There is a quite a lot of call for transcription work of various kinds as well see in a moment. But the work basically involves putting on a headset or earphones, and typing out what you can hear on a audio. Personally, I've worked on the following kinds of transcriptions job, which just shows how varied it can be. Journalist interviewing musician and actors. Someone interviewing their elderly parent in order to write a memoir for them. Academics ans students interviewing subjects for their research. Student's role-plays for learning how to provide phone counseling. Content a book, dictated in the first instance before being edited, and many more.