Data Entry & Transcription Jobs
All About Online Data Entry
Working in online data entry is a popular way to work at home. But know the facts before you start. Get basic information about pay, job availability and data entry scams.
List of Home Transcriptions Jobs
These companies hiring for home transcription jobs includes general transcription as well as corporate, financial and legal transcription jobs. However, medical transcription and data entry jobs are listed separately.
Data Entry Jobs from Home
While data entry jobs can be a lure for work at home scams, these legitimate companies offer various types of data entry jobs.
What (and How) Do Data Entry Jobs Pay?
Find out not only what's a good home data entry salary but what kind of pay structure to expect.
List of Medical Transcription Jobs
Medical transcription is a career that can easily be done from home. Companies hiring medical transcriptionists to work from home usually require experience and/or certification. However, some will hire medical transcriptions who have completed a certification program but do not yet have experience.
VirtualBee
Read this profile of VirtualBee, formerly KeyForCash, to find out about the application process for this data entry company.
Work-at-Home Job Company Profile: DionData Solutions
Is this home-based data entry company legit? And is it hiring? Find out in this company profile.
Data Entry Scams
Telling data entry scams from legitimate data entry jobs takes common sense and good research.
Clickworker
In addition to data entry, this crowdsourcing marketplace offers online work worldwide in translation, writing and research.
What Data Entry Scams Have You Seen?
Have you seen data entry scams as you look for legitimate work? Were you taken in by a work at home scam? Let the rest of us know so the scammers don't get away with it again!
Transcription Reviewer
A transcription reviewer can be the next step up for a transcriptionist who has performed well. Find out more about his job that can be done from home.
What Is a Per-Piece Pay Rate or Piece Work?
What does it mean to be paid on a "per-piece" rate? Find not only the definition of piece work--common in data entry--but the pros and cons too.
Data Entry
What is a data entry job? Data entry is a broad term that encompasses a number of occupations. These include electronic data processors, typists, word processors, transcribers, coders and clerks.
Transcription
Transcription is a specific kind of data entry that means turning recorded speech into written form. This means listening to an audio or video recording and then turning it into a written transcript.
Work-at-Home Job Company Profile: Axion Data Services
Is this data entry company legit? Find out in this profile.
Scopists
What is a scopist? And can the job be done from home. Find out here. Scopists practice a very specialize form of data entry for court reporters....
Scribie
Read this profile of AccuTran Global, a BPO specializing in financial transcription but that also has home-based jobs for editors, translators, scopists and real-time writers.
Scribie
Read this profile of Scribie, which transcribes audio using freelance transcriptionist who work at home. Find out about salary and application process.
Reviews of Data Entry Companies
See what others have to say about these data entry companies or submit a review of a company you have worked for.
SpeakWrite
Hiring home-based typists throughout the United States and Canada to work as independent contractors, SpeakWrite requires a typing speed of 65 WPM.
Tigerfish
Company hires transcriptionists to work from home. Though there is no fee, transcriptionists must own a specific type of software. However, free software can be downloaded to take the evaluation test.
TheVerbalVision.com Transciption Services
Independent contractor transcriptionists use free transcription program and a foot pedal to convert audio files into text. Pay is calculated per fifteen minutes of transcribed audio and works out to around $10/hour.
Mountain West Processing
Company hires independent contractors to work as legal, corporate, general and medical transcriptionists. Rates, which may be per page, per audio minute or per word, vary.
Quicktate (iDictate)
Read this profile of this online company that transcribes audio using freelance transcriptionist who work at home. Find out about salary and application process.
Cambridge Transcriptions
Massachusetts-based company hires legal and corporate transcriptionists with experience for part-time positions both on- and off-site.
Types of Transcription
Find out which types of transcription jobs are most like to be done from home and use the links to learn more or start searching for transcriptionist jobs.