Proofread AnywhereReviews of proofreadanywhere.com

I enjoyed my journey through the Transcript Proofreading course. I felt that is was very thorough and provided enough information and training to confidently go out and start a proofreading business. There is only one thing that I would change. The annotated transcripts are very outdated and have been proofed by several people. There are a lot of missed errors. Although we are taught to go by the rules of grammar and punctuation, having updated transcripts would lessen the frustration of many new students. Overall, I've learned a lot and I feel that the information and material provided was totally worth the investment.

I would suggest researching all proofreading courses out there. I once had my court reporter license in State of WA. I attended Bryan College, where Margie Wakeman from Margie Holds Court was our English instructor. I paid $397 for the PA course when they were having a holiday sale. I think it was the day after Christmas… regular price, if I recall correctly, was $1097. What a rip off. I didn’t work as a reporter but was a legal transcriptionist for 10 years. The course includes practice transcripts to edit. The answer key practice transcripts to compare our work were so fraught with errors that many students were openly complaining about it on the private PA Facebook group. There’s a midterm and a final. They give you a transcript to edit. You have to get 100% to pass. If you don’t pass the first time, they will tell you what your error is and what page it’s on and give you a second chance to pass it. If you don’t pass a second time, you start over with a whole new transcript, and they charge you $50 per grading thereafter. I know my stuff. I didn’t pass the first time. They sent it back with, I think, four errors? One of the errors they said I had was a missing comma on page 4. There was nowhere else on that page that I would put a comma. Two other students and I took our conversation off their Facebook group and were messaging each other for privacy. We actually shared our graded midterms with each other and discovered there were serious inconsistencies in their grading. One of the women with whom I shared my graded midterm told me that she passed, thanks to having it. By the way, this lady was an English teacher for 20 years. The other women had also shared their graded midterms with me. By that point, I had lost interest in the program and never submitted a second midterm. Those poor quality answer key transcripts really turned me off. That just killed it for me. A woman I met on a proofing and scoping group told me she had done research on the PA course and decided not to purchase it because she discovered the former owner “had some major issues and sold the business.” She took Proofreading Business Coach and is very happy with that. I start scopist training with BeST this fall.

I really like that the class teaches both how to proofread and how to turn it into your own business. It was great to be able to take the entire class at my own pace. The practice essays helped me to improve my skills and feel more comfortable with proofreading. There's only one thing I would change- I wish the annotated essays were more like answer keys so that I could be more sure of the quality of my work.

I learned that there's more to professional proofreading than just red Xs on mistakes! I'm happy with the knowledge I gained. If setting up your own business is your goal, there are several modules addressing the ins and outs of establishing a home-based business.

I got the General Proofreading course, and it wasn't what I expected. I have buyer's remorse and realize later that the course I actually wanted was proofreading transcripts specifically. I didn't know until I get an email later that they were having a sale on that course, but I didn't want to spend another few hundred dollars on it.

This has been a great experience! Having said that, it was also challenging. I appreciated the group email and all of the resources which were provided. There was plenty of support and I would definitely recommend this course. In fact, it was so good that I'm moving on with the Proofread Transcript course. I'm definitely a satisfied customer.

I’m grateful for all the wonderful support that I received throughout the course.

Proofread Anywhere provides a thorough curriculum for you to follow. As long as you put the work into it, you will pass with flying colors. They give you the tools to make the grammar rules clear and you may work this at your own pace.