Audio Transcription Can Change Your Business

Natural speech is thought to be anywhere between 120-150 words per minute. It can be affected by "speech sounds: short vowels, long vowels, diphthongs, different types of consonsants, and consonant clusters". www.speechinaction.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

"People tend to dictate to computers at about 105 words per minute (Karat, Halverson, Horn, and Karat, 1999; Lewis, 1999). Even so, there will be some mis-recognitions by the speech recognizer. After making the required corrections, the speaking rate was reduced to an average of 25 words per minute when doing transcription." www.human factors.com

Typists can be accredited with a 50/60/70 words per minute typing speed over a period of about 5 minutes. Over a longer period of time, this speed will drop to nearer 30-40wpm.

"Two-finger typists can key memorize text at about 37 words per minute, and copy from one form to another at about 27 words per minute (Brown, 1988). " ... "On average, people write (handprint) at about 31 words per minute for memorized text, and about 22 words per minute when copying text (Brown, 1988)." www.human factors.com

I hope you find this information both interesting and informative. Please follow the links to find out more. Recognising the above points, using a trained audio typist will be of benefit to your organisation.

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