Transcriptions are a good way of making money working at home. There are many people who are typing transcriptions from home and earn some good money.

Having a foot switch could make your work a lot easier because you won't need to use your hands in order to play, stop or rewind. So you can use your hands just for writing. Transcriptions are divided in three major categories: general, medical and legal.

General transcriptions are related with a variety of fields. You could transcript letters, seminars or business conferences. To perform a general transcription you don't need any special training. You can work for a school and make transcriptions about a certain topic or you can transcribe a variety of fields. You may also make transcriptions for a company. Here you might need some basic knowledge about that company's specialty and they may ask you to get familiar to the terminology related to that specialty.

Medical transcriptions definitely necessitate training. So you can join a school where you will learn everything there is to know in about six months. The reason why you have to attend this school is because you must get familiar with the medical terminology in order to create correct transcriptions. After completing the training you can start looking for a job in clinics, hospital, medical related organizations or even life insurance companies.

Legal transcription is not really a job to do at home but you might have a chance in finding a work place. You will also need training in order to do legal transcription. Previous experience in a courtroom or a law agency could help you a lot to get a job in this field

Transcription is not as simple as other working at home jobs. However if you know how to look you may find a very good job. Internet could help you a lot in this field because even if you don't know where to start there are a lot of transcriptionists online who can give you all the information you need.