Our Team

Our team is made up of today’s top editors and transcribers in the field with real experience and knowledge. Our staff are English speaking, university educated professionals who understand the importance of correct transcripts. We have little-to-no difficulty with all degrees of accents, technical language, or number of speakers on your audio. We are devoted to our work and accuracy. We are ready for your transcriptions at any moment.

Avi Noam Taub – Founder/Manager
Avi Noam is an Israeli-born Canadian who returned to Israel after receiving his Honors BSc. in Economics and Actuarial Science from the University of Toronto, after growing up in Ottawa since the tender age of five.  He developed his passion for typing in the 10th grade and literally stumbled upon the transcription business when he went for his first job interview in Israel. While starting out as a manager in a large firm trying out transcription for the first time, Avi Noam was on the road to transcribing success. He married and worked independently for a number of years. In 2009 Transcription for Everyone was founded and has found resilient success. Avi Noam and his wife and two children live in the Jerusalem area.  He is a member of the Jerusalem Cantorial Institute and performs regularly with the Institute’s choir.  He is also Commissioner of the Jerusalem Floor Hockey League and holds a private pilot permit.

Sara Mizrahi – Director of Marketing & Human Resources ; Office Manager
Sara Mizrahi has a BA in International Relations from Tufts University. Since she immigrated to Israel many years ago, she has devoted herself to raising her family. She began transcribing at TFE this year so that she could work from home. She quickly became more involved in the company’s expansion, and is now the Director of Marketing and Human Resources. She brings a love of writing and a lot of enthusiasm to TFE. She enjoys her work because she is always learning new things, and because of the high professional standards at TFE. She works very hard to foster a sense of community between the typists, editors and company management. She envisions a sharp increase in TFE’s client base with all of her efforts. She has lived in Jerusalem with her family for 15 years and hopes to be a part of the TFE team for a long time to come.

Leah Kahalani – Chief of Operations
Leah Kahalani immigrated to Ariel, Israel with her family from Brooklyn, NY in August 2008, and they still live in Ariel today.  Leah received her paralegal certification at the CUNY Brooklyn College followed by 20+ years of professional experience as an independent title closer on behalf of major title insurance companies, as well as a real estate legal assistant for four of the top 20 major corporate law firms in the NYC area.  Leah joined TFE in November 2010 and quickly rose to the rank of editor and transcript officer.  Her real estate background, which required meticulous attention to details in document preparation, makes her skill sets a perfect fit for TFE and all your transcription needs.

Batsheva Rosen – Chief Editor & Transcript Officer, Legal Division
Bashi Rosen immigrated to Israel from Michigan shortly after her wedding, and currently lives in the Har Nof area of Jerusalem with her husband and two kids. While in Michigan she trained and got certified as an Ophthalmic Technician. She has always had an adept ear and love of grammar and is very excited to be a part of the TFE team. With extensive experience in verbatim depositions and indexing, she is an expert in the field — not to mention the fact she loves the variety of interesting facts transcription provides.  Her constant QA and re-training of our typists help them to produce the highest quality scripts at TFE.  She makes this her goal, and looks forward to many more years to come with this wonderful group.

Jennifer Mayer – Chief Editor & Transcript Officer, UK/Australian Division
Jennifer Mayer has a cum laude BA in English from Wellesley College, as well an MA in English, an MA in Teaching, and an MA in Psychology.  She immigrated to Israel from Boston in 2006 and lives in Efrat with her husband and four young children.  Her background is primarily in education where she has taught English to high school students, computer skills to intensive care nurses, journaling to emotionally disturbed children and self defense to women and girls.  While she has earned three master’s degrees, it is the skills she honed in her ninth grade typing class (on a manual Smith Corona) that have gotten her the most jobs.  She enjoys working with typists to improve their performance, expanding her own knowledge of computers and transcription, utilizing her ear for languages when transcribing spoken accents and always strives to deliver the best quality work possible to TFE and its clients.

Leah Roth – Senior General Editor
Leah Roth grew up in Southern California before making Aliyah and lived in Israel for seven years. She moved back to California after the Gulf War, and 20 years later, returned to Israel in February 2010.  She holds a BA in Art and has over 30 years of administrative experience in the fields of advertising, medicine, library and education. She is also a voice-over artist who loves to record audio books.  She hopes to find many voice-over jobs in Israel and we wish her continued success.  She lives in the northern tip of the country in Ma’alot with her husband and the youngest two of her seven children.  She is thrilled to be part of the TFE team.  Working as an editor provides her the valuable at-home employment with the flexibility necessary as a working mother.  Appreciative and tremendously hard working, needless to say she keeps TFE’s clients constantly satisfied with the highest quality transcripts.

Yitzchak Van Leeuwen – Hebrew Department Manager
Yitzchak Van Leeuwen grew up in Israel in an American speaking household. He studied at the Kiryat Arba Hesder Yeshiva and the Hertzog Teachers College in Alon Shvut. Yitzhak’s vast knowledge of both Hebrew and English makes him an unbeatable force in the Hebrew transcription market. He has experience doing translation in the fields of medicine, formal and special education, and Jewish texts/history. His prior work experience includes co-founding Al-Hamakom, a regional newspaper, where he served as editor and reporter for two years. Yitzchak also worked with BeSheva, the most popular newspaper for the National-Religious community. Currently he lives in Beit Shemesh with his wife and their three lovely children. The transcripts that Yitzchak and his excellent team are producing have our satisfied clients constantly returning to us for more quality work.

