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Overview & Working Info
What They Do
- McGowan Transcriptions is a UK-based, digital transcription agency operating since 1993.
- They serve multiple sectors: market research, legal, medical, group interviews, focus groups, etc.
- They handle transcriptions into English from recordings in English; also have translation services in many languages.
- They have a team of professional transcribers in the UK (not subcontracted to third parties), focus strongly on quality, confidentiality, and timely delivery.
What They Expect / What Working Looks Like
- Transcribers for McGowan should have experience — at least six months is mentioned as a minimum; many have much more.
- They usually use intelligent verbatim transcription styles, which means capturing speech in a way that retains meaning, flow, and speaker intention while removing some speech fillers or hesitations (depending on client instructions) rather than strictly verbatim.
- Audio quality may vary; files sometimes include group discussions or focus groups with multiple speakers, regional accents, etc.
- They value accuracy, timeliness, and a good understanding of spoken structure (e.g. when someone trails off, pauses, or uses filler words).
Flexibility & Work Environment
- A strong sense of flexibility: transcribers can work from home, choose times, possibly evenings, weekends, as long as deadlines are met.
- The work is remote (home-based) for transcribers.
- Support is available from the team: colleagues and management seem approachable; there is sense of community among the transcription team.
