Real Ways to Earn. Work from home jobs and ways to make money online. Today's post is all about working from home as a scopist.

If you don't know what this is, you're not alone. But if you have a good eye for detail and can spot typos from a mile away, then this might be right up your alley. I have an interview for you below with Linda Evenson, someone who has been earning money from home as a scopist for quite a number of years now.

This will give you some insight into how it works, as well as some info on a helpful e-course for people who want to learn to do it and find work.

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As a young mom, I heard that a friend was making money from home by typing for court reporters. Of course, back in those days, transcripts were typed up from taped dictation and often on multipart carbon forms. Then I found out there was a course to learn to read reporter shorthand from the paper notes so I bought it.

I started out reading notes for one reporter, and shortly after, a local reporting firm bought their first computer for editing transcripts. I started working there and a love affair was born!

What is Scoping? A Work at Home Job Few Know About

I had found my niche! Nowadays, scopists get these files over the Internet. We edit them line by line, word for word, punctuating, paragraphing, researching spellings, reading untranslated steno note s, and making them look pretty. Then they go back to the reporter or a proofreader to be given a close once-over before they go out to the attorneys. As scopists, we get a raw or a slightly cleaned-up transcript. We have much more editing to do than a proofreader.

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I love digging into the transcript and fixing everything and getting it as close to perfect as I can. This is my battlefield and I take no prisoners!

I love being my own boss.

Yes, I have deadlines to meet, but I work with amazingly talented reporters, so I can get through a pile of pages in a day. I have the utmost respect and regard for my clients, and they seem to feel the same way about me. We appreciate each other and have the common goal of producing the best transcript possible in the allotted time frame.

Court reporters are awesome! When my kids were young, I was able to be there for them while bringing in thousands of dollars a year for my family. If we want to go camping, as long as I have an Internet connection, I can edit from the lake or on the road, or I can get one of my very talented graduates to cover for me. A great scopist is priceless to busy reporters. Scopists earn the same income as most college graduates — without the years of school and mountains of debt to deal with after the fact.

No fancy clothes required. What can I say? We have a great reputation! Reporters appreciate good scopists and they want to keep them! Good word skills are the most important. People who like to read, do crossword puzzles, play word games, and have a love of language are predisposed to be awesome scopists. However, ISS does a lot of word usage and punctuation rules training because we realize that unless folks use their word skills regularly, they have probably gotten a bit rusty.

My joints seem to be getting pretty rusty, if the noise they make is any indication, but my word skills are in top-notch condition! Yours can be too. ISS has very thorough training on how to get clients.

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In any case, I always tell my eager new students that getting clients is actually the easy part — learning how to do the work well to make those clients happy is Priority 1. When I created Internet Scoping School in , I racked my brain to try to remember all the things I had to learn on the job and on my own.

I wanted my grads to already have all that knowledge and all those skills so they could get out there and shine from the get-go. It is so gratifying to me to realize that my goal of creating a scopist training course that prepares scopists to be the best they can be actually works!

Scoping has been such a wonderful profession for me. Getting to share that with others is both exciting and humbling. If you just want to dip your toe in, take the free email course we offer.

It might be the perfect work-from-home career for you! Home Business , Tools and Resources. April 1, at 9: I think you need to include the other side of things…the not so pleasant ones. Yes, I was able to stay home while my kids were growing up. I was able to travel and stay with elderly parents when they were in failing health.

Yes, in a sense you make your own schedule. BUT…if the transcript has to get done, you stay up late, you get up early. You work on weekends, holidays. I just think someone considering going into it needs to have the whole picture. November 18, at 7: Lisa TheDriftingDesk TheDriftingDesk says. November 14, at 9: Thank you so much for sharing this interview with Linda.

Cori Ramos NotNowMomsBusy says. November 14, at 3: This sounds like a great opportunity for anyone who is ready to become their own boss and work from home. Linda, it was great to know you…I wish you all the success. November 14, at 2: About Privacy Policy Disclosure Disclaimer Contact Advertise This webpage contains affiliate links, which means I may receive compensation if you purchase, or sign up with, certain companies and services mentioned.

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Comments Terry Greenwood says April 1, at 9: Hi Anna and Linda, Thanks for giving us the scoop about working from home as a scopist.

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