Before You Begin

IMPORTANT: Please read the instructions below carefully before beginning your exam to avoid common pitfalls and mishaps that can negatively affect your scores and overall exam experience. If you experience any issues while completing the exam after having tried the below tips, feel free to contact us through [email protected] and we will try to assist you.

Chrome

Note that the WorkHub can ONLY be opened using Google Chrome. You will not be able to access our website using any other browser. Other things to keep in mind before you begin, or if you run into difficulties:

Are you using the latest version of Google Chrome? You can check for any available updates by clicking on the menu button to the upper right of your browser page (the three vertical dots) and then navigating to Help > About Google Chrome.

Are you using a private or public network? We have found that when using a public network, firewalls and permission settings do interfere with hub connections. Do you have a new router? The newer routers now come with their own firewall protection. Are the correct permissions set?

Keyboard Settings

Ensure that your keyboard is set to English if you have a multilingual keyboard. Some punctuation and letters can be different on other keyboards and these will count against you as these are English exams.

If you typically type in another language, you can check your keyboard language settings on a Windows computer through the Control Panel under Clock, Language, and Region. For Mac, go to System Preferences > Language & Region. From here you can also go to Keyboard Preferences to make further adjustments.

Set Aside Plenty of Time

You should strive to complete our exams in one sitting. For the English Entrance Exam, we recommend setting aside two to three hours to complete the exam.

Saving Your Exam

There is a Save option, but it will not save your work until you have completed a full section. This means that if you complete part of an audio, save, then come back, your work will likely be lost, as the questions may shuffle, or you will find that the work you had done on the audio has vanished. We are unable to retrieve any work done in such cases, as the system does not store it. Attempting to save mid-section has also been known to cause other issues, such as prematurely submitting exam answers. Always complete a full section before leaving the page.

Final Preparations

Helpful Tips

Be sure to carefully read the Style Guide before commencing. The most recent Style Guide will always be available for download through the Check Exam Info link next to the exam

Blunders

If you make any mistakes, take a deep breath and hit Ctrl Z (Cmd Z for Mac). This should undo whatever you just did.

Research

Always google any names or references that you are not familiar with, as that is part of what we expect you to do when completing live work with us.

Spell-Check

Be sure to use US English for this exam. We can suggest using a free grammar checker such as Grammarly to assist you. Grammarly offers a free version or an upgraded paid version. Please bear in mind that at TranscribeMe we record what we hear, so we do not change a speaker's words if they used incorrect grammar.

You can access Grammarly here. There will also be a green Check Grammar button beneath the text box for each question. Clicking on that will open a new tab where you can sign up for Grammarly.