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I would like some suggestions as to what program or software is the best for line counting on a document? I need something reasonably priced that would count a 65-character line with spaces, etc.  Any help is appreciated.

Let me FIRST say that I do not usually rant, I am not a ranter, if something bugs me I take a deep breath, look at the offending item in the grand scheme of my life and realize that most of the time it isn't that big a deal.  However, these condescending trailer park references that I run into are a bunch of crap!

How can you make a derogetory referrence regarding people who live in trailers?  If it had something to do with race or sex you have been flamed by the whole board.  I am sick and tired of generalizations directed basically towards me!  I live in a trailer in a trailer park and I MOST CERTAINLY am not a skank.  I have heard it all, white trash, trailer trash, skank, etc. when people talk about parks.  My town even named it a "Manufactured House Community" and hid it where you can't see it!  I am here because I can afford it here.  The average price for a house in my town in Maine is $250,000 ++.  While we do just fine, I cannot afford that on my MT salary (been MT for 6 years) even though my husband works his butt off at 3 jobs.  Oh sure, we could probably get a loan for a $300,000 house but I refuse to get in over my head in debt just to convince people like YOU I am in your league!  I also LIKE it here.  My neighbors are the best I have had.  All of our homes (trailers) are well maintained, the lawns are spotless, and there is not a single car up on blocks that I can see anywhere!!  Don't even bother to tell me that is not the norm for parks because there are 300+ trailers in this park and they are all just as well taken care of! 

Another thing that irritates me is the word "skank".  I have never understood why women have to tear each other down using trashy descriptions like that.  Of course I am sure there are those out there who DESERVE the title but most of the time women seem to judge based on the look of the offending party. 

You may think your comment was tiny and I am blowing it out of proportion, but I am not!  It is comments like that that makes people like my neighbors ashamed to even tell people where they live. 

I have said my piece and I await the flaming.  When you drive through my park (yah right) and see me standing on the nice, green lawn in front of my pretty trailer with my 7-year-old in the yard, my toddler on my hip, looking very pregnant in my cutoffs and tank tops, you can THINK "skank" all you want.  I KNOW that I am a strong, educated, well-employed woman with a nice little family who refuses to put all our happiness and our hard-earned savings on the line to prove that I am EQUAL to people like you! 

A couple of weeks ago I purchased Dragon Speaking Pro with two medical dictionaries. I've been having severe neck and arm pain and it's harder than heck to type for more than two hours (my days are generally eight to nine hours). The doc thinks I have an HNP, but I'll find out for sure after my MRI this week. Anyway, I thought I'd try Dragon to see if I could get myself through this spell and still keep my clients without losing everything I've worked so hard to achieve over the years.

This program was $800 plus, and, honestly, it sucks. This program does recognize a lot of my "dictations" but can't get one sentence 100% correct. I have to go back and re-listen to EVERYTHING and make tons of changes. I don't know how in the world doctors are going to voice recognition if this is the quality it produces after two solid weeks of training!!

Anyone else here have experience with Dragon? And ave you been able to "train" the program to be more accurate? I purchased the expensive microphone suggested at Know-Brainer and still it's not any better than the cheap microphone that came with the product. Any tips for me?

  Any musicians out there?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQDPenBUC68

Hi,

Does anyone have a particular brand name, other than Bose (much TOO expensive) of speakers that you use for you job.  I had good amplified speakers that you can wear a headset with, but 1 of them is no longer any good.  Warranty is over with.  Any suggestions?  Thanks 

I've always wanted to see 'em in concert - can't believe they are all in their 60s....but Mick Jagger still knows how to shake it!

rear end to get me to work. I go on a week long vacation starting Saturday with no kids and today I did about 1/4 of my normal lines and that might be padding it a little bit. I was too busy looking at pictures of where we're going. Did I mention no kids are going with me?

Before I get comments about why'd I have kids if I'm so happy they're not going to be there. I have 3 teens who act 65, two 13yo, 12-year-old and a 2-year-old. Three are hitting puberty and one just hit the terrible 2's. It will be our first vacation w/o kids in a long, long, long time. After only 3 days here my mom is asking why I'm not bald already from pulling my hair out. Now if work could just pay me to sit and look at pictures all day and daydream, I'd have it made.

Loved your posts.  The other gal missed my point.  I committed myself to 25 hours a week.  Was not asked to commit to a certain number of lines, but I am continously asked for more.  I do it in the name of "teamwork," which is stressed at this company.  I understand their position, but it seems we are always behind.  Their fear is that if more people were hired then there's a chance we may run out of work for everyone.  Like I said before, I just need a little more flexibility.  I don't think as an IC that is too much to expect.  I work a regular schedule (9 to 5:30 with 1 to 1-1/2-hour lunch) and rarely take any time off except my two days now (and I was continously asked to work one of those).    Getting a vacation is another story.  It's time to move on.

Not perfect just decent, I have a year experience so deffinately still learning, I work as an IC on Acute Care but the work runs out and I want to keep this job and have another MT job for I'm getting tired of my office job... Figure I might as well do what I like for a living

and if so what do you do?  I have been doing this for almost 8 years and I would like to pick up a second job (preferably at home so I can keep my flexible schedule) but would like to do something other than transcription for a change of pace.  Thanks. 

The keys on the keyboard tend to stick at times, but they are intermitent.  Does anyone else have that problem?  I bought a new keyboard.  Please help.. Any advice at all would be greatly appreciated.

Hi

I've been working for a new company for almost 2 months now, it will be 2 months at the end of this week and I have not received any pay yet.  Does this seem like too long?  It's starting to to me.  I emailed about it and was told one check is in the mail and another will be sent out Fri 10/28.  So the one that I was told was in the mail last Monday 10/24, should have arrived by now, but has not.  The checks are coming from Canada, should they take this long?  Tomorrow I will be sending in my 4th invoice to them.  I don't feel very motivited to continuing doing their work if there is no pay in a timely manner.  Any suggestions would be welcome.  I think I've been pretty patient so far.  Thanks.