I had the privilege of being contacted by someone that used to work with Veritext as a legal transcriber. I’m going to copy and paste the bits I found most interesting.
VTC information:
——> Transcriber went on to explain that Veritext has contracts with state and federal agencies, though this was hardly surprising.
The transcriber went on to explain that Veritext had unpaid testers for their VTC program, which they intend to charge transcribers to use eventually. This probably violates antitrust law since they’re more or less abusing their monopoly-like power to make what are ostensibly independent contractors use their program. It almost certainly violates independent contracting laws where you’re not supposed to have direction or control over the independent contractor.
I was told that the transcriber was told they won’t hire anyone outside the country and they run a background and credit check as part of the application process.
Further, I asked the transcriber if they were hired as an employee or independent contractor and they confirmed they were an independent contractor.
I’m very happy to announce this person will be joining the stenographic legion.
I would like to comment on this but will send it out of public view. I can add to this from the perspective of one of the departments mentioned.