[header] How to excel as a work from home transcriptionist [title] Have a distraction-free office area. [step] Just like with any other job, you will need a quiet, distraction-free area to call your office in order to excel at transcribing. [title] Study up on a certain industry/niche. 
[step] Most transcriptionists will have a niche they fall in, if not all of them. One of the most popular is medical, which means knowing medical terms, acronyms, and protocol.