I did a HIT with broken engrish today and didn't correct anything. I got a 9. :D I probably could have corrected a few words and still get a 9,...
Well, this is the CastingWords sub-forum, so yes it is. ;) Broken engrish is OK, then? That's good to know, thanks.
Is it OK to correct the grammar mistakes of foreign speakers? For example, when a speaker says something like: "Everyone stay still and we have...
Well, the highest PPT you need is 99. When you reach that, you can do their expedite HITs that pay $1 (or more?) per audio minute. If the PPT goes...
All the "Improve a Transcript" HITs that I've seen today required a PPT of 90. My PPT is still at 85, so I can't do any of them. Is your PPT over...
Interesting. It never crossed my mind to replace the hmm's with yes/no, and even if it did, I probably wouldn't have done it for fear of getting a...
Here's one question for CW. What is the opposite of mm-hmm? Mm-hmm is an expression of agreement, but it's the only one mentioned in the Style...
Those hits disappear quickly because they're very easy to do. Basically, you only have to listen to the first few seconds of a few transcriptions...
It depends. I've had some transcriptions graded within 15 minutes of submitting them. But most of the time it takes a few hours. From time to...
In my experience, CW replies fairly quickly to tickets opened through support.castingwords.com, so you might want to try that.
I've had a few of those. I used "2-3,000" without ill consequences to my grade.
Regarding the space after an ellipsis, there's something in the CW guide that may be confusing some people. This: "Use an ellipsis... to mark a...
I checked the final edit of one of my latest transcripts and noticed the editor removed the spaces I had put before and after em dashes. Also,...
According to the CW Style Guide, em dashes should only be used "to place -- special emphasis -- on a word or phrase. It’s like increasing the...
I'm not a veteran yet, but I've been getting mostly 9's lately. Here's how I would do it: I was like, "How do you do transcription, anyway?" And...