Archie: Welcome to The Transcriptionists Profiles, a series of interviews with people who are working as transcriptionists. My name is Archie, the author/administrator of Transcription Blog. Today, I’ll be talking to Lou Lapso. Hello Lou, welcome to the interview. It’s nice to have you. Lou Lapso: Thank you for having me. Archie: First, please tell [...]

Here are some of the answers I receive when I asked the question “How did you learn about the transcription career?” to the applicants on my post about the part time transcription job. ** Tonix on Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 10:18 AM “After taking the Board Exam for Nurses, I had nothing left to [...]

TESDA Circular No: 13. Series of 2006 Subject:  The Curriculum for the Finishing Course for Medical Transcription under the PGMA Training for Work Scholarship Date Issued: April 25, 2006, effective immediately Pursuant to the PGMA Training for work Scholarship for the massive training of medical transcriptionist, the attached curriculum is prescribed for the Finishing Course [...]

A number of applicants inquired about my home-based job posting. I received numerous e-mails that most of them have experience working in a call center.  As for my home-based transcription job opening, there are few points that I notice why they (call center agents or CCAs) like to venture into this new career that is somehow [...]

 Another applicant for home-based transcriptionist wrote an answer to my question, “How did you learn about the transcription career?”  She learned about the transcription career way back in 2005 when she was contemplating on a new field of endeavor.  She used to work as a researcher for a government entity and did this kind of [...]