I am a highly experienced transcriber, editor and proofreader who would love to assist with your research by typing up your transcriptions promptly and accurately. I have not done transcription projects through freelancer yet, but have done several through elance.
My bid is for 10 hours of recorded audio at $25 an hour. If the final hour total is 9 hours, I am happy to be paid for 9 ($225). I will provide your transcriptions in Word files with the speaker and respondent clearly identified. Minor vocal errors will be removed - please let me know if you want me to correct minor expression errors (eg tense changes, pronoun errors) by speakers or if verbatim transcription is required.
With regard to confidentiality, I am happy to sign any agreement about it you forward. I am happy to erase all my working files and the recordings after transcribing each batch of interviews.
In terms of milestones, I suggest we base them around the length of the interview batches - say if the first batch of 5 is 3.5 hours, let's make the first milestone $90.
How reliable am I? I am a boringly reliable - a 20+ year high school English and History teacher (currently on leave). My idea of a good time is a well written bibliography!
In terms of the project, I am happy to transcribe your 12 files in three batches - one due June 15, the next July 6 and the last on July 13. I am very happy if you want to upload files as you go and I just plug away at them as they appear.
I look forward to assisting you if you choose me.
Regards,
Arlene Lewis