It is often assumed that dialing a toll-free 800 or 888 number means you're not paying for the call. Nothing could be further from the truth.  There is no such thing as a "free" toll-free service because someone still has to pay the long distance phone company.

Managing the cost of providing 800-service is one of the biggest challenges for an "on-demand" digital transcription service. Any service must add 800 service cost onto their base cost, apply profit margins and pass the fees onto the client. We earn your business by providing quality transcription, not by marking up long distance charges.

Our base price for access to Alert & Oriented's digital dictation system assumes that the client is paying any long distance charges.