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Typing of a handwritten book or story manuscript

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Typing of a handwritten book or story manuscript

Example result

Example for the Standard package

Typed text from photos: a beekeeper's handwritten logbook

Page 3

Inspection — 14 May 2024

Weather: sunny, 19 °C, light wind from the west.

Hive 1 (blue box)

  • Queen seen on frame 5. Eggs and young larvae on 4 frames.
  • Brood pattern solid, a few gaps on frame 7.
  • Added second super. Bees calm.

Hive 2 (white box)

  • No queen seen, but fresh eggs, so she is there.
  • 3 queen cups along the bottom of frame 6, empty.
  • Watch for swarming! Check again in 7 days.
  • Fed 1 litre of syrup 1:1.

Margin note (pencil): ask [unclear: Gerald? Gerard?] about the [unclear] split method.

Page 4

Honey harvest log

DateHiveFrames takenWeight, kgNotes
02.07.20241814.2Light, floral
02.07.2024269.8Darker, some crystals
18.08.20241712.[unclear: 5 or 6]Heather?
18.08.2024258.1—
Total2644.6your own total on the page

Varroa treatment started 20.08, strips in both hives, remove by [unclear: 1 Oct or 7 Oct].

Notes for you to check

PageWhatWhy
3Name in margin noteThe second letter is smudged
3Word before "split method"Crossed out and rewritten
4Weight 12.5 or 12.6 kgLast digit overwritten. The total 44.6 matches 12.5
4Varroa strip removal dateThe digit is cut off at the page edge

Page order follows your photo numbering. Units, dates and crossed-out words are kept as in the original; crossed-out text was left out unless it was replaced.

Client: Tom Avery, a hobby beekeeper digitising his 2024 apiary notebook. 10 phone photos of handwritten pages, blue and pencil ink. Below: typed result for pages 3 and 4.

Source: page 3, photo IMG_0412, handwriting in blue pen with a pencil note in the margin; page 4, photo IMG_0413, a hand-drawn table.

The client and all details are made up.

About this service

If you write your novel, memoir or stories by hand, we type the pages into a clean manuscript ready for editing. We follow your final version: crossed-out passages are dropped, insertions and arrows are placed where you meant them, dialogue gets proper paragraphs and punctuation as you wrote it, and chapter breaks are kept.

What is included

  • What you getClean manuscript text with chapter headings and your final wording, plus a short list of places where your intention was unclear.
  • Your final versionCrossed-out text dropped, insertions placed
  • Dialogue paragraphsA new line for each speaker
  • Names consistentCharacter and place names from your list
  • Unclear spots listedSo you decide, not us
  • No editingYour style and words untouched

How it works

  1. 1
    UploadYou photograph the pages in order
  2. 2
    TypingWe type your final version
  3. 3
    CheckWe re-read and list unclear spots

What we need from you

Photos of the pages in order, the language, character names and any invented words, and how you mark insertions.

We will ask you:

  • Which language and genre?
  • Which character names or invented words should we know?
  • How do you mark insertions and moved text?

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PackagesBasicUp to 3 pages$10StandardUp to 10 pages$25PremiumUp to 20 pages$45
Deadline1 day2 days3 days
Revisions123
Pagesup to 3up to 10up to 20
Unclear spots listYesYesYes
Chapter headings keptYesYesYes
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Payment protection

You pay when you order, but the money is released only for accepted work.

  • Fixed priceThe package price does not change after you pay.
  • The money is reservedWhen you pay, the amount is only reserved. It is released to the service once you accept the work.
  • Checked before deliveryEvery result goes through a quality check before it reaches you, and you see it on the order page before accepting it.
  • Free revisionsAsk for changes within your brief as many times as the package allows.
  • Acceptance after 3 daysIf within 3 days of delivery you neither accept the work nor ask for changes, it is accepted automatically. If you write in the order chat after delivery, the order waits; once we answer, we may start the 3 days again and will say so in the chat.
  • Redo or a full refundIf the result does not match your brief and the revisions did not fix it, or the work takes more than twice its deadline, write in the order chat: we will redo the work or refund the payment in full.
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Questions and answers

Will you correct my grammar?

No, we type what you wrote. Obvious slips are kept and can be listed on request; editing is a separate service.

Is my manuscript kept confidential?

Yes, it is used only for your order and is not shared or published.

My book is 300 pages. How do I order?

One order covers up to 20 pages. Order chapter by chapter and keep the names list the same each time.

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