Experience shows . . .
Be sure to get work references from your candidates, and call the reference directly to ask about the candidate's work ethic, reliability, ability to problem-solve and handle work stress, ability to get along with others, ability to learn new tasks/materials, etc.
If you are familiar with traits that make a good sign language interpreter, use those as guides for what makes a good transcriber. Ideally, you want a person with the professionalism, smarts, and people skills that you'd look for when hiring a new sign language interpreter.
Transcribers said . . .
"I think the best transcribers are not motivated most by money or other external factors."
"No paternalistic attitudes, such as wanting to 'help the poor deaf students'."


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