Getting your sermons into book form has never been easier. We work with publishing companies to convert your audio sermons into a book. Here's how it works...
If your audio sermons are posted on your website, let us know which sermons you need transcribed, and we'll download them for you. If they aren't posted online, but they are in digital format (MP3, WAV, WMA, AVI...), we'll create a free Dropbox folder for you, and all you'll have to do is drag and drop your files into the folder. Once the files are in the folder, we'll receive a message that there are new files. Then we'll drag and drop them to our computers and get right to work transcribing.
If your audio sermons are on cassette, CD, or DVD, you can send them to us, and we'll be happy to convert them to digital format and transcribe them for you.
If your sermons are handwritten, we can type them for you into a digital format.
Once the transcripts are completed, we'll send them to you to review and revise. You'll adjust paragraph breaks where needed, add sub-headings, etc. to turn the transcripts into a basic manuscript. You'll change specific names to fictitious names when necessary to protect the identity of friends and relatives. You'll also add a little here and delete a little there and make other changes as needed to better communicate your original sermon points in written form.
Next to writing and preaching the sermons in the first place, this is your most important step in the process. The more you do in this step, the less the editors have to do, and the more money you save. For many pastors, this is the also the most intimidating part of the process because they think, I'm a preacher...not a writer. I'm not sure I can do this. If that describes you, don't worry! Once you're done revising the transcripts into a rough draft manuscript, experienced editors will help you. They'll give you an honest assessment of what they think should be changed in order to turn all your hard work into a polished manuscript.
Next, your manuscript will be handed over to the publisher to take care of the rest of the process of turning your sermons into a book. They'll help you come up with a title for your book. They'll also help you with your book's cover design, ISBN and bar code, and they can help you register your book with Books in Print and the Library of Congress. Most publishers will even help you sell your book on Amazon, Google Book Preview, and other Internet retailers.
"We highly recommend Ginger Schell and Digital Sermon Transcription. Several descriptives come to mind: Fast, nobody delivers transcriptions in more timely fashion; Passion, they actually care about transcriptions, extra effort is given to ensure accurate spellings of names, places and even some obscure concepts; Communication, they are a delight to interact with and even seek out feedback. Ginger and her team are worthy partners." Bruce A. Hess, Teaching Pastor ~ Wildwood Community Church |
Why Should You Choose Digital Sermon Transcription To Transcribe Your Sermons?
You should choose DST because we can save you a lot of time and money on the editing process. Most transcription companies type what you said exactly the way you said it. We believe you deserve better than that so here's what we'll do for you:
Bible verse accuracy: We will look up every verse to make sure you didn't mean to say 1 Kings when you said 2 Kings or verses 2-8 when you said verses 3-9 or the name Elijah when you said Elisha. Looking up the verses is also important because if you said, "In Psalm 29 it says...," it's impossible to know whether you meant chapter 29 or chapter 20, verse 9 without looking it up.
Hebrew/Greek words: We will look up the correct spelling of Hebrew and Greek words in the Strong's Concordance and if we're still stumped, we'll put a blank and time stamp for you.
Grammar correction and light editing: We will leave out the uh's and um's, laughs and coughs, and "Hey Bill, I don't think my mike is on..." We'll correct grammar, leave out crutch words and phrases (like Andy Stanley's infamous "Listen, listen..."), and recast sentences so they read more smoothly.
Bible Verse Formatting: In addition, if asked to, we'll format all the Bible verses in italics, bold, or bold italics to differentiate between direct biblical quotes and paraphrases.
Proofreading: This is the most time-consuming yet important step we take in the transcription process for you. Every transcript will be proofread by an experienced Christian sermon transcript proofreader/editor to ensure not just accuracy but consistency as well. We do our best to make sure all your transcripts look like they were transcribed by one person, even though in reality they will have been transcribed by multiple people with multiple styles.
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