What are Affiliated Scribes?
If you are not a linguist, but are, for example, an interpreter, or language or literature graduate, or have considerable experience but no qualifications in transcription, your initial status will be as an Affiliated Scribe. You can achieve this status either by taking the Accreditation Test, or by enrolling in and passing the FTrS Forensic Transcription Course to ‘Distinction’ standard. You should be advised that the Accreditation Test is comparable to the final examination of the Forensic Transcription Course. Because you are not a qualified linguist/phonetician, your accreditation will be partial rather than full, and will be endorsed ‘Affiliated scribe: Holder’s transcriptions require certification by Accredited Scribe’. Full accreditation is only granted to qualified linguists/phoneticians in the first instance. However, on the recommendation of an Accredited Scribe you may, after a period of not less than one year, be admitted to Accredited Scribe status and your certificate of
