Added: 27 August, 2010

Pacific Solutions is pleased to announce the launch of our online shop. A variety of Olympus recorders, for both dictation and interviews/focus groups, as well as Leximancer and NVivo software packages are available.

Please visit the shop here.

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Added: 14 July, 2010

Pacific is pleased to announce that we have recently been working with a number of market research companies to produce transcripts of focus groups.

The focus groups vary in nature, and are largely based around products, experiences and opinions from members of the public and, occasionally, celebrities. We have many typists who are experienced with this type of work. 

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Added: 30 June, 2010

Pacific Transcription Solutions is currently selling Olympus digital recorders for up to $100 off their recommended retail price. 

The specials exist across both our professional dictation range and our interview and focus group range.

The Olympus DS-5000 dictation recorder (perfect for professional dictation) has a RRP of $765.00 + GST, and we are selling it for $665.00 + GST.

The Olympus DM-450 (perfect for interviews, meetings and focus groups) has a RRP of $315.00 + GST, and we are selling it for $280.00 + GST.

To take advantage of these great prices, please phone us on 1300 662 173, or .

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Added: 30 June, 2010

Having moved in just over a month ago, Pacific is now happily settled in to our new office. We welcomed the move with an office warming, which many of our Brisbane-based typists attended as well as current and past office staff.

It was a great night!

The new office address is Suite 13, 2081 Moggill Road, Kenmore, Queensland 4069.

Our postal address remains the same PO Box 745, Indooroopilly, Queensland 4069.

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Added: 13 May, 2010

Continually expanding the range of qualitative data analysis software for which we can provide compatible transcripts is one way Pacific Solutions is making life easier for researchers around Australia and Overseas.

We are excited to provide our clients with ATLAS.ti compatible transcripts in 2010, from a simple format which can be used in all versions of ATLAS.ti to the new synchronised format for use with the latest ATLAS.ti version 6. to find out more, or make a note when you next upload a file to let us know you are using ATLAS.ti for analysis.

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Added: 6 April, 2010

Pacific Solutions is pleased to have recently attended Australian Lawyers Alliance conferences in both Queensland and NSW. 

At each conference, a Pacific Solutions representative presented an information booth, where conference attenders could pick up some nifty merchandise along with information on our services. 

Here we are at the NSW conference:

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Added: 19 March, 2010

Starting from the weekend of 20-21 March 2010, www.pacificsolutions.com.au will become www.pacifictranscription.com.au.

What does this mean for you?

Not very much, as the original website will always redirect to the new one. 

You may notice that when you type in www.pacificsolutions.com.au, the URL bar in your browser window will change to reflect www.pacifictranscription.com.au. All this means is that you have been redirected to the new URL.

The change heralds Pacific Solutions' official name change to Pacific Transcription Solutions, which you may have already noticed in our email signature lines.

The change is in name only, and everything else at Pacific Solutions, including management, personnel and service, will remain exactly as it is.

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Added: 22 January, 2010

The service allows you to keep all your completed transcripts in your secure login for a low monthly charge. 

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Added: 28 July, 2009

Pacific Solutions and Leximancer are excited to announce their new partnership to improve the research tools available for Pacific Solutions clients. Pacific Solutions will henceforth market Leximancer products and services into the academic community.

Pacific Solutions: Australia's on-line and on-time transcription company

Pacific Solutions is an Australian transcription company providing typing services to a large range of high volume academic and government research clients, including CSIRO, most Australian universities and universities in the US and UK.

Leximancer: From words to meaning to insight

Leximancer is a fully automated qualitative research analysis program used by commercial and academic clients around the world. Leximancer:

• delivers true, unbiased discovery - as well as user-controlled exploration
• requires no onerous set-up investment in dictionaries, keywords or ontology
• provides a dynamic taxonomy creation and management environment
• gets to a results-set quickly for further iterative analysis

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Added: 4 August, 2009

Pacific Solutions reporters attend a wide variety of hearings and meetings, many of which bear an important effect on community development. 

A fine example of this was seen in a recent edition of the Weekend Australian magazine.  Pacific Solutions Court Reporter Colleen Johnson attended a panel comprised of Senator Penny Wong, shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey, cancer researcher Ian Frazer, ANU Vice Chancellor Ian Chubb, Secretary of Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Lisa Paul, demographer Bernard Salt, former Olympic swimmer Lisa Forrest, and Australian Industry Group CEO Heather Ridout.

The panel met to discuss the question of leadership and to choose 10 winners of the Weekend Australian's Next 100, a list of up and coming individuals whose leadership in various fields charts the way for Australia's future.

The edited transcript appeared in the Weekend Australian magazine.

In the photo below, a number of panel members appear, along with our own Colleen who appears at the end of the table with the laptop computer.

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Added: 6 October, 2009

Pacific Solutions is a fully-licensed user of NVivo 8. Pacific Solutions typists have undergone an NVivo training program, and are now able to provide fully-NVivo compatible transcripts of any audio or audio-visual source that you need to analyse. 

