9. A method for electronically signing an electronic transcript, comprising: receiving a signature document having a signature thereon from a user; scanning the signature into a signature image file, wherein the signature image file comprises an image of the signature; receiving an electronic transcript comprising a plurality of pages, at least one of the pages to have a signature therein certifying the accuracy of the transcript; receiving signature location information that indicates a location within the electronic transcript where the image of the signature is to appear when the electronic transcript is displayed on a viewer; incorporating the electronic transcript, the signature image file and the signature location information into an electronic transcript file; performing a first hash operation on the electronic transcript file to generate a representation of the contents of the electronic transcript file; concatenating data that identifies a user to the representation of the contents of the electronic transcript file; and performing a second hash operation on the data and the representation, the second hash operation generating a representation of the contents of the electronic transcript file and the data; providing for the recording and time stamping by a digital notary service of the representation of the contents of the electronic transcript file and the data file; obtaining a notary record from the digital notary service of the time stamping; digitally signing the notary record; and forming an electronically signed electronic transcript by bundling the digitally signed notary record with the electronic transcript file.
9. A method for electronically signing an electronic transcript, comprising: receiving a signature document having a signature thereon from a user; scanning the signature into a signature image file, wherein the signature image file comprises an image of the signature; receiving an electronic transcript comprising a plurality of pages, at least one of the pages to have a signature therein certifying the accuracy of the transcript; receiving signature location information that indicates a location within the electronic transcript where the image of the signature is to appear when the electronic transcript is displayed on a viewer; incorporating the electronic transcript, the signature image file and the signature location information into an electronic transcript file; performing a first hash operation on the electronic transcript file to generate a representation of the contents of the electronic transcript file; concatenating data that identifies a user to the representation of the contents of the electronic transcript file; and performing a second hash operation on the data and the representation, the second hash operation generating a representation of the contents of the electronic transcript file and the data; providing for the recording and time stamping by a digital notary service of the representation of the contents of the electronic transcript file and the data file; obtaining a notary record from the digital notary service of the time stamping; digitally signing the notary record; and forming an electronically signed electronic transcript by bundling the digitally signed notary record with the electronic transcript file. 12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the data includes a unique identifier that uniquely identifies the transcript.