Cost of Secretarial Services
Pam’s hourly charge for typing, transcription, editing, and all standard secretarial services is:
- £16 per hour
Extra costs to bear in mind
There may be extra charges for stationery and postage.
Estimates
If required, a rough estimate will be given before commencement of work. However,
it is impossible to ascertain exactly how long a typing job will take as various
factors can add considerable time to the task and can only be taken into account
once the work has already been started. Some of these unforeseen time-
- number (and nature) of errors in original document
- Illegibility of original (especially handwritten) document
- special effects required, for example complex layout, tables, headings, tables of contents, footnotes, text boxes, etc.
Anticipating costs
>> Pam, can you suggest a rough rule of thumb for how long a 20 minute dictation with clear pronunciation and good diction would translate into, in terms of waged hours?
<< An hour minimum, if very clear.
>> And how about with a low quality recording and unclear pronunciation?
<< Low quality recordings with unclear pronunciation can take between 5 & 8 times the recorded time, so sometimes as much as 2 and a half hours.
The fact of a poor quality recording costing as much as double that of a clear recording would serve to recommend a good quality voice recorder over an inferior product, as a matter of good economy. Again, we would recommend talking to Ndeva about which model will produce good clarity and suit your intended uses.
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