Subcontractor opportunities

B. Krultz & Associates

Word processing, general transcription, medical transcription

NOTE:   At this time we are only seeking subcontractors within a 40 mile radius of Greenwood, Wisconsin.

We do not hire individuals; we do not have "employees."  We use the services of American subcontractors. 

Subcontractors are selected based on their ability to fulfill our needs and our customer's needs.  Because we work with subcontractors only, a resume is not a requirement; however, the more we know about you and your capabilities (including the type of software and hardware you have), the easier it is for us to select a subcontractor who meets our needs.  We cannot use your services if we do not know the types of tapes or digital audio formats you can work with. 

  1. Submit optional resumes via e-mail (we will not open file attachments) or by snail mail. 

  2. Specify the types of transcription equipment and software you have (word processors and digital audio transcription file formats). 

  3. We need to know your e-mail file size limitations because we do send digital audio files via e-mail file attachment to subcontractors. 

  4. State your rates (hourly, line, per page, etc.) and payment terms.

General information for subcontractors:

Helpful software and equipment:

WinZip.  Used to send very large digital audio files to subcontractors.  The paid version will assemble files that we split here and send to you in separate e-mail file attachments.  This is the only way we can bypass e-mail file size restrictions.  Generally .wav digital audio files are the only files that are so large they need to be split.  We cannot send just one segment of the audio file; we have to send the entire file even if you are only going to transcribe a portion of that file.  Audio files in the .dss format generally run about 1 MB in size per 14 to 16 minutes of recording.  Wave audio file sizes are impossible to estimate because there are so many different .wav formats.

Re-recording.  Once in a while we have to capture internet broadcasts because there is no way to obtain the audio file.  There is special software available that will capture any sound coming through the sound card and then save it to your hard drive.  Most of these broadcasts create huge audio file sizes, so it would be difficult for us to use WinZip as they would still be extremely large files.  We've had broadcast audio files as large as 100 MB!

Submit subcontractor information to:

Barb Krultz
B. Krultz & Associates
N10334 Sidney Avenue
Greenwood, WI 54437
e-mail:  pkbk@badger.tds.net

Information on InstantText Pro

We use InstantText Pro software to calculate line counts for customers and subcontractor line count verification.  This software program counts all keystrokes including spaces, bold, indent, insertion of symbols, etc.  The program is set to count headers and footers only once for an entire document (because you type it only once in the header/footer feature).  The font size does not matter.  For most customers, a line consists of 65 characters or keystrokes.  If there is a short line, for example, a date at the top of correspondence, it will take the number of characters in that line and add it to the next line, and the next, and the next, and so on if necessary until it comes up with 65 characters. 

We don't pay for boilerplate text, but do pay for the keystrokes to insert that boilerplate text.  At this time, we have only one customer who uses a large enough chunk of boilerplate text (at the very end of his correspondence) where we deduct that amount from his bill.  This is a separate issue from macro or shortcut insertion of words or phrases