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Pro Typists are committed to providing professional transcribing, proof reading and content for the outgoing professional. Services are accurate, clean and concise with a productive staff that currently has a combined service record of 20+ years in the professional and corporate industries.

Currently our staff is capable of handling 24 hour turn around (not including weekends or holidays) for those who need expedited services. We handle all audio recordings and video recordings that can include, but are not limited to:

.mp3, .mp4, .wav, .avi, .wmv, .mov, .mpeg, .mpg, .wma .rm files

Professional Transcribers

We offer a convenient and easy upload capability to get your project to us and we are just a phone call away should you need that personal touch or assistance to get things done right the first time.

People who use our services are from all elements of corporate America, ranging from motivational speakers, authors, editors, sport-casters, seminar providers, teachers and college professors and more. Each one of them providing a range of subjects that are never too big or too small to transcribe for their future use in Internet Newsletters, book publishing, document production, thesis papers and so many more that we couldn’t even begin to list here.

Our pricing structure has no hidden fees, no set-up fees and once quoted for your job doesn’t change! Please see our rates page for more information on our pricing structure.

We provide transcription for all types of industries including:

• Self-Help
• Keynote speakers
• Motivational
• Romance
• Educational
• Food Industry/Cooking
• Authors
• Religious
• Spiritual
• Workshops & Seminars
• E-book Authors
• Video/DVD Transcriptions
• And so many more…

To get started,
click “register” at the top of the column
and submit your project.

Print mediums have guidelines and elements that should be followed in order to make things more legible and easier on the eyes for the individuals who are reading.  Even though some of these elements may have evolved over centuries, they are still very effective and should be followed should you wish to impact your readers.

1. Using “serif fonts” in the main body utilizes the human eyes ability to recognized the shape of words and not necessarily the letter by letter of each word. A serif font is a font that uses lines at the top and bottom of each letter to help guide the eye to each line easily and smoothly.  A san serif font usually forgoes that line and can be used for smaller areas of text such as headlines, bylines and picture captions. Excellent examples of good serif fonts are Garamond, Century Schoolbook or Bookman.
2. A “Lead-in” for the first paragraph of an article helps give a quick synopsis of what the article might be about, but also should be the ‘teaser’ that will get the reader to want to continue to read more.  Identify these first few lines with a subtle change in the font and layout so that it does stand out and leads the eye to it.
3. Avoid hyphenating words.  Using hyphens should be reserved for phone numbers in most instances and a few other rare  instances when it calls for last names and hyphenated combination words.  Breaking a word at a syllable usually can be avoided when playing with the leading and spacing of the lines.  This keeps the flow of the words and articles going smoothly for your readers.
4. Old habits are hard to break.  Including those that we had taught to us when the typewriter classes were taught to us in high school.  This includes the double spacing after periods and colons.  As a rule of thumb, any double spaces are now obsolete and professional typesetters don’t use them.
5. Full justification may look good but does make it harder to read.  Next time you get a chance, fully justify your article in your column layout and in turn look at the white ‘lanes’ of space that it creates.  This can be extremely distracting to the eye and also cause distortion of short words just to fill in the space of the line to even it up. Use left justification when you have long lines and be cautious in using full justification when you don’t absolutely need it.

Transcribing • Typesetting • Proofreading • Writing • Maintenance

Transcribing Rates & Process

Pro Typists provide the following packages in which you can choose from. Each of these packages give you the element of options and turn around time. If you should have questions as to if your project does not fit into these packages, feel free to Contact Us and we will be happy to quote you for your specific needs.

In order to process and accurately quote your job, please first “Register” yourself (link is to the right) and follow the instructions to verify your registration. Once you have registered, you will find a new link to submit your project through. When you do so, your job will be processed through our system and we will contact you upon receipt of the project information to make sure all information is accurate and process your order for deposit.

In order for us to remain competitive, our rates have been simplified. Currently our hourly rate begins at $50.00 an hour for projects that involve clean audio and 1-2 speakers. The average turn around time is 4-5 working days for anything under three (3) audio hours. Any project that requires 24-hour turn around will need to be quoted so that we make sure we can meet your deadline. Any project that involves more than four (4) audio hours or more will be quoted by our sales staff to make sure that it fits within your budget.

Typesetting Rates

Protypists.com offers competitive typesetting services. We will work closely with your printer/publisher so that the accurate digital file types as well as the specifications are just right. Predominately our clients can and will provide the text as well as any images that they wish to have with the article and we will layout it out in a professional manner so that it is easy to read and easy to print. Final proofs are always proofed by our proofreading staff and provided to the client for their final approval before going to print.

Our rates remain competitive depending on the size of the page laid out. Rates start at $25 per page for standard 8.5 X 11 pages up to $75 for Newspaper size pages. Turnaround time is determined by the amount of pages and the timely manner in which we receive your content.

Proofreading Rates

Professional proofreaders are on staff at all times handling ALL of our projects with 3 pairs of eyes at any given moment. Should you just need someone to look over an ad, ebook, article or manuscript, we will be happy to do so. Depending on what we handle, will also vary your cost. Most rates start at $25.00 per item and can increase from there depending on what we are proofreading.

Writing

We have a small and intimate staff here at ProTypists.com, but there is one thing we all like to do, is write. Ghostwriters we are, but must limit our skills to smaller elements of writing so that we can pay attention to clients and the details of our writings. Blogs, news articles, short stories, website content, remarks, recommendations are all within our repertoire and enjoy a challenge in all subject matter. This type of work is based on a custom quote and so drop us a line to find out what your project might need.

Maintenance

Many busy writers, travelers, business men and women and even mothers don’t necessarily have the opportunity to keep up with their web sites and content updates or newsletters as promised to their fans and readers. Because of that, we have found a niche in which we at ProTypists.com provide that service for you. As an additional service to writing, transcribing and typesetting, we can also include the daily, weekly or monthly updates that some just are having a hard time getting done! An extra pair of hands if you will. Our monthly rates run from $100 and up depending on frequency and requirements of the maintenance.

Currently Pro Typists accepts all major credit cards and PayPal for payments.

Pro Typists are committed to providing professional transcribing,  virtual administration and virtual secretarial services, graphic design, typesetting, technical support, proof reading and content for the outgoing professional.  Services are accurate, clean and concise with a productive staff that currently has a combined service record of 20+ years in the professional and corporate industries.

Currently our staff is capable of handling 24 hour turn around (not including weekends or holidays) for those who need expedited services. 
We offer a convenient and easy upload capability to get your project to us and we are just a phone call away should you need that personal touch or assistance to get things done right the first time.

People who use our services are from all elements of corporate America, ranging from motivational speakers, authors, editors, sport-casters, seminar providers, teachers and college professors and more.  Each one of them providing a range of subjects that are never too big or too small to transcribe for their future use in Internet Newsletters, book publishing, document production, thesis papers and so many more that we couldn’t even begin to list here.

Our pricing structure has no hidden fees, no set-up fees and once quoted for your job doesn’t change! Please see our rates page for more information on our pricing structure.

We provide services for all types of industries including:

• Self-Help
• Entrepeneurs
• Self-employed
• Keynote speakers
• Motivational
• Romance
• Educational
• Food Industry/Cooking
• Authors
• Religious Leaders
• Spiritual Workers
• Workshops & Seminars
• E-book Authors
• Video/DVD Transcriptions
• And so many more…

To get started,
click “register” at the top of the column
and submit your project.