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MUSIC TRANSCRIPTION

Greg Smith is a freelance Australian composer and pianist. Greg completed his Bachelor of Music with Honors Class I and a University Medal at the University of Newcastle in 2001. He then graduated from a Master of Creative Arts, majoring in Performance Practice Issues in Russian Piano Music from the same University in 2003. Greg lectured as an academic at the University of Newcastle from 2000-2005. His experience in music transcription ranges from full orchestrations, to big bands, to small ensembles.

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AUDIO TO TEXT TO TRANSCRIPTION

Greg Smith expanded his freelance work to include audio to text transcription mid-2013. He has transcribed audio in variety of disciplines, including arts and the humanities, sciences, law, investigation, business and finance.

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TESTIMONIALS

“Outstanding accuracy.”
May 2017

“Fantastic accuracy and very quick, thank you!”
– April 2017

“Thank you! Very accurate!”
– October 2016

“Incredible! this was a pretty complicated 4-way conversation with lots of names and jargon, but this transcript is incredibly accurate. I am very impressed and will absolutely use this service again with no hesitation. It was much faster and more accurate than I could have done myself. As far as I know, there is no comparable service out there for online transcription.”
– October 2016

“Very happy with this!”
– August 2016
“Very high quality.”
– May 2016

“An excellent transcription, one of the best so far. Thank you Greg S.!”
– February 2016

“Greg S is my favourite person in the whole world right now. I would give Greg six stars out of five if I could. ****** Not only did he master our accent but he understood the phrases common to the trade we were talking about, and correctly spelt the little town names. It would be great if you could transcribe my next interview Greg.”
– January 2016

“Awesome awesome job! And quick! THANK YOU!!!”
– January 2016

“Staggeringly accurate – Can’t see a single issue with this. Thanks”
– October 2015

“The best transcript I’ve ever had (and I’ve had a few!). Would have given it 6 stars if could. Great job!!”
– July 2015

“Fast and accurate thank you.”
– July 2015

“Excellent work particularly given the very noisy background – thank you!”
– May 2015

“Accurate, and took out the umms and stutters, and added names. Awesome!”
– May 2015

“Best transcript yet! Please let us have this transcriptionist again.”
– April 2015

“Nice. Clean. Well formatted. Perfect.”
– March 2015

“Very good..Thanks”
– March 2015

“This transcriber did fantastic work. Good punctuation and used common sense in their transcription method, and listened carefully when formal names and musical terms were used – getting them correct almost every time . If I could request this particular person for all of my transcriptions I would. Minimum revision needed, which is critical when working on a deadline. Thank you!”
– March 2015

“Great!”
– February 2015

“Outstanding – thanks Greg!”
– February 2015

“I’m really impressed with this transcription. Thank you!”
– February 2015

“Excellent job, not easy with the background noise, but hopefully fun and interesting to transcribe.”
– February 2015

“Great work, again. Very accurate, even obscure brand names were spelt perfectly.”
– January 2015

“Wonderfully done – thank you so much. You got almost all the tricky spellings … names of artists, museums, etc. Well done.”
– January 2015

“Excellent. Thank you.”
– October 2014


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