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Two of the leading UK based typing and transcription services have now come together, with Document Direct’s acquisition of the long-standing and incredibly well respected DTFL.
Martyn Best, founder and CEO of Document Direct, expressed his delight: “I have been a long-time admirer of Annabel Hurdman and what she has achieved with DTFL. She can truly be described as the doyenne of the digital transcription world, and I’m honoured as she looked at retirement that she approached me and Document Direct as a new home for her clients.
“We shall aim to provide the same high level of professionalism and service to each of her legal clients, combined with warmth and client service as Annabel has for over two decades, and we wish Annabel and all her canine friends the very best for the future – although the future doesn’t fully start for a few more months as Annabel helps us during a transition and handover phase.”
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 covered 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 became 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.
Document Direct was established in 2005, and in 2018 acquired and integrated Voicepath to become the UK’s leading digital dictation, typing and transcription service for the legal sector.
Offering a pool of experienced UK-based legal audio typists with rigorous standards for quality, accuracy and expertise together with leading edge technology, Document Direct operates across the UK and Ireland, and beyond with clients in Singapore, New Zealand and many other global corners.
Both businesses have always team pride themselves not only on their speed of turnaround but also on the accuracy of their transcriptions. Completed documents are monitored and checked by dedicated quality control staff before being returned to each client, and of course all work is treated as confidential and transcribed using your own templates, or templates created for you by us.
We collectively provide clients with a secure and confidential legal transcription service, UK based servers accredited and certified to ISO27001, ISO22301 and ISO9001 with all data based in the UK and entirely GDPR compliant.
Document Direct also recognises its wider responsibilities and in 2024 became the first dedicated supplier to the legal sector to gain BCorp status.