The Transcriber Transcripts: Transcribers and Editors on the Other Side of the Recorder

Thinking about freelancing, but feeling the fear? The interviewees in these pages have one thing in common. Freelancing success. No matter where in the world or what their career backgrounds, they have moulded their freelance lifestyle for themselves.

And now, these normally silent writers, transcribers and editors have, for once, been put on the other side of the recorder. Interviewed from New Zealand, the freelance base of writer Kris Emery, participants from South Africa to Canada, India to Australia, Philippines to the UK opened their freelance worlds for a look.

From bedroom offices to transcribing on the train, the interviews show what they've had to handle. Ready to create your own freelance reality? First, read about the possibilities...