Comments on: Freelance Game Plan: Creating Simple Freelance Systems

By: lwidmer

lwidmer — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:25:11 +0000

In reply to Sharon Hurley Hall. It was probably Paula, Sharon. It really does save time. Worth the price considering how much time we would have wasted with transcription!

By: Sharon Hurley Hall

Sharon Hurley Hall — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 07:58:50 +0000

I endorse all of these tips, though I still haven’t decided between Office and Google Docs. I can’t remember who originally recommended Otter to me (might have been you, Lori) but I upgraded earlier this year, and it is a real time saver.

By: lwidmer

lwidmer — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 17:12:44 +0000

In reply to Paula Hendrickson. Good plan, Paula.

By: Paula Hendrickson

Paula Hendrickson — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 16:43:51 +0000

Some days I have more than four interviews – but I like to try to schedule interview days since they can interrupt my writing flow.

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 17:58:09 +0000

In reply to Paula Hendrickson.

Paula, I have you to thank for that one. I absolutely love Otter. I used to spend hours transcribing. If I did that now, I’d be seriously overworked (some weeks I have four or more interviews) and not able to free up time to write.

I’ve found that with Zoom meetings, Otter transcribes as the meeting is happening. What a time-saver! And no, I’m not paid by Otter at all. It’s the other way around — I pay them for the service. 😉

By: Paula Hendrickson

Paula Hendrickson — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 16:43:34 +0000

Otter is a huge time saver. One of my editors recommended it long ago. I didn’t have a recorder that saved mp3 files, at the time, so I bought one. I still take time to listen to the recording while reading Otter’s transcript. (I write a lot about TV and realized it often abbreviates “television” to “TV” which doesn’t fully when you’re writing about the television industry. Other than that, it’s pretty good. It heard some thick French, (northern) English, Scottish, Argentine, and other accents better than I did.

By: lwidmer

lwidmer — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 13:37:34 +0000

In reply to Joy Drohan. It sure does. ;)

By: Joy Drohan

Joy Drohan — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 13:09:12 +0000

It helps keep you on track if you have an accountability partner to whom you report your monthly total invoices. 🙂