1. A method for determining a speaker's suitability for automated speech recognition in a transcription system comprising the steps of: accumulating a predetermined number of the speaker's voice files and associated text files, wherein the associated text files are transcriptions of the voice files transcribed by a transcriptionist; providing a voice file to a speech recognition engine to generate a recognized text file; determining a score based on the recognized text file generated from the voice file and the associated text file of the voice file; determining a preferred mode of transcription based on a predetermined number of scores, wherein the predetermined number of scores are scores generated from recognized text files and associated text files corresponding to voice files generated by the speaker; and setting a transcription mode for the speaker, wherein the transcription mode indicates the method of transcription thereafter used in the transcription system.