iSource is a leader in performing quality transcription services. Moderated group discussions about specific subject ought to be documented for research purposes. Recoding and transcribing these sessions are done with extreme care with specific formatting guidelines.

We have been successfully satisfying many Market Research companies, Universities, Non Profit Organizations, Local Bodies, Training Companies, Marketing Consulting firms . We help our customers to conduct Moderated Focus Groups sessions with professional recording and transcription. Our expertise in formatting and transcribing Focus Group recordings is one of the best and very hard find in the market. Our satisfied customers vouch this on request.

Our Customers

We have worked on various Non Profit Organizations, Market Research companies, Universities, Local Bodies, Training Companies, Marketing Consulting firms in Focus Group documentation works .

Pricing:  10 USD to 12 USD per Hour!
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Price is very competitive at Transcription Star. We charge 10 USD to 12 USD per hour depending on the Audio Classification category . We operate our exclusive delivery facility from India apart from our California office. Our pricing and Turn Around Time advantages are appreciated by all of our customers. Our pricing method is one of the best in the industry. 

Time Stamping/Coding
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Time Stamping is a critical requirement in Television program based transcription needs. According to the customer specification, we satisfy different time stamping standards. They are:

• Frequency of time coding
• Audio time code style
• Subjective time stamping

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Audio Classification
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We classify the Audio source by following categories.

Category - A

One on One Interview/Speech Lectures/Oral History

Professionally Recorded

Broadcast ready recordings

No Background noise

Neutral Accent

Standard Turnaround

No Time Stamping

Standard Formatting specifications

Verbatim Transcription

Category - B

Group Discussions, Judgments, Telephone Recordings, Court Pleadings, Open air Recordings, Court Depositions

Multiple Speakers

Technical Subject Matter

Recordings with background noise

Recordings with improper mike attachment

Recorded with Armature Recording devices 

Standard Time Stamping

ESL Speakers (English as Second Language)

Client Specific Formatting

Subjective Transcription

Category - C

Multiple speakers with indiscernible voice overlapping

Constant Background noise or music

Tough Foreign Accent

Detective Recordings

Extraordinary Formatting specifications (MS Excel, web browser based applications)

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Cost Estimation
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We charge 10 USD to 12 USD per hour depending on the category of Audio. Our rates are calculated according to the effort involved for each category.

Bulk Discounts
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We offer significant cost savings up to 10 to 15% for bulk work. Customers with good volume and consistency can avail this offer.

Effort Estimation
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In general Category - A should take 4 to 5 Hours of effort to transcribe, proofread and edit, besides final Quality Check.

Category - B should take 5 to 6 Hours of effort to transcribe, proofread and edit, besides final Quality Check.

Free Trial
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Final pricing is arrived by a No Obligation Trial. You can upload trial audio at http://thuriam.leapfile.com

Outsourcing Non-Digital - Tapes, VHS, Micro Cassettes
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We handle variety of Standard Tapes, Micro cassettes, Mini DVs, and VHS. We are experts in converting all types of non digital source audio/video into digital. Converted digital files are then sent for transcription. Extra charges are applicable for non-digital to digital conversion.

Mode of Payment
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Paying for service has never been so easy. At iSource, we accept all the familiar and easy payment 

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File types
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Preferable digital format is MP3.

We accept all the familiar audio and video types. It is always better to let us know what recording device and model is used to record. It will help us to use appropriate software to play and transcribe.

Upload Instructions
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Our system can handle up to 1 GB at a time. But, it is advisable to limit between 100 to 150 MB per file. We recommend compressing using any zip applications and upload into our file server.

Guide for recording
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Getting quality transcription document practically, you have to find its roots from recording it with best possible methods. Here is a best recording guideline resource

more about how to record

Notations and Format
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Unless until specified, we follow the below standard notations and document rules:

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Legal Transcription Services
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iSource provides Legal Transcription services by getting clients' video and audiotapes. We offer legal digital transcription services using clients' digital voice recordings.

We offer quality Legal Transcription service at an affordable rate. In general, legal transcription is about preparation of legal documents from written or dictated information. In addition, we also do drafting and filling legal documents, calendaring and tracking other important works.

We assist young and experienced attorneys to prepare for trials, documenting relevant facts and information pertaining to lawsuits, organizing and maintaining client files using computers and related software. We also document reference materials pertaining to research and document law.

Legal Transcription services help lawyers and attorneys to hard copy documents relating to both civil and criminal procedures. The information is received as dictated or recorded mode from courtroom hearings and other law offices. These may include testimonies, pleadings, interrogatories, claims and administrative hearings.

In general , the information from courtrooms is recorded into a tape or into a digital voice processing system. So, Legal Transcription refers to the process of transferring information from recorded dictation to hard documentation using transcriptionists and computer word processors.

Legal assistants, legal transcriptionists and paralegals prepare legal documents both from written and dictated information. They also perform typical duties like:

Drafting and filing legal documents

Legal assistants used to perform transcription duties, greeting clients, setting up files, billing, assisting in research and other office responsibilities, which is a tedious job.

