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Welcome to Manchester Secretarial
Transcription & Proofreading Services
"These are the best prepared transcripts I have ever had,
and I have been doing this for 15 years now."
Professor Chris Allen, Manchester Metropolitan University
(scroll down for more testimonials)
Manchester Secretarial provide high quality transcription and proofreading services for a wide range of clients, including universities, researchers, film and television production companies, lecturers, pastors, priests and religious leaders, businesses, health, legal and public service professionals, students, journalists, broadcasters and writers.
Why Work with Manchester Secretarial?
All transcripts are individually proofread to 98% accuracy at no extra charge. No other transcription company provides this.
All transcripts and projects are overseen by one individual project manager and proofreader who standardises all terms, spellings, references, formatting and style.
All names and unusual terms are researched by our transcribers.
If we are not sure of a word (we never guess) we provide notations so that clients can check the transcript against the sound file.
We can provide regular audio notations throughout the text if required
We work with a wide variety of sound formats. When working with analogue sound files, we digitalise them and provide our clients with a free copy of the digitalised version.
All our transcribers are mature, experienced secretaries and all have UK English as their first language. We never outsource work to other companies or to cheaper services overseas. Our transcribers are carefully chosen, individually trained and must adhere to strict standards of confidentiality.
With Manchester Secretarial there is no need to send confidential files via email. We provide a highly secure encrypted file transfer system for security and confidentiality, and quick, hassle-free uploading of files. Our Project Manager is a former police typist and former Relate counsellor with 35 years' experience of working with sensitive and confidential material
Manchester Secretarial specialise in complex transcription projects and can provide a variety of transcription services, including word for word verbatim transcription, for example police and child protection interviews, intelligent verbatim - missing out unnecessary hesitations, etc. - and summary transcription.
We can also provide a stand-alone proofreading service for writers, broadcasters, students and professionals.
If you wish to discuss our services, request a quote or seek our advice email us on our contact page or at
manchestersecretarial@ntlworld.com
or telephone 01942 792201
CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
I was delighted with the service. The quality of the transcripts was very high and they were turned around extremely quickly. I would recommend Manchester Secretarial to anyone engaged in serious academic research.
Dr. Richard Saundry, Reader in International Employment Relations, University of Central Lancashire
Hi Pat, I am just going through all of the transcripts now and wanted to say what a great job you and your colleagues have done. These are the best prepared transcripts I have ever had, and I have been doing this for 15 years now. So I'm really pleased with how well these have been done - really professional, very well set out, clear about speakers, very accurate etc. Just thought you should know you have a satisfied customer.
Professor Chris Allen, Manchester University
"Manchester Secretarial provided audio transcription for one-to-one interviews.
The quality and consistency of the work was high, no spelling mistakes were present and the work was done within a very good timescale.
Customer service was clear and present throughout the process. I would recommend their services to anyone."
Iain Pearson, Equality & Diversity Office, Salford University
Social Research: With a deadline of just ten days, we transcribed 35 audio files, ranging from an hour to two and a half hours' length, for VisionTwentyOne, in Manchester, UK. We delivered one day ahead of deadline.
“Thank you for the excellent service that you have given us. It is very much appreciated. The quality of the service you provided was excellent, particularly when considering how tight our timescale was, and I wouldn’t hesitate to use your services again in the future.” Melanie Nicholls, VisionTwentyOne, Manchester.
When VisionTwentyOne came back to us for their next project they said:
"We were very pleased with the standard of work from last time – particularly the speed of turnaround... They’ve been of excellent quality, yet again."
Richard, a social researcher, used our transcription service for a very large research project for the Welsh Assembly Government on sustainable development:
"Can I thank you very much indeed on behalf of me and my colleagues for the service you've provided us. You turned our recordings round really efficiently and produced really sound transcripts which made a difficult job much easier than it could have been - given the subject of the work we were expecting to have to go through each transcript to check all the phrases and jargon had come out OK. We didn't need to at all, so well done to you and your team.
Should we get the opportunity to work with you again we won't hesitate to contact you.
Until then, thank you again
best wishes
Richard
Dear Pat, I would like to thank you as the quality of the transcriptions was absolutely excellent, and has saved me a tremendous amount of time, worth every penny.
Libby Sedgley, Health Researcher
Focus groups transcription: 'I was happy with the transcription and have recommended your service to a colleague from Royal Holloway'. Danijela Bogdanovich, Research Fellow, Salford University.
'I found Manchester Secretarial handled my complex transcriptions accurately and on time and I would have no hesitation in recommending their services to any other company'. Gordon Jones, Gregory-Jones Marketing communications.
Police Interview transcription: We asked legal firm Pluck Andrew a range of questions on quality of transcription we had provided at short notice, including service, turnaround time, communications, customer support, etc. They said:
Yes to all questions. Thoroughly professional and would recommend you to any firm who asked. Hope to bring you further work in the future. Shirley Flynn, Pluck Andrew.