Insert the audio cassette to be transcribed into a transcription machine and rewind the cassette if necessary. Reset to zero.

Put on your headphones and listen to the tape to listen to its quality and make adjustments to the tone and volume. In addition, each band has its peculiarities. Some rewinds more or less than others when triggered by the pedal, you must set the option back space so that it is set for the specific band that you transcribe. Also listen carefully to the speaker. Sometimes a band will play slower or faster than others and distort the speaker 'voices. Set the speed control accordingly.

Locate the channel is on each speaker. If there are multiple people speaking on the tape and you have multiple channels on your machine, read the tape and listen to each channel separately to see if you can hear some better speakers on one channel or another. It will be useful later if speakers start talking about each other and you should try to hear them separately.

Open a new document in a word processing program.

Back to the top of the band, then begin to transcribe by pressing the pedal, which will start tape playback. Listen carefully to the speaker or speakers and type the word for word audio on your word processing program. To stop the tape, release the pedal, and the band stop and reverse back a little so you can hear the last words you have typed and you can take your hits with the audio.

Note the number of tape counter on your transcript if you can not hear or understand a part of your band and if someone else will replay your transcript later. If you work for a court reporting or medical transcription company, employ a lot of markers so that a second pair of eyes can read the transcript. It is important for them to be able to find an area that you had problems with the band. They can do if given a number to work with against.

Proofread and spell check your final transcript for errors. Even if your work will be read later, a transcriber must always look over their work themselves.

Check all areas of your transcript that don 't sound right to the tape. If something doesn 't sound right, replay the portion of the tape to be sure of course.