Legal Transcription service, a well-paying career, is now commonly done at homes, which is highly advantageous. It can be done by anybody with the proper legal background. But, it requires specialized expertise, which should be utilized across a broadening range of career choices, such as scoping.

The future of outsourcing legal transcription service will depend on amendments that are being brought in by U.S lawmakers for preventing heavy job losses to its citizens. The legal transcription profession is expected to be a high growth profession through 2007. It is driven by a steady increase in demand by the trained personnel in the legal transcription field.

iSource provides legal transcriptions of video and audiotapes for attorneys from United States . Our legal transcriptions services are quality-controlled service. Our service will free your highly skilled, trained and paid staff giving them time, so that they can concentrate their efforts on more important and cost-effective responsibilities of your company. In addition to these, we also provide the following services:

General Correspondence

Legal Transcription services online
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If you require quality legal transcription at an affordable cost, iSource can be your partner in legal transcription profession. iSource provides legal transcription services using your video/audio tapes and your digital voice recordings.

Every data's can be transferred to us via Internet your transcribed data's will be delivered right in your desktop via Internet. Your legal files are totally protected and secure as they are sent to and from us on our secure server. We give you a personal code and password, which enables you to access and retrieve your files at any time.

The data can be transferred to us via Internet. Your legal files are totally protected and secured as they are sent to and from us through our secured server. We give you a personal code and password, which enables you to access and retrieve your files at any time.

For security, we keep all your transcribed files on our system for an entire year, so that you can easily look up files that may have accidentally been misplaced in your office. Digital legal transcription gives you faster turn-around time as well, eliminating the time and expense of transport and mailing of tapes. We can transport files in any format that you need, i.e. DSS, WAV files or MP3. You can also send your recorded voice or data from your computer, and upload the voice file to us via the Internet using FTP or email service.

We can record your proceedings; transcribe them in more than 100 languages including English and with our certified translators. Our transcribers and translators are professionally chosen for their linguistic skills and expertise in specialized subject areas.

Legal Transcription service Infrastructure
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iSource is located in Chennai. The company has complete infrastructure facilities like high performance PC and a broadband connection, supported by our network and hardware engineers, who take care of it round the clock.

The company's work force consists of graduates who are fluent in English with both British and American accent. They are trained by Law College professionals about the law and regulations of US and UK . We give the job to the Transcriptionist, only if they fulfill the minimum requirement stipulated by us during our training.

Legal Transcription in India
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The offshore outsourcing keeps on rolling inexorably to India . This, despite severe protests arising over shifting of hundreds of call centre jobs from the United Kingdom and the United States to low-cost countries like India, China and the Philippines, more and more firms and professionals have started realizing the benefits of outsourcing.

The latest to join the BPO wagon are British and Welsh lawyers, planning to move legal transcription production overseas, particularly to India , says BBC News.

The movement of more legal transcription work to India shows the confidence they have in Indian Companies. The advancement in technology means that solicitors can drastically reduce the number of legal secretaries they employ and at less than half the cost than it costs in UK .

In general, the legal secretaries produce legal documents dictated by solicitors, prepare legal files, and liaise with clients. A number of law firms are cutting jobs and moving legal document production to India , where transcription centers give quality service at an affordable rate.

UK 's Law Society wants the offshore companies to do the transcribing work in strict confidentiality and security and that liability remains with the UK firm. Some solicitors believe that clients might be unhappy about their legal work not being done directly by the firm they employ. But those who are promoting the idea say the cost savings will prove increasingly attractive.

Legal Transcription Outsourcing
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Legal Transcription is virtually transcribing everything that takes place in the civil and criminal court systems into hard copy documentation. The information to be transcribed is either dictated or recorded in the courtroom, law offices or at deposition hearings, with less official settings. This data may include testimonies, pleadings, interrogatories like questions and answers, reviews of administrative hearings and the like. The process used in operating these legal transcription services in India uses similar process like legal and medical transcription industry in U.S.

The legal transcription services in India will hugely benefit both the attorney and consumers at large, as specifically delegated and supervised legally substantive work is performed and distributed. The attorneys also realize that their own productivity and cost efficiency is maximized through utilizing paralegal services and legal transcription services. The demand for paralegals and legal transcriptionists has been increasing rapidly. It is estimated that by 2007, there will be a need for between 150,000 and 176,000 paralegals in the US . This has led to positive atmosphere in India.

Legal Transcription Service Users
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The main users of these services are attorneys, public defenders, prosecutors of law firms and courts. The other users are corporate legal departments, insurance companies, financial institutions, real estate and title agencies, public utility companies, state and federal government agencies, publicly funded legal service projects and community legal service programmers. These users would be largely benefited because of lower cost rate available for the Legal Transcription service in India .

The Legal Transcription work includes drafting and filing legal documents, calendaring and tracking important deadlines, assisting attorneys to prepare for trials, documenting relevant facts and information pertaining to a lawsuit, using computers and related software and other reference material to research and document law and to prepare the documents used. Legal transcriptionists can become so proficient that they can actually undertake paralegal duties as well.

To be a legal transcriptionists, one needs to be proficient in the knowledge of American law, law in general and its origin, various court systems, cases, both legal application and reasoning and many other details.