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Are you a researcher, wondering how you’re going to find time to transcribe all those interviews when what you really want to be doing is getting on with the analysis and write-up?

Are you a medical consultant who’s just completed a day’s worth of audio notes with no dedicated secretarial service to transcribe them into a report within the tight timeline needed?

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Proofreading

Are you a research academic whose first language isn’t English and you are submitting your article to a world-renowned journal, or maybe you’re a student getting ready to submit your PhD thesis and are worried about your English writing ability?

Are you a business consultant who needs your executive report checked for language and formatting consistency?

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Do you need help with private correspondence and you’re not quite sure how to phrase or set out that official letter?

Give VTVA a call to talk through what you think you might need and how we can help.

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About Val Turner Virtual Assistance

VTVA provides specialist support to academics, students, medical consultants and businesses by offering two core services: transcription and proofreading.

VTVA has built a reputation for being able to interpret global accents, dialects and pitch. The team are all first language experts with a growing global client base and we don’t offshore projects.

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Private medical consultants use the transcription service for the production of their clinical medical reports.

Academics mainly use this service when undertaking qualitative research; this may involve interviews, workshops, seminars and webinars.

Students also use the service for transcription of their qualitative research interviews/workshops.

Business consultants find this service beneficial for their marketing campaigns. They also find it useful when undertaking in-house training.

Private citizens use this service when composing official letters and when they don’t feel the language they are using is ‘professional enough’ to send to a company or government department.

Proofreading

Academics use this service before submission of articles and books to publishers. A fresh pair of eyes from someone used to setting out documents professionally can be a big benefit here..

Before sending books/chapters to the publisher, academics can go through several rounds of revision before the document is finalised. Once again, a fresh pair of eyes from someone who deals with these issues regularly gives extra assurance that all has been done to comply with the publisher’s extremely exacting requirements.

Students, often those whose first language is not English, find proofreading invaluable. Having someone check their essay, dissertation or thesis helps them build confidence as their academic life progresses.

Business consultants will send their annual reports, industry reports and newsletters to be checked for spelling, punctuation and grammar.