ABOUT JHTS

 

JHTS is a full service internet-based transcription company.  Our aim is to provide good quality transcripts at a reasonable price.

 

You won’t find this website full of irrelevant information, hopefully you will find the information you want easily without having to search through swathes of small, dense verbiage.

 

We also don’t run other companies down, as many do.  There are lots of good companies out there, and we don’t care if they claim to be the lowest price, the quickest service, the most accurate or, indeed, the only company in the UK that proofreads everything to publishing standard within their cost.  We could claim all of those - and they would all be true - but we don’t!  Our service speaks for itself, especially given that, since inception of JHTS  20 years ago, most of our work has come through word of mouth recommendation.  

 

JHTS is VAT registered, which can be unfortunate if you’re a student or a university operating on a tight budget because it means that we are more expensive overall than some companies out there.  However, we are also not the most expensive, and because we are internet-based we do not have the office overheads of a company running from an office.

 

If VAT is an issue for you, we can often reduce the price - depending on the volume of transcription required, the format and clarity of recordings, and the level of verbatim required - to offset the VAT.  (Proof of ineligibility to reclaim VAT is required). And though you may get a cheaper service elsewhere you’re unlikely to get a better one.  

 

We at JHTS try to be green in everything we do - and that doesn’t mean green as in we don’t know what we’re doing!  We are internet-based and try to ensure everything we do has little or no impact on the environment.  We don’t print transcripts (well, we will if you need them printed, but we will charge you for that and then pay to offset the carbon footprint).  We prefer to invoice and correspond by email.  We prefer online payment by BACS or credit/debit card - sending a cheque means printing, postage and a trip to the not-so-local-any-more bank, which means more carbon emissions.  

 

We also try to be green in other, simple, ways such as turning off computers and lights at the end of each day, reusing/recycling packaging for tapes, DVDs, etc, and not having to travel to work by car, bus or any other means of transport which uses fuels or power.  All of this saves a little impact on our environment, and also keeps our costs down.