Proofreading rates, services, policies, billing guidelines

Scoping Rates
Case CATalyst v. 21

Turnaround time	Scoping with audio spot-check	Scoping with full audio
Standard, 5-7 days	$1.30	$1.50
Expedited, 2-4 days	$1.75	$1.95
Daily, 24 hours	$2.25	$2.50
Immediate, less than 12 hours	$2.50	$2.75

Scoping Policies:

Same rates for medical, technical, and video proceedings.
Rates are based on 25 lines per page. If you more lines per page, add .05 for each additional line to the above rates.
Rough copy scoping for regular clients: .35/.50/.60/.70
Growth over 10% will incur a rate of $2.00 per page beyond the 10%. For example, if a full-audio job is 100 pages at the standard rate and it grows to 120 pages, then the first 110 pages would be billed at $1.50 a page and the remaining 10 pages will be billed at $2.00 a page.

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Turnaround time	PDF proofing	Case CATalyst proofing	Full audio proofing in Case CATalyst
Standard, 2-3 days	$0.45	$0.55	$1.25
Rush, 1-2 days	$0.65	$0.75	$1.35
Daily, less than 24 hours	$0.85	$0.95	$1.50
Immediate, less than 12 hours	$1.00	$1.15	$1.70

Proofreading Policies:

Transcripts submitted for proofreading should be in the form of a final draft. As a proofreader I check for typos, wrong words, missing/wrong punctuation, and formatting errors. The file should have no steno, should be well-researched and very clean.
I do not charge extra for proofing files with more than 25 lines per page, technical, video, or the occasional messy job.
For full audio proofing with a PDF add .40 to the above rates.
I do have an extended turnaround discount rate for steady clients. These jobs will be returned in 3+ days and do not include any audio checks. The rates are .40 for PDF and .50 for CC proofing.
For proofreading jobs with over 200 pages, I may need to extend the turnaround time depending on my schedule. If you know you have a large job like this coming up, please contact me ahead of time with the page count and when you plan to send it. I will check my calendar to confirm my availability.

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Turnaround times are based on business days. I do work on the weekend as needed, but this is not included in my standard turnaround time. If you need a job back over the weekend, contact me about my availability. I can usually get the job done.
Work sent after 5 p.m. is considered received at 8 a.m. the next business day. For example, if a file is sent at 8 p.m. and you need it back the next day, that would incur the "immediate" rate not the "daily" rate.
Payment is accepted via Wave (my invoicing system).
Bills are sent on the 1st and 15th of each month for returning clients, and payment is due within 15 days.
A fee of 10% will be applied to all late payments. No new jobs will be started if a payment is 30 days past due.
One-off jobs for new clients will be billed immediately and payment is due within 7 days.