Hello, everybody, and welcome to my channel, Jennifer Marie VO,
where I teach you different ways you can make money online by
giving you real and honest reviews on each of these money
making platforms. So I have been asked by quite a few subscribers
if I could do a tutorial on Way With Words, which is another
transcription website. I recorded this tutorial about a
month ago and I wasn't planning on releasing it because while I
did pass all of the online assessments and quizzes and even
the audio tests, I heard back from the offline assessment and
for some reason I did not pass it. I have no idea why since I
am sure I did an excellent job. This is also the very first
transcription platform that I have not passed. I've passed REV
transcription, REV captioning, Transcribeme, Casting Words,
Scribie, QA world Crowdsurf Work, all of them, so I know I'm
good. But for whatever reason, they didn't pass me but people
have been commenting over and over again that they want me to
release a Way With Words tutorial. So here it is. I'm
still going to show you the application process, which is
extremely long. And I'll show you the parts of the test that I
passed without any issues: all of the online assessment. And
then I'm going to show you the offline assessment which I did
not pass. Again, I won't be giving any of the answers to the
online assessments because that's against privacy policy.
It's also cheating and I don't support that. But anyways,
here's the tutorial. The website is waywithwordsjobs.com, work,
when and where you want. We're looking for highly proficient
English first language speakers from the following countries and
regions, South Africa, the UK, countries in the EU, the United
States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore and
Hong Kong. So freelance or full time you can earn between 45
cents and $1.73 per audio minute, based on project
turnaround time. Okay, so let's just try to sign up so I'm going
to put in my name, surname, email and country then I'm going
to agree to the privacy policy that I'm over 18 and then agree
with the cookie policy and click Apply now. Okay, so it says
you've signed up successfully, we've sent you a temporary
password via email, please use it to log in and start your
journey towards becoming a trusted transcriber. Okay, so
I've received this email and it says Welcome to Way With Words
jobs, it will give me a temporary password in order to
complete the registration. But it says here, it's important to
note that way with words is looking for people from the
following countries that I stated, it says we will not be
processing applications from countries other than those
mentioned here. So again, I don't know if that's something
you can get around by using a VPN or not. But of course, I'm
not going to condone that. That's just something that you
know is a choice you might make. So I'm going to go ahead and
type in my email and put in my temporary password and click
Login. Okay, then you have to update your password and put in
a new password. Click update password.
Okay, so here it has a pre-qualifying question says we
value privacy and security both of our clients and our
transcribers. The questions below are an important
indication of whether you are in a position to complete work for
way with words, given the various data protection policies
in existence around the globe. This includes ensuring that your
computer system is up to date and that you have the necessary
software to complete work for way with words. So I'm going to
click take quiz. It says here, we have three tries left. So it
asks me Do I own the computer I will use? As you can see,
there's five questions they give you. 10 minutes. Do you have up
to date antivirus software running on your computer? Do you
have secure and reliable internet access? Do I have up to
date operating system and browser on my computer? Do you
have the most up to date version of Microsoft Office 2013 or
later? Okay, so I scored 100% it wasn't really a quiz. It was
just asking me about the requirements that I have on my
computer. Because they want people to have an up to date
computer and to have all the software that you need. Okay, so
the next thing I have to do is there's a basic training says we
recommend that you complete this basic training module as it
outlines certain way with words transcription requirements.
Please keep in mind as you proceed through this module and
the following quizzes that British UK English is our
dialect of choice. As such, you should adhere to British
spelling and grammar rules unless otherwise specified. So
this is good to know because other most of the other ones I
think all of the other transcription websites I've
reviewed, have wanted American English. And there's quite a few
differences, especially with spelling. I'm Canadian, so I
actually spell the way a British person would with u, for
example, in the word colour, okay, so I have to do this. And
then also there's the general language quiz. So I'm going to
go ahead click Start basic training. Okay, so here, we have
eight different sections. We've got the computer setup,
spelling, plurals, abbreviations, contractions and
exceptions, speech marks, compound adjectives, ellipses
and notes on how to be an awesome researcher. So this the
computer setup is basically everything we just did in the
first quiz. Okay, now they have spelling. So this is quite neat
because it tells you the difference between UK spelling
and American spelling so for example, centre, metre, litre,
theatre, we spell it with RE in the UK and Canada. And the US
they do it with ER, so we have to follow the UK rules here. So
we've got test our knowledge. This is really easy. Just look
up here. And, you know, for example, which one... Don't
click it because I didn't read it all properly, and that's the
wrong answer. So make sure you read it correctly. And then
it'll be red or green when you've answered it correctly.
And then you can click on next module. Okay, plurals, English
plurals are pretty straightforward. In most cases
you have you add an s or an es to a noun in order to pluralize
it. However the fun starts when we have to pluralize acronyms,
years, single numbers, etc. So then just answer these two
questions here. Okay, and then you're going to click next
module. So now we have abbreviations, contractions and
exceptions. So now you're going to answer these two questions.
Okay, speech marks. We never ever use speech marks in our way
with words transcripts ever under no circumstances. Instead,
please indicate direct speech by proceeding it with a comma.
