More than typing

Transcription and document production for chartered surveyors. From traditional dictation to AI transcripts and Word documents that won't behave.

For over 25 years, we've been helping chartered surveyors get their reports and documents finished, formatted and out of the door.

Traditional transcription, RICS Homebuyer reports, AI-assisted workflows, photographic schedules, spreadsheets and document formatting. Whatever stage you've reached, we can take it from there.

You know how to use Word and Excel. We know how to make them behave.

“Absolutely superb”
Director, Savills
“Fast, reliable and accurate!”
Director, Jones Lang LaSalle
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Chairman, Chase & Partners

Still typing. Just doing rather more besides.

We're property typing specialists, but we've always done more than type dictation.

Our clients know us for accurate transcription, but there's a lot more we can take off their hands. Formatting reports, preparing photographic schedules, sorting out troublesome Word documents, working with Excel spreadsheets, data inputting and putting meeting minutes into company templates.

And now there's AI.

We're not ignoring it, and we're certainly not frightened of it. If it helps you produce a first draft more quickly, excellent. We can take that draft, check it against the recording where required and get it into the right format.

Technology changes. The need for properly finished documents doesn't.

What do we do?

Property Transcription

Building surveys, schedules of condition, dilapidations, meeting recordings and everyday dictation. Accurate transcription by people who understand surveying terminology.

Document Formatting

Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations and documents that need updating, tidying or putting into your company template. We're Microsoft Office experts, and we've been making troublesome documents behave for years.

Copy Typing & Data Input

From handwritten documents and old leases to scanned reports and PDFs. We can copy type, amend, update and convert existing documents into professionally formatted, editable files. We also undertake data inputting and document transfers.

Photographic Schedules

Got 200 photographs and better things to do than arrange them? Send them over. We can prepare schedules in Word, Excel or PowerPoint, including your supplied captions.

RICS Homebuyer Reports

We type RICS Homebuyer Reports directly into RICS ProForms and GoReport, working from your dictation and instructions to produce completed reports ready for your review.

AI Transcripts

Already used AI to produce a transcript or draft? We can check it against the original recording or take care of the document formatting.

How it works

Send us your work

Record your dictation using your usual recorder or the free BackupTyping smartphone app. Already have an AI transcript, an unfinished document or something that needs formatting? Send that instead.

Tell us what you need

Let us us know what document production work is required and when you need it:
2 hours, same day, overnight or 24 hours. We work with your existing templates, layouts and instructions.

Receive your documents

We'll prepare your document according to your instructions and return it in the required format.

The BackupTyping advantage

Relieve pressure

Busy periods, staff holidays or a backlog of reports? We're here when you need extra capacity, whether that's for a single document, a busy month or a substantial contract lasting a year. You only use our services when you need them, without the commitment of employing additional permanent staff.

Release skills

Your time is better spent doing what you do best. So is ours. Copy typing, data inputting and wrestling with document formatting all take time. We're doing these things every day, efficiently.

Why spend valuable time doing something we can take off your hands?

Support growth

Taking on additional contracts shouldn't necessarily mean taking on additional permanent staff. Whether you've won a large surveying instruction, need hundreds of reports prepared or simply have more work than your existing team can manage, we can provide additional transcription and document production capacity for as long as you need it.

Get the App

The free BackupTyping app lets you record dictation directly on your smartphone and send it to us for transcription.

Download the app, record your dictation, choose your turnaround and send.

Simple.