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Charge for general transcription. Have only ever charged for medical - midwestmt

Posted: Jun 30, 2011

Recently contacted by a local church pastor to transcribe some sermons for him to make into a booklet form. (Maybe 3 to 4 hours worth of work or about 160 minutes). I have never done or charged for general transcription like that and certainly don't want to over charge a church, yet do not want to do it for free either. They asked me would I want to be paid the same way the hospital pays me? What are your suggestions? Thanks in advance. Forgive me if I put this in the wrong category too.

You could charge per sermon - mt

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Not sure what the rate should be, though. That would probably be the easiest way to do it. Or you could charge per word since Microsoft Word will do a word count for you.

Charge by the Page - LinK

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I charge by the page for general transcription $5/page. Of course it may pay more if you do it by the line.

I charge - sm

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1 cent/word for anything that is not medical. Most companies who do general/legal charge 1.5 cents/word and pay the contractor one-half cent/word, which is ridiculous and not in the transcriptionist's best interest, as you don't get paid for spaces.

Hope this helps :)

What I get - Sue

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I do general transcription for a research company doing focus groups. They started me at 1 cent/word 12 years ago, then went to 1.5 cents/word 9 years ago and then 2 cents/word 5 years ago. I actually feel I'm overpaid at 2 cents/word, but they do research and can afford it. ~ I think 1 cent/word is an average of what general transcription is paying right now. I think 1.5 is actually pretty fair for both sides.

Since it is a church though (my hubby is actualy a pastor), you might want to consider 1 cent/word, which is still decent $. Hope this helps.

Side work - What I do

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I charge 0.15 to 0.17 per 65-character line, depending if they want it printed or not, which comes out to about $4 a page, double spaced. Like the other person said, Word counts it for you.

You should not charge anything to do - The Work of The Lord

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To take money for such service would be a most heathen-like thing to do!

I don't think so - Sue

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I don't agree. I don't think she should overcharge, but that is going to take a large chunk of time for her to type those sermons, so she definitely should get paid, just like the office secretary and janitor and others are getting paid.

Teaching Sunday School, Bible Studies, and so forth is more "ministry type service" and that would be different.

IMO - mt2

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So what you're saying is that anybody that does the work of the Lord should not be paid? Pastors should work for free? How would you expect them to live? My question is how come the church secretary isn't transcribing those sermons?

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