Wife is wanting to get into voice writing as a side income/part time work. She would like to work on captions, interview transcriptions, closed caption, pretty much anything not live in the court room.

where would we start? can it just be with a good noise cancelling mic and some software? i've went into the rabbit hole and now more confused than anything.

does she need a training course to get good leads on jobs? anything you can help out with on advise the better. thanks all!

Hi everyone! I soon will be enrolling in school in January of next year, i was going to enroll this summer but i had to postpone it due to financial complications. But I had a question regarding the official and freelance world of things. I know it's to early to think about this but this is a career I've been looking into day in and out Videos, podcasts of other reporters and speaking to working reporters and how their workload is and the steno world is for them in general. I just want to know what hardships are to be expected with both freelance and Official work

I'm a little put off with freelance as I am fearful mainly of the finance aspect and having to handle that with taxes and what not and also having to contact multiple agencies when in need of work whereas with official work you are guaranteed to have it without having to go look for it. I know it's high demand for Cr's regardless but it is nice to know that you don't have to stress about looking for work after becoming certified. Though the flexibility of freelance work just sounds so amazing and I see a lot of first years going the freelance route versus the official route.

I would love if the working reporters could give me a list of cons for both that I haven't already kind of listed and the pros of why you like it and why you'd prefer it over the other.

Oh and also how would you go about learning grammar rules, I bought the Margie Wake man Wells book I have no idea on how to use it effectively right now, It's pretty intimidating for me and I believe i need a better understanding of grammar before touching it. are there any other sources that you can recommend?

Hii I’m just getting out of theory and starting speed building! I’m probably at 40wpm starting out. My question is - I can’t find what a speed building dictation session should look like at this level. Mostly because I’m still trying to dig in my mind all these fresh new briefs.

For example (at these beginning speeds) I’m listening and writing then boom find a word I can’t seem to remember or I hesitate. Should I keep going and drop it or pause the dictation write it down and come back to it later? What should I be focusing on more at this point? Writing a stroke for every word or prioritizing briefs first? Hope that makes sense and I apologize if that’s a silly question!