An autobiography is a narrative account of a person’s life that is written by the subject. Autobiographies, unlike biographies, often depend on the writer’s memory alone. While it is difficult to distinguish between an autobiography and a ‘memoire,’ it is safe to say that memoires usually focus more on the subject’s personal feelings and memories than on events. One of the earliest examples of autobiography in Western literature is St. Augustine’s Confessions, written towards the end of the 4th century.

 
People have always attempted to capture and preserve important events and stories from their lives. Early cave dwellers in Europe drew pictures of their life stories on the walls of caves. The kings, queens and emperors of ancient civilizations all had their life stories engraved into stone to be preserved for generations. Centuries later, autobiographies were written with pen and paper.

Until recently, only people with some sort of claim to fame wrote their autobiographies. In the 1990s, several autobiographies of ordinary people were successfully published, and there is now a trend among all kinds of people to record their individual life histories.

The advent of computers, the Internet, digital photography, video, and audio has made the recording of autobiographies a much simpler matter that does not necessarily require writing. Thanks to technological advances, it has become easier than ever to create, record and share your autobiography. 

Autobiography Transcription is the process through which autobiographies are preserved after they are created. When properly transcribed, autobiographies will last for generations. Autobiography Transcription preserves vital individual and family stories, which may often gain in historical significance and value as the years go by.

Capital Typing’s Transcription Service Department includes a staff of specialized professional autobiography transcriptionists with extensive experience in transcribing autobiographies recorded in almost any format, including:

All Capital Typing autobiography transcripts are meticulously edited and proofread by an Autobiography Project Editor.  Transcript proofreading (for spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, spacing errors) is always included in our transcription services. Proofreading will not alter the tone, language or style of the original recording.

Frequently, however, our Autobiography Transcription clients will require either ‘copy editing services’ (to ensure that the tone and language style are appropriate to the subject matter) or a more complete editing service (this may often involve re-writing text for submission to publishers, for example). 

Capital Typing is well equipped to provide all your Autobiography Transcription needs in a timely manner without compromising quality. In fact, we have earned a nationwide reputation for the outstanding quality of our transcription services. Some of the benefits of entrusting your Autobiography Transcription (and other transcription) needs to Capital Typing are:

• Prompt transcription service
  
• Commitment to accuracy in every transcript
  
• Temporary back-up of your transcripts
• Confidentiality of all transcriptions
• Transcription of video, audio, and digital files
• Webcast Transcription
• Secure phone-in dictation and transcription
• Foreign Language Transcription (German, Spanish, French, Portuguese)
• Affordable and customized transcription rates
• Temporary transcript storage