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About Digital Transcription for Lawyers

Who are Digital Transcription for Lawyers (DTFL)?

Digital Transcription for Lawyers was established in 2003, by Annabel Hurdman, to provide a trusted, confidential and secure outsourced digital transcription solution for the legal field, with same day turnaround as standard.  She drew on her own legal secretarial experience gained over more than 40 years.  Her experience covers crime, family, child law, personal injury, human rights, court martial, company commercial, conveyancing, marine and probate.  In a “previous life/business” she designed document and case management systems for law firms throughout the UK using the macro language (PerfectScript) within WordPerfect… but Microsoft took over the world.

Annabel then saw the potential for a fast and accurate outsourced digital transcription service for the legal field capitalising on the ease of using digital dictation files.  Together with ensuring that completed work is returned the same day and only supports the legal field.  This is unique for an online typing service.

DTFL is a flexible and user-friendly legal audio typing and digital transcription service that produces work in pre-agreed, bespoke client templates.

The service is for any firm or sole practitioner within the legal field including Chambers, the Police, the Probation Service and Expert Witnesses amongst others.

What does Digital Transcription for Lawyers offer?

Digital Transcription for Lawyers uses a pool of experienced UK-based legal audio typists.  All typists are vetted and tested by Annabel.  Each typist has a minimum of 8 years’ legal secretarial experience with a typing speed of between 85wpm and 100wpm.  The typists meet the rigorous standards for quality, accuracy and expertise for which DTFL has become renowned.

Legal Audio Typist digital headsetHaving a readily available team of legal audio typists ensures that there are always enough typists to meet the demand.  As a result, DTFL guarantees that all digital dictation received by 1.00pm is transcribed and completed work returned to you the same day.

DTFL has expanded rapidly.  Largely through word of mouth and enquiries through its website.  However, Annabel has made great efforts to ensure that the company retains the personal touch.  This has proved popular with clients and provided the foundation for its success to date.  See some of our reviews.

Why Digital Transcription for Lawyers?

The DTFL team pride themselves not only on their speed, with an average typing speed of 85wpm to 100wpm, but also on the accuracy of their transcriptions.  Completed documents are monitored and checked by the company’s quality control staff.  All work is treated as confidential and is transcribed using your own templates, or templates created for you by DTFL.

More importantly, DTFL provides clients with a secure and confidential legal transcription service.  UK based servers accredited and certified to ISO27001.  PCI DSS security standards and 256 bit SSL encryption ensures that your data stays in the UK, under UK jurisdiction.

All digital dictation received by 1.00pm is guaranteed to be transcribed and returned the same day.  Urgent dictation is transcribed immediately.

Using Digital Transcription for Lawyers regularly, Court headings, names and addresses need only to be dictated once.  DTFL uses online checks to ensure correct addresses and/or company names.  We also check for missing or incomplete postcodes.

Keyboard and headset used by legal audio typists working with a legal transcription serviceDTFL is one of the fastest growing outsourced digital transcription companies in the legal market because of its accuracy, responsiveness, reliability and flexibility.  The company provides an invaluable, cost-effective legal typing and outsourced digital transcription service across the legal spectrum.  See what we offer.

The DTFL team pride themselves on their confidential service, high levels of accuracy and swift turnarounds.  Whether you are a sole practitioner, a small, medium or large firm, DTFL can help.

The service is available on demand and comes at a fraction of the cost of in-house secretarial staff.

Some of our Reviews

“I have been so impressed with the professionalism and speed that DTFL offer.  I have worked with a number of digital dictation services over time, but none has really been able to deliver what they promise.  DTFL really do what they say they do.  My clients are really impressed with how quickly their work is turned around.  I am amazed at how much time this service saves me.  In a world when we are all used to doing at least some of our own typing it comes as a surprise when you see it done quickly, efficiently and accurately.  A fantastic service – what more could anyone want?”
“Life in the office is fast and hard.  We could not meet the needs of our clients without the services of DTFL who are always there whether it be to cope with a crisis quickly or deal with the daily deluge of correspondence.”
“I have worked with Annabel and the team at DTFL for many years.  The service is professional but personal.  Annabel takes great pride in her business and the service that she provides.  The work is of a very high quality.  The typing is very accurate which is impressive as the turnaround time from sending the sound files for typing to the finished product is very fast indeed.  I would not hesitate to recommend DTFL as an outsourcing service to lawyers as a replacement for or as a supplement to an inhouse typing team.”
“We have worked with Digital Transcription for Lawyers for approximately 10 years and we have always found them very personable, helpful and above all efficient with an ability to turn work around accurately and on time!”
“The service from Annabel and her team is simply excellent.  I have been using this service for the past 5 years, for a variety of court and tribunal documents, statements, attendance notes and when I am really stretched strings of emails.  The typing comes back very quickly, any corrections are down to me moving away from the microphone and are easily identified.  I really wouldn’t be without her service.”
“Annabel and her team at DTFL give us great flexibility of secretarial resource and always provide a speedy, accurate and efficient response to our requirements; they are an indispensible part of our team enabling us to deliver with their help the rapid and professional service required by our commercial clients.”
“Annabel and her Team provide a flawless service. The work is meticulously accurate and beautifully formatted and comes back straight away. I cannot recommend DTFL highly enough nor is it possible to imagine any way in which their service could be improved upon.”
“Annabel and DTFL have regularly provided an excellent service to me and my colleagues both in my present business and in my former professional positions.  I have no hesitation in recommending her organisation.”
“I am delighted to provide this testimonial for Annabel and her team, who are always friendly and professional.  I have 25 years experience as a social worker and developed my role as an Independent Social Worker five years ago.  After experiencing an unreliable virtual transcription agency, 18 months ago I found DTFL who consistently provide a secure and reliable service.  Their expert secretarial skills have enhanced my reports and the time saved assists in my efforts to achieve a work/life balance.  I recommend their service without hesitation.”
“We have been using DTFL for over eight years now.  They have reduced the need for in-house secretaries considerably, at a fraction of the cost.  With a one hour turn around, accurate transcription and an “as and when we need service”, we have not looked back.  We are happy to recommend them.”
“Very good firm and excellent to deal with!”
“We have been using DTFL for well over a year now. We have found DTFL, and in particular Annabel, to be exceptional. Their service is excellent both in accuracy and speed. Many of our documents are lengthy and having such accurate transcription of our dictation makes our lives easier and our client service better. I cannot recommend Annabel and DTFL highly enough.”
“DTFL has been a revelation. The standard of their typing and the speed of their response has changed the way that chambers can function. We would now be lost without them. All members of chambers that use the facility have been similarly stunned. We could not recommend the service more sincerely.”
“I am pleased to say I have used DTFL since its beginning and have nothing but praise for the speed of turnaround of work and the layout as well as total professionalism.”
“Finding DTFL has revolutionised my work.  Access to such a reliable, efficient and cost effective transcription service has significantly reduced the pressure on my time.  I have come to rely on this service as I am confident that work will be completed accurately and quickly, which is crucial as I have tight court deadlines to meet.”
“We have outsourced all our typing to DTFL since 2005 and have never looked back.  The service is efficient and reliable.  The typing is accurate.  Cannot recommend highly enough.”

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