We have been providing transcription services to students for many years. The director, Anne Hickley, is PhD qualified with experience of editing scientific and non-scientific texts and she either transcribes or checks all work that goes out. She has written a number of articles on transcription including one on finding affordable transcription for research interviews, which a number of student clients starting out in their research have found very helpful. Please visit our articles page to see this and other articles. We understand the importance of accuracy, confidentiality, adherence to deadlines and, where necessary, formatting for NVivo or similar qualitative research software.

We offer a discounted rate to students (proof of status is required) as we appreciate that students often have serious budgetary constraints and we are keen to provide affordable transcription services. We also provide detailed invoices broken down to show the cost of each audio file sent to us, and our fixed price digital file rates allow you to budget in advance.

We are not VAT registered at the moment so take advantage of that while it lasts!

Our very competitive rates are as follows:

Type of recording - assuming clear recording with minimal background noise and no strong accents	Price per Audio Minute
Transcription of dictation	£1.10
One-to-one or two-to-one interview transcription	£1.20
Conference, focus group or round table discussion	£1.45
Please note: This only applies to good quality digital recordings, intelligent verbatim. Our discounted hourly rate for tapes is £20 per hour. Please see the information on tapes and transcription times and type for more information on this.

So that you can analyse the data over time we will always send back each transcript once it is completed, rather than sending all the files back on the deadline date. Of course we will also contact you should any problems arise and keep you fully up-to-date with expected completion dates.

If you are able to supply us with a list of key words or any background material that will always help to ensure accuracy but we are also all experts at internet research and are often able to decipher technical words or tricky names this way. We always mark any words we're not certain of with a highlight and, for digital recordings, the exact time within the recording where the problem word occurs. This means that you can immediately locate and, if necessary, correct, any problem words, before analysing the transcript.

Our work is carried out in-house or, when deadlines are very tight, using a very small group of tried and tested professional UK-based transcriptionists. Should the work be sent out, all the work will be checked thoroughly by Anne Hickley before it is sent to you.

All our clients are asked to complete a booking form when we first start work for them and this includes a confidentiality clause, but we are very happy to sign any other agreement that may require as we appreciate that university research is often highly confidential in nature.