Virtual Research Assistant Pricing

I charge £30 per hour in 15-minute blocks of time.

I invoice monthly for regular work and on completion of ad hoc work. Payment is via bank transfer within seven days of the invoice being issued.

Transcription Pricing

£1.10 per audio minute – 1-3 speakers (e.g. depths & paired depths)
£1.50 per audio minute – 4+ speakers (e.g. mini groups, groups)
Prices are rounded up to the nearest audio minute.

Intelligent verbatim as standard (umms, ahhs, false starts and repetitions are removed)
Ten-minute time codes are included as standard
Inaudible words and phrases are time stamped, and where possible I will make a phonetic guess
Speaker identification will be used (if names are known) for files with up to 1-3 speakers. For files with 4+ speakers, male respondents will be identified by ‘M’ and female respondents by ‘F’

Additional charges
Medical / Pharmaceutical groups & depths – add £0.20 per audio minute
Full verbatim – add £0.20 per audio minute (umms and ahhs are removed, but all false starts and repetitions are retained)
Strict verbatim – add £0.50 per audio minute (every word or sound is transcribed exactly as said, including umms, ahhs, repetitions and false starts)
Poor quality audio (e.g. very faint, recorded in a noisy café or bar) – add £0.70 per audio minute.

Note Taking Pricing

£0.70 per audio minute – note taking (fast service, less detail. Sentences are summarised and condensed)
£0.85 per audio minute – summaries (filler words and repetition removed, complex sentences rewritten)
£1.00 per audio minute – notes & quotes 1-3 speakers (Q&A in notes, quotes in intelligent verbatim)
£1.30 per audio minute – notes & quotes 4+ speakers (Q&A in notes, quotes in intelligent verbatim)
Prices are rounded up to the nearest audio minute.