This means that once we have sent you the transcript, you can simply import it straight into NVivo, saving you time you would have otherwise spent on typing or formatting. With NVivo, you are able to hear your recording or watch your video with the transcript scrolling in time - opening up a whole new way to understand your sources and analyse your findings.

Pacific Solutions are now able to provide fully compatible transcripts that synchronise with NVivo8, or, alternatively, transcripts that are compatible with earlier versions.

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Added: 6 October, 2009

Pacific Solutions is currently experiencing growth in the UK market, recently taking on a number of UK clients including British Telecom and ACT Conferencing UK.  

British Telecom and ACT Conferencing UK are both teleconferencing agencies and add to a number of pre-existing clients of this kind, both Australian and international. 

We're very pleased to be working with these companies and hope to expand further in the UK transcription market in the future.

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Added: 27 October, 2009

Arbitration is a form of alternate dispute resolution that focuses on resolving disputes out of court.

Pacific Solutions is very pleased to have been able to assist several established law firms in arbitration matters, with court reporters attending hearings over a number of days.  

This month we have had the pleasure of working with DLA Phillips Fox, McCullough Robertson, as well as a number of others, across a wide range of matters, and we look forward to assisting with more arbitration in the future.

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Added: 18 May, 2009

Clients using our website to upload audio files to their online account will be happy to hear that we are now compatible with Google Chrome.

Previously there were some compatibility issues with the new web browser that made uploading difficult.

These issues have all been overcome so you are now able to use Google Chrome as your web browser of choice when uploading audio.

The upload function is also compatible with all versions of Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.

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Added: 27 October, 2009

Pacific Solutions has been working with Legal Aid offices throughout Queensland and NSW, assisting with the transcription of police interviews and other recordings on tapes and CDs.

We're very pleased to be able to work with Legal Aid as it is a great service that provides assistance to many people. 

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Added: 23 March, 2009

Our UK clients now have a permanent Pacific Solutions staff member based in London.

Introducing Linda Taimre: the new face of Pacific Solutions in the UK.

Linda is relatively new to the UK, having worked in our Australian office prior to travelling throughout Europe and finally settling in London about six months ago.

Linda is available to respond to queries from and meet with our existing clients. She is contactable by email at .

Linda will also be responsible for expanding our transcription base in the UK - an exciting development for everyone involved.

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Added: 20 April, 2009

Pacific Solutions is pleased to announce that we will be providing a Court Reporting service to the Australian Stock Exchange.

Our Court Reporting service involves the attendance of a highly experienced and qualified Court Reporter or Stenographer at meetings, court processes and tribunals.

The Australian Stock Exchange is the latest of a number Pacific Solutions clients who require this important service.

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Added: 23 March, 2009

Pacific Solutions is able to cater for meetings that take place off-site or where digital recording is not available.

Whether a complete transcript of the meeting is required, or simply an official minute-taker, Pacific Solutions reporters are able to attend.

Our reporters are always attending meetings, tribunals, and Parliamentary hearings. Most recently we have been able to help out with Netball Queensland's AGM. Pacific Solutions will be attending that meeting as an official minute-taker.

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Added: 3 March, 2009

We're pleased to report that we have been able to assist the Victorian parliament with the transcription of regional parliamentary committees that took place during the Victorian bushfires.

This adds to the work that we do for both Federal parliament and the NSW parliament.

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Added: 3 March, 2009

Pacific Solutions works with a number of universities and research institutions in the transcription of research interviews.

This ranges from PhD students to government funded research projects.

The universities we work with include: University of Melbourne, Monash, UNSW, University of Sydney, Central Queensland University, the University of Queensland, QUT, University of Adelaide, Charles Sturt University, Edith Cowan University, Macquarie, Griffith and Flinders Univeristy.

We also regularly work with CSIRO.

If you'd like more information on research transcription, email or phone us on 1300 662 173.

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Added: 14 January, 2009

Pacific Solutions fishes the deep!

Our staff, from left, are: Courtney, who works in office support; Lana, also in office support; Kimie, who is responsible for government tenders; Kate, our operations manager; Georgia, in office support; Erika, our IT guru; Sophie, office support; Catherine, our accounts manager; and Alison, our office manager. Meredith, who is responsible for quality assurance, and Brenton, the manager of Pacific Solutions, are in front.

Notwithstanding the seasickness, we caught a lot of fish!

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Added: 21 January 2009

Pacific Solutions will be undertaking a planned maintenance of the Winscribe Server at midnight on Wednesday January 21, 2009 until 9am Thursday January 22. We will be upgrading to a higher speed data centre and as such the Winscribe phone numbers and IP address will be changed. All other account details will remain the same.

Please note the following changes:

Dial-in dictation number 02 9566 4430 becomes 02 9660 1430
Dial-in dictation number 1300 793 225 becomes 1300 776 180 

IP address http://203.84.233.62/winscribe becomes http://winscribe.pacificsolutions.com.au/winscribe

If you would like any further details or explanation on how to change the IP address on Winscribe, please don't hesitate to contact the Pacific Solutions office during office hours.

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