are primarily used by university based professors and lecturers.Other than interviews and discussions, there are numerous other recorded interactions which have to be transcribed to assist research efforts. Research Transcription is also used by people to transcribe interview recordings for preparation of an impending speech to be delivered.

The need for research transcription stems from the kind of research the department focuses on. Interviews and discussions hold greater significance for social scientists than for the researchers of pure sciences and engineering. Group behavior, cultural traits , consumer demand cycles etc. are some areas that social scientists deal with. Such areas make it necessary for the researcher to constantly obtain data from the relevant section of the populace and add to his repository of information. He may need to conduct focus group sessions to study the prevalent mood in the market. He may need to interview a local expert to get first hand information about a cultural setting the researcher is new to.

Even the physical sciences researchers the pure science and the engineering ones are no longer subscribing to what is called ivory tower research. They are now conducting interviews with other gurus in their domains and expanding their knowledge base rather than slug it out wastefully to re-invent the wheel.

All of these interviews have to be recorded for future reference. Moreover, these recordings have to be transcribed too. The need for transcription of your recordings is as important as recording itself due to the following reasons When most of your research material is in the form of books and other text matter, it’s better to get the recording in text as well. One can always refer the portion one needs when the reference material is in text. Nothing beats the convenience of transcripts for quick reference.

As you may have guessed by now, we have been in the business of research transcription for quite some time now. We understand what it takes to fulfill the high expectations of clients day in and day out. Many prestigious universities across the US have been receiving our transcription services since many years, which is testament to the reputation we enjoy in this field. We believe that the customers who approach us shouldn’t be straitjacketed into categories of cost benefit seekers or quality conscious ones. Our policy has been to deliver on four key areas that customers value and this applies to all our clients.

Tips for Research Interviewers:

Avoid using micro cassette if possible. Your Research Interview sound quality will be extremely poor on these devices. Else, ensure that you record in 2.4 fps and not at 1.2 fps mode. Best and proven recording technique makes a huge difference in transcript quality.Over the years we found that most audio submitted by researchers does not meet the professional recording standards due to following reasons. Poor Sound Quality e.g. consumer tape recorder placed on table between interviewer and subject . Background Noise e.g. interview recorded in cafeteria during lunch break. Heavy Accents all interviews with non-American dialect English as First Language speakers are Type II . Mostly recorded on Micro cassette

Dissertation transcription

The process of collecting information for the research papers is less complex now, then it was earlier thanks to the World Wide Web, libraries stacked with books and CDs are a valuable resource for gathering information. The libraries have indexed listings of the books available, and for the dissertation papers a collection of books on the topic of research have to be short listed and referred, the internet does provide all the information on the topics of research, however the information available on the net is not authenticated, where as resources gathered in a library can be quickly referred to by the faculty, the first preference for the research should always be the library.

Conventions need to be strictly observed about the proprietary of the documents or hand-outs given by the departments or the faculty that are issued to the students, the contents could be official university material issued to students for reference only, regulations need to be observed.A good dissertation will be rewarded if it is original and not an assembly process, importance is laid by the faculty on the thinking abilities of the presenter rather than the copying skills. The books and reference material that have been used for reference have to be acknowledged in last pages of the dissertation.

Transcription Star has the expertise and skill to convert speech-into-text, apart from the audio recordings, you can send us notes and power point presentations to neatly compile them presentable documents, all transcripts will be delivered in Windows Word .doc format or on request we can send them in an Acrobat PDF format, the dissertation assignments sent to us can be completed and sent back to you in 24 to 48 hours, we also accept rush assignments which can be delivered under 24 hours at an extra cost

A lot of emphasis needs to be laid on the titling of the dissertation; it needs to be very descriptive and synchronize perfectly with the research subject of the presentation, a one liner title can draw the attention of the reader and matched with an informative content, the faculty will measure this feature and in the final analysisthe creativity of the presenter will be taken note of About collation processThe pages that have been compiled should be numbered in a standard order laid down by the faculty in preparation for binding them.