Transcriber Duties and Code of Ethics
There are this many items on the TypeWell Code of Ethics
What is eight?
Source: https://support.typewell.com/kb/best-practices/transcriber-duties-and-code-of-ethics
This item on the TypeWell Code of Ethics is about accessing the TypeWell software.
What is item 8: “The transcriber will prevent unauthorized people from using TypeWell to provide services for students and others.”
Source: https://support.typewell.com/kb/best-practices/transcriber-duties-and-code-of-ethics
The keys used to perform a self-test.
What are Ctrl + T?
Source: Efficient Editing eWorkbook
Your elbows should be slightly this, compared to your wrists.
What is higher?
“Your elbows should be slightly higher than your wrists. This promotes good blood flow to your hands to keep the muscles and nerves healthy and happy.”
Source: Good Ergonomics eWorkbook
PAL stands for this.
What is Personal Abbreviation List?
Source: Personal Abbreviation List (PAL) Instructions eWorkbook
This item on the TypeWell Code of Ethics is about opinions.
What is item 5: “The transcriber will not offer opinions or input of any kind in classes or meetings, even if invited to do so by instructors or others.”
Source: https://support.typewell.com/kb/best-practices/transcriber-duties-and-code-of-ethics
This item on the TypeWell Code of Ethics is about information learned in the classroom.
What is item 1: “The transcriber will keep strictly confidential all information learned during transcribing assignments.”
Source: https://support.typewell.com/kb/best-practices/transcriber-duties-and-code-of-ethics
The TypeWell Quick Edit keys.
What are the semicolon quick-correct key and the comma cycle key?
Source: Efficient Editing eWorkbook
TypeWell suggests dusting the computer screen at least this often.
What is at least once a week?
Source: Good Ergonomics eWorkbook
A TypeWell short word is this.
What is a word with four or fewer letters that is not in the Top 40?
Source: Skill Review eWorkbook
This item on the TypeWell Code of Ethics is about accuracy.
What is item 2: “The transcriber will accurately transcribe the meaning of the spoken utterances made by individuals in the meeting, classroom, or other transcribing situation.”
Source: https://support.typewell.com/kb/best-practices/transcriber-duties-and-code-of-ethics
These items on the TypeWell Code of Ethics are about the transcriber’s skills.
What are items 6 and 7: “The transcriber will accept only those assignments for which they possess appropriate skills” and “The transcriber will strive to continually improve his or her transcribing skills.”
Source: https://support.typewell.com/kb/best-practices/transcriber-duties-and-code-of-ethics
A backspace run.
What is when you press the backspace key four or more times in a row?
Source: Efficient Editing eWorkbook
It is suggested that while typing, a transcriber do this with their position.
What is change their position?
“You might start sitting straight up; then sit forward a bit; then sit back. Changing your body position by sitting forward sometimes, to the left sometimes, etc. will mean that different muscle groups are being used, and no one muscle group will get tired and achy.”
Source: Good Ergonomics eWorkbook
A TypeWell long word is this.
What is a word that is five or more letters that is not in the Top 40?
Source: Skill Review eWorkbook
There are this many skill areas included in the Transcript Analysis Checklist.
What are four? Message Content, Grammar, Formatting, and Technical Skills.
Source: Transcript Analysis eWorkbook
These items on the TypeWell Code of Ethics are about the reader.
What are items 3 and 4: “The transcriber will accurately voice comments and questions in reverse interpreting situations” and “The transcriber will not answer the reader's questions about content. The transcriber will instead facilitate communication between the reader and the instructor, facilitator, or other participants by transcribing or voicing as needed.”
Source: https://support.typewell.com/kb/best-practices/transcriber-duties-and-code-of-ethics
TypeWell suggests that transcribers not average more than this many corrections per minute.
What is three corrections per minute?
Source: Efficient Editing eWorkbook
TypeWell suggests not positioning yourself to face this in a classroom.
What is a light source?
“The lighting in a room can affect your work. Avoid setting up your computer, or your reader's, with the screen facing a window or other light source. This can cause a glare on the screen that makes reading it hard, tires the eyes, and can even cause headaches. If you must set up with some light hitting the screen, try tilting the screen to different angles back and forward, until the effect of the glare is minimized.”
Source: Good Ergonomics eWorkbook
The Top 40 words account for this percentage of all the words spoken in an average class or meeting.
What is 40%?
Source: Skill Review eWorkbook
TypeWell suggests these five strategies for handling a situation in which the transcribers cannot hear a comment.
What are: inserting the information from the missed comment in its response, asking the speaker to repeat the comment, changing where you sit, using an FM system, and using the [Can’t hear/can’t understand.] tag.
Source: Your Responsibilities to the Reader eWorkbook
Area 1 of the Transcript Analysis Checklist has this many components.
What are seven?
"Are all facts true and accurate? Are all sentences clearly worded? Are all sentences finished? Does all the information make sense and seem complete, without obvious gaps or jumps from idea to idea? What percentage of info is captured?
(Refer to original audio recording OR make a conservative estimate based on flow of ideas in the transcript & your memory.) Is level of formality same as speaker’s? Is noteworthy emotional tone shown?"
Source: Transcript Analysis Checklist eWorkbook
The percentage shown in the self-test edit box.
What is the number of times you used one of the TypeWell Quick-edit keys divided by the total corrections you made (total corrections = # of backspace runs + # of edit keys)?
Source: Efficient Editing eWorkbook
TypeWell suggests using a chair that has these three qualities.
What are a good back rest, no arms or attachments, and one that allows you to put your feet flat on the ground?
“Sit in a comfortable chair that has a good back rest, and no arms or attachments that will limit elbow movement. The chair height should allow you to put your feet flat on the floor, with your thighs generally parallel with the ground. Otherwise, your legs and back will probably start to hurt. If your feet cannot reach the floor, get something to put under them, such as a commercially-available footrest or a sturdy lightweight box. If your knees stick up in the air, relative to your hips, raise your chair.”
Source: Good Ergonomics eWorkbook
The two words of five or more letters in the Top 40.
What are “people” and “question”?
Source: Skill Review eWorkbook