Hi there. Does anyone have experience with speechink's qualification test for audio transcription? Was the test difficult? How much time did it take you? Was there a time limit on it? How long until they got back to you with your results? And for those who have worked on speechink hits a lot, are they difficult to do and how long would you say it takes to do a 1 hour audio transcription? I'm new to mturk and quickly finding that if I'm going to make any money that's worth the time I need to do more valuable hits. Doing .50 cent survey's has gotten old after only a few days at this. Thanks for your replies.
I'm not sure I want to give them all the information they want in order to get permission to take the test.
The test results are immediate. I scored a 96, which of course 100 is the highest. The test isn't bad, it took me about 20 or 25 minutes, but I double checked and triple checked I have done 3 transcriptions for them and scored 96 on all 3 and got the bonus. Some of their audio is really, really bad. I have kind of been avoiding them because I just started turking about 2 weeks ago and I don't want to chance any rejections. I've done a ton of Claritrans transcriptions instead to try and build my stats up first before I dive into horrible audio's. Don't want to chance my approval rate. I only have just over 500 hits under my belt. Good luck
Congrats, sgs71! Honestly, though, if you have been getting 96's on your first few transcriptions for SpeechInk and on their test, I don't think you have a thing to worry about regarding rejections. They are always fair that way.