How-to Guides

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There is nothing you can’t learn on the internet today, and that’s just our aim with this category on how-to guides.

We’ve used our own experience, collaborated with industry experts, and scoured the internet to research the best and proven tips and tricks to make your lives easier.

Here you will find complete and definitive guides to help you go from novice to expert in the field of your choice in no time!

5 Easy Ways to Add Subtitles to a Video

If we go back in time a decade or even five years ago, adding subtitles to a video required either: The services of a specialized video editor Buying an expensive editing workstation. Offering your pets to the subtitling gods. How things change. It's 2022 and anyone with even a smartphone can edit a [...]

How to Transcribe Audio to Text – Complete Guide

If you've decided to transcribe audio to text yourself, this complete guide can save you countless hours. Fortunately transcribing audio or video isn't rocket science, but by covering the basics and knowing some insider secrets, you can cut your transcription time in half. We've outlined easy-to-understand steps to help you: Increase your transcription [...]

How to Self Publish a Book – Complete Guide

Self publishing a book has never been easier than it is now. You do not need a publishing house anymore. In fact you don't even need to leave your house to publish a book. It doesn't matter whether you're self publishing an eBook or a paperback or a hardcover book. This complete guide [...]

Podcast Transcription Complete Guide – Best Free & Paid Ways to get Podcast Transcripts & Grow your Audience

Many podcasters, especially the ones starting out, tend to ignore podcast transcription. That can be a mistake, because if your podcasts don't have transcripts, you're missing out on a ton of audience. This complete guide will give you several free and paid ways to get your podcasts transcribed. But first, let's look at [...]

9 Best Ways to get Affordable Cheap Transcription Services

The best way to have affordable cheap transcription is to transcribe your interviews yourself. But let's be honest, audio or video transcription can be a tedious, time consuming task even for the best of us. Unless you're an alien with 20 fingers on each hand. When you see the words "affordable cheap transcription" [...]

5 Best Audio Recording Apps for Android [Updated]

This updated list of the 5 best audio recording apps for Android is back after popular demand. A lot of our clients have asked us to suggest the best voice or audio recording apps for Google's popular Android OS. With Apple's walled garden approach and bizarre decisions lately, more people are migrating to [...]

How to Increase Podcast Listeners [Complete Guide]

Whether you're starting out as a podcaster or have been one for a while but not seeing traction, this post will show you how to increase podcast listeners for your brand and in your niche. You will get actionable tips and insider tricks we've learned over the years from working with several podcasters, [...]

Best Free Tools to Convert Audio and Video to Other Formats

We've received tons of requests from clients asking us how to convert audio or video to a different format. Fortunately there's an abundance of choice in this digital age. Best part is you might already have a software or an app installed on your device that converts file formats, and you'd have no [...]

Best Earbuds in 2020 for Effective Noise Cancellation and Improved Sound Quality for Audio Transcription

This list of the best earbuds in 2020 looks at features like: Noise Cancellation Sound Quality Comfort Price & Performance Durability & Longevity We hope this will help you to make the best buying decision for yourself, whether you'll be using earbuds to listen to music, audiobooks, watch movies or for audio transcription. [...]

Best Ways to Extract Audio from Video (Complete Guide)

"How can I extract audio from video files?" Or "How can I convert video to audio?" These are some of the questions we often get asked by our clients and readers.  We provide audio transcription services where clients upload audio or video files for transcription.  Guess which way is faster? If you guessed [...]

5 Ways to Save Time and Money on Academic Transcription

How to save time and money on academic transcription? Just take care of a few things beforehand, so you can avoid headaches later on.  Precaution is better than cure. If you don't know what you're doing, you could end up spending more money than you need to. Fortunately this guide will show you [...]

How to Conduct an Interview for Research – Complete Guide

When faced with the question of how to conduct an interview for research, does the process seem daunting to you? If it does, you are not alone.  Not only do newbies have to deal with new theory, but also new methods of inquiry and data collection. Do not fret, this complete guide will [...]

How to Create Content for Website (Definitive Guide)

Knowing how to create content for a website is essential to reach your audience in 2020.  Whether you're an individual, a company, a cat from Houston, or an alien from Mars. Fortunately it's not all that difficult. This article will give you content creation tips and tricks based on extensive research and years [...]

Interview Transcription Definitive Guide, How to Transcribe an Interview

Yes, we love dogs. And this post has nothing to do with dogs or woof.  We wish though. This post is about the numerous benefits of interview transcription. And how you can transcribe your interviews yourself. This is also one of the most complete guides on this topic on the internet. Table of [...]

How to Increase Productivity Using Technology and Transcription

"How to Increase Productivity and Stop Procrastinating?" "How to Get Rid of my Brain Fog?" "How to Manage My Time Better?" "How to Focus and Get Things Done?" If you've asked any of those questions above, you are not alone. And this guide may help. Millions of people around the world are struggling [...]

How to Record an Interview From Home in 2020 (Definitive Guide)

Self isolating or working from home can get really boring, really quickly. Even if "how to record an interview" isn't the most burning question on your mind right now, you can only watch Netflix for so long. Especially since you can't binge watch entire seasons of certain shows in one go anymore because [...]

How to Record Audio for Best Sound Quality

Whether you're recording music or interviews, sound quality is paramount.  Furthermore, it's much easier to fix sound quality issues beforehand than later. So, since precaution is better than cure, let's jump into ways you can ensure you won't have to record the same audio again. Silence! Try to soundproof your interview room as [...]

5 Ways to Record Better Focus Group Interviews

Focus Group Interviews, what are they? Focus group interviews are one of the most essential tools for qualitative market research.  A group of people are selected and asked about their perceptions, opinions, beliefs, and attitudes towards a product, service, concept, advertisement, idea, or packaging. The environment is interactive where the participants are free [...]

How to Get Better at Transcribing

How to get better at transcribing is the next logical question once you've figured out how to do transcription. As a beginner, the field of transcription can be daunting, especially if you can't type fast, or understand various English accents.  But just like anything else in life, practice makes perfect.  So, with continued [...]

How to Do Transcription

We've been asked "How to do Transcription" by: People who want to transcribe their recordings themselves to save money. People who want to start a transcription home business. People looking at transcription as a way to make some money on the side or a "side hustle". People in transition between careers looking at [...]

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