transcriptionist

[tran-skrip-shuh-nist]

noun

1. a person whose work is to transcribe or make a typed copy of spoken or handwritten information.

   We are seeking a freelance transcriptionist with excellent English skills to transcribe audio files in any field.

Word History and Origins

Origin of transcriptionist¹

First recorded in 1920–25; transcription ( def. ) + -ist ( def. )

Example Sentences

The 45-year-old woman, on the run from her own grief, spends her time hanging out in a drafty farmhouse with her acquaintance Sabine and her terrier Piñon, lightly mocking the town’s wellness culture — imported, it seems, by exhausted millennials and retired yogis — and working as a transcriptionist for a sex therapist named Om.

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After bunking in with Sabine, she finds work as a transcriptionist for the town’s only sex therapist, Om.

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You don’t need a $50,000 or $100,000 Braille book where an expert transcriptionist has to make tactile graphics by hand.

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She worked from home as a medical transcriptionist and enjoyed traveling.

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The legal transcriptionist stopped going to the grocery store and local restaurants after the CDC lifted mask requirements in May.

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