• The types of CRs you can work with
• The life of a transcript
• The types of transcripts you can proofread
• What your job as a transcript proofreader is
• Common legal terms + definitions you need to know
• Name your transcript proofreading business
• Create your business email
• Create your business page
• Form your business entity
• Live Zoom meetup + Q&A

• Confidentiality 
• Practice proofreading transcripts
• Feedback on practice transcripts (LIVE course)
• Live Zoom meetups + Q&As

• Taxes and your business bank account
• Insurance
• Rates and turnaround time
• Setting up payment methods and your invoicing software
• Invoice terms
• Onboarding a new CR
• A proofreader’s job from start to finish
• Conduct and communication with your CRs
• Staying organized
• Managing your workload
• Scheduling your proofing time
• Taking time off
• Live Zoom meetup + Q&A

When you enroll, you will have access to the welcome material and The Transcript Proofreader’s Learning Community. Once the live course begins, your course material + assignments will drop into your Learning Center each week on Monday for you to work on throughout the week. On Thursdays at 7:00pm CT, we’ll meet live on Zoom for the training session and Q&A. Complete your assignments during the week, interact with other proofreaders and me inside the Community — and be ready to have your business started in just 8 weeks.

Anyone who gets excited about reading true crime, fixing errors, and creating a business for themselves. Beyond that, the ideal intensive course student is dedicated to showing up for themselves, open to learning, receptive to feedback, loves to research, and isn’t afraid to work hard. They are determined to make this work for them. Those who go above and beyond and are looking to really make this work and make a name for themselves in the CR world will be ready to work with their peers, contribute to group discussions, and bring a positive spirit to the Community.

I offer payment options through credit card or PayPal. With PayPal, you can create your own no-interest payment plan through PayPal Credit, which offers 6 months no interest (I’ve used this option myself before and it works great!). Start the course off with as little as $0 down payment through PayPal Credit.

Even if you already know how to proofread, you’ll need to understand how to proofread transcripts, which is a very specific type of proofreading.

You’re going to get the most out of this intensive if you show up live as often as possible. If you signed up for night classes at your local university, you’d do your darndest to show up and participate. You’re investing in yourself and your future. Put it on your calendar and show up — it’s eight weeks, you got this! If for some reason you can’t attend live, the sessions will be recorded and uploaded into your Learning Center to watch later.

If a live course isn’t your cup of tea and you prefer learning on your own and can keep yourself on track, the self-paced course has your name on it!

The grammar exam is a multiple-choice exam covering grammar and spelling rules discussed inside The Grammar Masterclass for Transcript Proofreaders. The transcript exam is a transcript you will proofread to demonstrate you are comfortable proofing transcripts. I will hand grade the transcript exam and submit it back to you with feedback.

As part of the live intensive course, you have two attempts to pass the transcript exam. Any additional attempts will involve an extra charge and you will wait to move on to Phase 2 in the following class enrollment period. This way you can dedicate more time to refining your skills before you start to get clients so you can be confident and prepared!

That depends on the number of clients you have, how busy those clients are, what kind of turnaround time clients request, how many jobs are technical — in other words, there are a lot of variables. On top of that, it’s up to you to decide how active you want to be getting clients. Most prefer to be part-time proofers (or at least start off that way) and can earn $100, $500, or even $1,500/month. You can grow into a full-time business and make over $4,000/month. 

That’s up to you! We start building your business in the first week, and after you pass the exam, we start on how to get clients within the seventh week.  From there, whenever you want to go get clients is up to you! Everyone’s progress and success rate is different. You could land a client within your first week or never if you never put any work into it.

After you complete the intensive course, I will send referrals your way as I receive requests for proofreaders and I’ll ask if you want to cover for me when I go on vacation or need time off. I’ll also teach you how and where to find clients. The ongoing access you have to The Transcript Proofreader’s Business Building Community will include guest experts to share their marketing wisdom with you too. It is up to you to apply yourself to learn to be the best proofreader you can be, build a trustworthy business, and go after the opportunities you’re provided. A proactive proofreader is a successful proofreader. Create your own success — I’m here to support you while you do!

You sure don’t! I’m a college dropout myself and it’s never once been a problem to get clients. Court reporters care about what you know and if you’re trustworthy and easy to work with…not if you have a college degree.

What’s more, with the income potential you can have as a transcript proofreader, you can make similar to the average college graduate a year…with a fraction of the cost and time with Learn How to Be a Transcript Proofreader.

I hear you! Life is busy. That’s why I’ve packed everything into 8 short weeks, and I’m focused on teaching you exactly what you need to know. Yes, this will require you to show up and work hard during those 8 weeks, but the investment in yourself will be worth it. I’m here to support you and help you streamline your new business life. You’ll be that much farther ahead if you start now than if you wait another year or five before you act on your goals. 

If you do not feel like you have the availability for the live course but are highly motivated and determined and work well on your own schedule, the self-paced course may be the better fit for you.

Location doesn’t matter! Transcripts are sent digitally, so as long as you have internet to receive and send jobs, you can proofread wherever you want.

It is very, very difficult to proofread transcripts if English is not your first language. That’s because transcripts are the spoken word, and you have to not only understand the English language, you must also understand odd sentence formations and colloquialisms. Transcripts are not formal English by any stretch. You’re the one who understands your command of the English language — be honest with yourself!

Transcripts are real life, so there are jobs that are brutally graphic and detailed, ranging from murder, molestation, rape, kidnapping, etc. These type of cases come primarily from court reporters who work in criminal court and that’s all they do. You can typically avoid this type of content by working with CRs who work civil cases. You can also add a caveat that you don’t proofread graphic transcripts. If this would be too triggering for you in general though, transcript proofreading is probably not a good fit for you. 

On the flip side, if you are expecting transcripts to read just like Law & Order, you’ll be surprised too. Even though I’ve read some unforgettable murders, kidnappings, and rapes, I’ve also read countless pages covering construction defects, medical malpractice, car wrecks, divorices, slip-and-falls, property and mineral rights, city suits, expert economists…stuff that is pretty much the opposite of edge-of-your-seat exciting.

Absolutely! There’s not reason you can’t do both.