What is SpeakWrite?

Be prepared to have a huge learning curve on outdated technology and little opportunity to grow from within.

The company is pretty top-heavy internally with a ton of managers and very few "workers".

Clients may submit their dictations in any form whatsoever including noisy environments ie at a party, in a noisy restaurant,

A typist may not reject a poor dictation for any reason whatsoever, even if you cannot hear it or understand due to poor equipment or noisy environment. Such dictations may be very long, thus tying up your ability to make money on a more professionally done dictation.

Contractors must make all changes that a client makes in a dictation, meaning taking out words already typed, and you are only paid for the final word count.

If you are a legal typist you are doing "legal" transcription and A LOT of medical transcription, as many of the clients are workers' compensation firms and the terminology includes very complex medical terms.

Especially for legal and medical transcription, the pay is very low - .5 to .55 cents per word depending on the day and time of day

Especially for legal and medical transcription, the pay is very low - .5 to .55 cents per word depending on the day and time of day

Company lists compensation rate on their web site as up to .6 per word - but it is actually .5 to .55 per word. They also say you can make $15 an hour - that is very rare.

A typical day for a typist is spent on unpaid time: Setting up jobs, listening to extended periods of silence and changes made by clients unprepared to dictate

Checking two spellings lists (frequently changed without notice) each on its own tab/page, waiting for answers from management regarding problems with jobs, searching though ambiguous

while constantly dealing with late job notices requiring immediate response lest job be pulled and reassigned no matter how much time has been invested by typist or what caused delays,

constant interruptions caused by pop-up bulletins asking typists to sign in and work while we were signed in and working.

It is wonderful to work from home and make your own hours. The pay is competitive and is based completely on how much you want to work each day and each week. Payment is always received in a timely fashion and professional help is always readily available when needed.

How SpeakWrite transcription works
SpeakWrite is an infinitely scalable, human-powered transcription machine. It is a system that manages the flow of work to an expert network of typists and back to you with unmatched speed. You get patented, industry leading technology and an army of professional typists at your disposal – 24/7/365. Your documents are delivered in about 3 hours.

I've read the other reviews and a lot don't even make sense to me. One states "I don't even make enough to cover self-employment taxes." Interesting since you pay taxes based on what you earn, so if you are a responsible adult and put away a portion of every check, you shouldn't have an issue.

They also pay on the 1st and 15th of every month either by check or direct deposit.

This was a virtual, home-based transcription job. While it was great to work from home, the pay is per word and extremely low (1 cent per word transcribed).

An excellent opportunity to work from home; it does take some practice to adjust to their styles; not the best pay, but does allow you to set your own schedule.

there is just not enough growth. Even if you show talent and progress there is no room at the table for you because they need people to stay in the positions they are in.

There are teams that are very unstable and understaffed