Our Transcribers

Meet our team of successful transcribers, and you will understand why we have so many satisfied clients.

At Transcription for Everyone, we treat our transcribers with the utmost respect. We know that they are our biggest asset. We offer them free training and ample opportunities to further their skills and repertoire – from instant messaging in our online group to bi-monthly conference calls with our managers. Because our transcribers care about their work, you receive the highest quality transcripts imaginable. We are proud to present you a sampling of our dedicated team.

Pinchas Aronin graduated from Columbia University with a magna cum laude BA in Psychology and from the Jewish Theological Seminary with a summa cum laude BA in Modern Jewish Studies. He moved to Israel two years ago. He brings to TFE his experience of working as an editorial assistant and a law office assistant.

Joey Wise is from Wisconsin and has been learning at prestigious yeshivot in Jerusalem, Israel for the last seven years, including Shapell’s College and the Mir Yeshivah. His strong grounding in textual learning has given him an eye for detail and greatly enhances his skills as a transcriber.

Shuli Cohen grew up in Vancouver, Canada and has her Master’s in Early Childhood Education. For the past five years, she has been working as a transcriptionist and has extensive experience in both court and radio transcription.

Deborah Coren was raised in England and is a graduate of University College London with a BSc in Audiology. She has honed her writing and editing skills by actively designing, compiling, and proofreading weekly newsletters for educational institutions.

Rachael Landes was born in Philadelphia and spent much of her childhood travelling as her father researched medieval Jewish history. She has been a medical transcriptionist for over 20 years, but her real love is the piano – which she has been playing since age five.

Shoshana Kahan grew up in California and received her BA in American Studies from Occidental College. She also holds a Degree in Library and Information Science from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Her experiences as a librarian and a yeshiva secretary have prepared her to do wonderful transcribing and editing at TFE.

Sarah Bauer was raised in Memphis, TN and is a graduate of Yeshiva University with a Master’s in Speech Therapy. Her prior work experiences range from the NY Eye and Ear Hospital to one of Manhattan’s largest real estate lawyer firms to selling commercial real estate herself.

Elana Friedman has a BA in Criminology, Sociology and Psychology from Bar-Ilan University. She brings to TFE her knowledge and experience in preparing presentations, copy editing, and formatting documents for a leading institute in applied social research.

Anat Talmud grew up in South Africa and moved to Israel with her family in 2009. She has been working in the secretarial and administration fields for the past 22 years. She was the Head of the Sales and Marketing Division for an import/export company, and brings with her many years of experience.

Devorah Reiss holds her BA from Bar Ilan University in Land of Israel Studies and Archeology. Her excellent Hebrew and English transcription skills come from real experiences like deciphering ancient handwritten texts.

Menashe Koren holds a BA in Education from the David Yellin Teacher’s College in Jerusalem. As a computer center manager, he gained many skills which help him immensely with his transcribing. These include creating, editing and developing presentations, blogs, and business documentation.

Anne Falk was born in England and has lived in Israel for over 30 years. She holds a BA in English Literature and an MA in Jewish Education. Since completing TFE’s professional transcriber’s course, she is pleased to work with such a dedicated staff and to do such interesting work from her home without the need to travel.

Virtually 99% of our typists currently live and work in Israel, have high level university/college degrees, and experience working in the fields of writing and editing. They can be trusted to respect your privacy. They download audio files directly from our secure server, and upload their finished transcripts in the same manner. They use the most up-to-date equipment – ergonomic keyboards to improve speed; and over-the-ear, noise-cancelling headphones to catch every last whisper. Most importantly, they truly enjoy their transcription work and our clients notice the difference.

Join Our Team

A career in transcription provides the most wonderful and unique window into such a wide variety of fields and subjects.  Everyday one transcribes one learns incredible things.  We specialize in matching typists with appropriate projects for them (turnaround, audio difficulty) to bring out the best in our typists.  Inexperienced, but highly motivated, individuals are more than welcome.  At TFE, indeed transcription is for everyone.

Applicants must possess the following skills/qualities:

• At-home office (quiet workspace a must!) with reliable Internet connection
• Computer with external mouse and keyboard (anti-RSI preferred)
• High-quality over-the-ear headphones (preferably noise canceling)
• Strong overall computer knowledge (specifically email, Internet browsing, and Word)
• High grammar and research abilities (spelling of proper nouns)
• Ability to learn independently and accept criticism to improve their work quality
• Driven and motivated for a long-term career in transcription
• Availability of at least one hour per day three times per week.
• Applicants must be legally able to work in Israel IF residing in Israel.

If you would like to join our team, please contact us today with your CV and cover letter detailing why you would make a strong addition to the Transcription for Everyone team.

This is a company with room for growth.  Transcribers become editors become team leaders.  Our sales and marketing division continues to grow, as well as our need for HR and business development.  We invite you to apply today.