Digital & Audio Transcription Services

Transcripts for legal, police and court work

Australian owned and servicing clients across Australia since 2007, this transcription company turns recordings into written text. Its legal and police transcription work covers courtroom proceedings, legal dictation and police files, prepared by a specialist team of experienced legal typists. The company says it guarantees that every typist and server used for its services is based in Australia, which matters to clients handling sensitive material.

Business, research and interview transcription

The company transcribes interviews, business meetings, focus groups, investigations and enquiries. Research transcription is a separate strand of the work: the company says it works with researchers from many of the major academic institutions across Australia, transcribing the case study notes and recordings that a research project generates. Its business transcription covers scope of work documents and finance recordings, and it can take on high volume assignments in that area.

Insurance claim and medical transcription

Insurance reports and claim recordings are written up as transcripts, which the company offers as a service for insurers and claims teams. Medical transcription is aimed at medical and medico-legal reports, produced to a high standard of accuracy. The company says its medical work is accurate and timely, and that it can take on the volume of reports that a medical practice produces.

Tape digitisation and data entry

The company also digitises older material. Audio cassettes of every size and VHS tapes are converted into digital files, so that old recordings can be searched, copied and kept. Alongside the transcription work it offers data entry, which the company says is carried out by staff in Australia. It presents good database design and accurate data entry as part of how a client's records are kept in order.

Turnaround and capacity

Turnaround depends on the client's requirements. The company says it normally delivers a 60 minute audio file within two to three working days, and that bigger jobs can run to as much as ten hours of audio a week. Its typists are located in several parts of Australia, which lets the company process large volumes of audio while keeping work moving on tight deadlines.

Who uses the service

According to the company, its work has gone to researchers, lawyers, insurers, media outlets and medical practices. It describes its service as highly personalised, aimed at meeting the needs of each project, department or business, and it offers both digital dictation transcription and audio tape transcription to suit how the material arrives. Staff are available during business hours to answer queries and support work in progress.

Digital & Audio Transcription Services (DAATS) is an Australian owned transcription company that has served clients across Australia since 2007. It turns interviews, meetings, hearings and other recordings into written transcripts. It also digitises older audio cassettes and VHS tapes.

What Digital & Audio Transcription Services offers

• Legal and police transcription: court hearings, legal dictation and police recordings, handled by a specialist team of legal transcription secretaries.
• Business and research transcription: interviews, focus groups, meetings and academic research recordings.
• Insurance claim transcription: insurance reports and claim recordings written up as transcripts.
• Medical transcription: medical and medico-legal reports, typed to a high standard.
• Tape digitisation: converting audio cassettes and VHS tapes into digital files.
• Data entry: data entry services carried out in Australia.

Clients

Clients include researchers, legal firms, insurers, media organisations and medical practices.

Key facts

• Ownership: Australian owned
• Clients since: 2007
• Turnaround: a 60 minute audio file within 2-3 working days, with larger projects handled at up to 10 audio hours per week