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I think that’s what they mean, but they are wrong. Ask any large legal firm in the UK if they’ve gotten rid of all transcriptionists, I’ll buy you a pint if the
by nikanj 4y ago
I think that’s what they mean, but they are wrong. Ask any large legal firm in the UK if they’ve gotten rid of all transcriptionists, I’ll buy you a pint if they say yes
- JohnFen 4y agoThat's a better question to ask in a year or two.
- nikanj 4y agoParent claimed that ”the entire field across all specialities (including legal and medical) just doesn't exist anymore as of ~this year (2023).”, and that's patently false - the field still definitely exists and plenty of people work in transcription. People have been predicting speech recognition replacing human secretaries since the 1950s, starting with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_workshop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_workshop
- falcolas 4y agoMight be worth asking if they’ve gotten rid of any, or some such jobs. You don’t have to get rid of all jobs in a field for it to have major impacts.
- nikanj 4y agoBut the claim wasn't "some jobs have been eliminated", it was ”the entire field across all specialities (including legal and medical) just doesn't exist anymore as of ~this year (2023).”