Okay, so what they mean is I'm I guess they never use quotation
marks ever. They say instead, please use direct speech by
proceeding it with a comma. The first word of the direct speech
should not be capitalized. Oh, so this is very different from
what I'm used to. So here they have example, she said comma,
please stop doing that period. So you would not put quotation
marks here with way with words. Okay, test your knowledge choose
the correct answers. Now we have compound adjectives. Okay
ellipses, ellipses are used differently in various parts of
the world in order to ensure consistency in our transcripts,
way with words has specific rules about how ellipses look,
and for what purposes they are used. Okay, so which of the
following below is a way with words approved use of an
ellipses.
Okay basically here, they're telling you to make sure to
research words that you don't know. I'm going to click next
module. So it says you've reached the end of training.
Good job. You have completed this training module. Now we'll
click go to dashboard. Okay, so I've done pre qualifying
question, basic training, and now there's a general language
quiz. In this quiz, we assess your general language skills and
comprehension of the English language. Important: you are
required to pass this quiz with 80% or more in order to advance
to the next level. Okay, so here they're just trying to trick you
what the difference is between elicit and elicit.
Okay, so I completed the quiz, I got 95% it said you've passed
the quiz and may continue to the next step. Now one of my
suggestions to you is to have open dictionary.com just in case
you want to, you know, some of these words I'm like, I think
it's this one, but I'm not quite sure, because you have 20
minutes to do it. Just put in on the dictionary, all of the
different words that you're confused about just to make sure
you're choosing the correct one. And click return to dashboard.
You might be wondering why I'm hiding the answers. That's
because for legal reasons, for the privacy reasons of this
company, and also I do not condone cheating. Alright, let's
continue: research quiz. In this quiz, we assess your research
skills, concise answers are preferred. Important, you are
required to pass this quiz with 80% or more in order to advance
to the next level. So let's click take quiz. Okay, so this
is interesting. This is a research quiz. So basically,
they're gonna ask you these trivia questions, and obviously
you don't know them. So you're gonna have 20 minutes to go on
Google and answer all of these questions. Okay, so I got a 94%.
So I passed the quiz and may continue to the next step. I
don't know which one I got wrong. I thought I did a really
good job. But anyways, you only need to get 80% so just make
sure to Google until you find the answer, and click return to
dashboard. Okay, so now we're on to the audio quiz. So it says in
this quiz, we assess your ability to hear and transcribe
various dialects as accurately and as verbatim as possible
using UK spelling. Include any contractions as they are spoken.
So can't, we would say and not cannot, include relevant
punctuation, include repeated phrases, exclude incomplete
words, exclude mouth noises, so we don't put umm or ahh. Refer
to the basic training module for other way with words style
requirements. For this, you only have to get 65% or more in order
to advance to the next level. Then we'll click on take quiz.
Okay, so this there's 20 questions. I've got 30 minutes
to do this. You can look at the first one, it says type out the
audio as you hear it, and it's only three seconds. Okay, so
that was pretty easy. I'm gonna click Submit answer. Okay, so I
just completed the audio transcription and I got 70%. Now
I'm not gonna lie, I'm shocked. I only got 70% because I thought
I would have gotten like 95% so I have no idea what I did wrong
But anyways, I passed the quiz so I can continue to the next
step. I will say that if you're not a native English speaker,
this might be very difficult for you because I thought I was
going to get 95% and I got 70 but again, you do get three
tries. Okay, so after that you put in your personal details,
you'll put in your first name, your surname, your email, you
will have to put in your phone number, your address. And then
they want you to say if you prefer to be paid via PayPal or
your UK bank account, so PayPal Okay, so once you've put in all
your personal details, and you have to put in everything, it
says please download the files below and follow the
instructions in order to complete your offline
assessment. Once you have completed the assessment, come
back and submit your files for evaluation by one of our team
members. Your assessment pack also contains the terms and
conditions and policies relevant to independent contractors for
your specific region. So if I click here on Download offline
assessment, you're going to have to have WinRar or WinZip to open
this up. So in here we've got the way with words offline
assessment instructions and style guide, the assessment
template, proofreading test, finance research example, way
with words offline assessment, audio mixed accents, way with
word policies. Uff, this is a very long test.
Okay, so the offline assessment consisted of having to proofread
a long document that was full of errors, I had to correct over 70
different errors. And they don't tell you which ones they are,
you just have to know. I had to edit it in Microsoft Word, and
then highlight the errors and then send it back to them. The
second part of the online assessment was to listen to an
audio file and transcribe it according to the guidelines. Now
as I said earlier, in the video, I got an email saying my
application was rejected and I did not pass. Now I have a
university degree in English Language and Literature. I'm an
native English speaker and I taught English as a second
language for over seven years. So you'd think that I would pass
this exam, so I have no idea how I failed, but they didn't give
me any info about why I failed. So my recommendation to you is
only apply to way with words. If you are confident that you have
an excellent level of English, then you can go ahead and give
it a try. Or if you have already passed, then please share with
us in the comment section how your experience has been with
way with words for those who are interested in applying. But if
you don't think your English level is that high, then don't
waste your time doing a two and a half hour test. Try another
transcription program and check out my tutorials on those. So I
hope this video gave you some insight on what to expect when
you're applying and then you can decide for yourself whether or
not this is something you'd be interested in. Make sure to
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