Homework and college hacks that will make your life easier (without getting you in trouble). In our digital age, you can hire a company or a freelancer to do practically anything for you. No surprise that a lot of students outsource some of their assignments to 3rd parties. While there is nothing wrong with a wish to save time, be aware that outsourcing vital parts of your assignment can have consequences.
Let’s discuss the do’s and don’ts of when simplifying your life a student.
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Homework and College Hacks – Do’s:
1. Transcription
Phew! This is a load off! You don’t have to transcribe interviews yourself, you can easily dedicate this task to professionals like Amberscript. Not only it saves you a lot of time but also keeps you focused on tasks that require most of your attention.
About Amberscript
There is an easy way to convert your audio and video to text: via Amberscript. Amberscript will allow you to get accurate and simple transcripts of your audios to help you better understand your data. Here’s how to create transcripts with Amberscript.
- Upload your video to our easy to use platform.
- Choose whether you want Machine-Made or Human-Made transcriptions to turn your video into text
- Edit the transcription to make it more accurate. You can easily make any changes in our cloud-based editor.
- Export the file. Whatever format you need, we’ve got you covered: docx, .txt, .srt, .json, .vtt, or EBU.STL
2 . Proofreading
Just finished writing your paper and want to make sure it’s error-free? Great, because having someone else proofread your work is not an issue. You can outsource this task to a 3rd party, so they can check your grammar, spelling, language style, etc.
Be advised, that proofreading refers to minor adjustments and recommendations, but not writing blocks of text or restructuring your entire work!
Instead of hiring a freelancer or a company, you can check grammar issues using software like Grammarly. Or if you have friends who happen to be native English speakers, just ask them to help you out! Buying beer to your friends is certainly cheaper than hiring a company!
3. Translation
Having someone else translate your work is totally legal and fine. Just make sure to mention that your thesis/ research paper was translated by a 3rd party. Also, make sure to double-check that all the citations are still in the same places as in the original version.
Homework Hacks and College – Don’ts:
1. Writing
Never ever let a 3rd party write an entire paper for you since this is plagiarism! There are a lot of websites that offer writing services: anything from college essays to entire theses. One problem with that… it’s a theft of intellectual property and your degree can be declared invalid if someone finds out. Why? Because writing is an essential part of any research, thus it can’t be outsourced.
2. Literature Research
Strictly speaking, you can ask someone to compile a list of relevant literature for you. However, it’s actually not what you want! Literature research is a very specific process that you might want to handle yourself.
Why? Because there are thousands of articles, books, and publications available online, and when you segregate and filter them you delve deeper into the subject of your research. In other words, the more you research, the more you learn, the better idea you have of what’s relevant and what’s not.
You can start your literature research by searching for publications containing your target keywords in Google Scholar (you can also filter the results by author/ language/ year etc). Then, read the abstract and mark the papers you find interesting and useful.
Last, simply search for those full-length articles in one of many digital libraries, like JSTOR.
As you can see, doing it yourself is not even that complicated!
As you can see, doing it yourself is not even that complicated!
We hope that now you’re aware of what assignments you can outsource. These can be valuable college and homework hacks, as long as you know how and when to use them!
Frequently asked questions
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Can I burn the subtitles directly onto my video?
If you have exported the transcript as a SRT, EBU-STL or VTT file, you can easily burn them onto your video using video-editing software.
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Can I export my files with timestamps?
Yes, you can. The transcript always includes timestamps in our online editor and you can choose to export the file with or without timestamps.
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Will different speakers be distinguished?
Yes, our software indicates different speakers and when the speaker changes.
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What subtitle file formats are supported?
Our software allows you to export the transcript from the video or audio file as an SRT, EBU-STL or VTT file.
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Can I translate my subtitles and transcriptions via your app?
No, translation is not available in the automatic services but you can order translated manual subtitles services on our platform. Unfortunately, we do not offer translated manual transcriptions. Please check our prices here.
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Can I use an external microphone?
Yes, you can plug in an external microphone to your mobile phone to conduct interviews or record lectures. This is recommended to increase the quality of the audio and the accuracy of the transcription.
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Can I burn the subtitles directly onto my video?
If you have exported the transcript as a SRT, EBU-STL or VTT file, you can easily burn them onto your video using video-editing software.
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Can you also deliver transcriptions for other media formats?
We deliver data annotation for speech-to-text solutions. However, if you have a special request, please contact our sales team here.