Nomad - I worked online for about 8 years, medical transcription (MT). Most are legit jobs (though you occasionally get some less than legit folks). Pay was usually per 65 character line (some include spaces, some don't), though some places pay per page or per report - just depends. Straight typing can pay anywhere from 0.05 to 0.09 cents per line. Speech editing (reviewing what voice recognition software has already transcribed) is usually about half that. Most places do have an hourly typing requirement or a daily requirement (editing is usually twice the straight typing requirement). Most also have a turnaround requirement based on the wishes of the client - anywhere from a couple hours to 24. Some places want you to be online at specified times (just like any other job) and others don't care when you work as long as the work is done on time. Quality is a big issue - the companies I worked for required at least 98% accuracy (meaning basically you don't make typos, grammatical errors, or deviate from Book of Standards rules and/or client rules).
If you're looking at MT, they usually require you to have a good knowledge of the Book of Standards (grammatical rules for MT). I learned the skill because I've worked off and on in the medical support field for 35 years, starting back in dark ages when computers barely existed so we typed all the billing forms, etc. I just picked up the terminology along the way. Some of the online schools around now are good, some not so much.
Seems like offshoring and voice recognition has really changed the MT scene in the last 15 years or so, but there are still some companies that will only hire US typists, and voice recognition has it's limitations so there will always need to be a human double checking it (especially in hospital settings).