Issues with the transcriber test
The test to become a transcriber needs improving. I undertook the practice test that, once completed, gives you feedback as to where you went wrong. I failed because I typed "et cetera." rather than "etc." I have always used "etc." in my own writing, but decided to use "et cetera" in this practice test because the guidelines themselves use "et cetera". I thought using "et cetera" rather than "etc" was strange but if the GoTranscript authors used it this way in the guidelines then I figured that is the form they prefer for the transcription. Also, there is a part of the practice test where it says "Yes, call me b****." You can see here that the speaker has omitted the "a" as it is meant to be "Yes, call me a b****." The guidelines clearly state that you should not correct the speaker's grammar mistakes and therefore you should transcribe the mistake. I did this but I was wrong once again- my feedback said I must include the "a". In my mind this is correcting a grammar mistake which the guidelines explicitly tell you not to do. There are many more examples like this. Maybe I am misunderstanding the rules as I am far from being a good writer/transcriber, in which case please let me know, but many things did not make sense to me.