ONLINE MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION COURSE Medical transcription , also known as MT, is an allied health profession dealing with the process of transcribing voice-recorded medical reports that are dictated by physicians, nurses, and other healthcare practitioners. Medical reports can be voice files, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material. Medical transcription as it is currently known has existed since the beginning of the 20th century when standardization of medical records and data became critical to research.At that time, medical stenographers recorded medical information, taking doctors' dictation in shorthand. With the creation of audio recording devices, it became possible for physicians and their transcribers to work asynchronously. Over the years, transcription equipment has changed from manual typewriters, to electric typewriters, to word processors, and finally, as of 2021, to computers. Storage methods have also changed: from plastic disks and magnetic belts to