55 count space

• 55-character line - line counter
  • 55 cpl - Vanessa
  • usually 55 does not count spaces and that's a lot of unpaid characters. NM - anon
  • Are you sure it's not 55 visible black - character line?
  • Depends on the rate - EmmaMT
  • 55 is better--less characters for a line, - see message
  • 55 is better. After gross lines, companies - sm
    • 55 count space - vera
  • 65 cpl - Janet

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They are going to have the DQS people put in only one space soon..email this morning stated they are going from account to account and will notify the employee when the account is ready to use only one space after periods and colons..If we do get paid for spaces, as I have been told we do, that means we will get a cut in pay because the second space after each sentence will not be counted in our line count.

Compensation on one of the jobs on the jobs board says:

You get paid for a 65-character line PLUS spaces! 

Wow!  I am sure glad they invented the exclamation point!  It really makes me excited to hear stuff like this, especially when so vehemently punctuated!  It's exciting to get paid for spaces, especially when they are so necessary for clarity! 

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For eliminating one space in DQS.

Ctrl + Shift + F, 2 spaces, tab, 1 space

They have you coming and going.

Mostly they have us by the pocketbooks because they REFUSE to share how the program counts.  THIS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL since that is how we are paid.

Would you work HOURLY for a company when they will not show you what kind of clock they are using to count what an hour is?

We are paid by production!  PRODUCTION.  It should not be a mystery how to count our PRODUCTION.

signed off the report I was typing.  Those lines didn't add immediately, but sometimes they do that.  What concerns me is that when I signed that job off and the next one came up, not only were the other lines not added in but they were LESS than they were before I signed off previous job.

I thought I noticed this happening the other day, but figured I just wasn't paying attention.  Today I definitely noticed it.  For some reason it changed it's mind and took 8 lines off my line count.  What the heck? 

Am not really ecstatic with the way things are going anyway  and then this confuses me. 

Please, someone have a realistic explanation so I don't feel paranoid and cheated here. 

Hi!  Can anyone tell me if using MP Count is similar to the count in MS Word?

TIA!

Thanks so much for your replies!  I have never used a line counting software and I wanted to be sure.

Excellent idea.  Let me know if you are serious about this.  Just email me.

...In!!!  I have turned down 3 jobs in the past 2 weeks:  (1) The first job actually wanted me to move to NY and work on site at a radiology office, contracted out through a transcription company....I live in TN!  This company would not tell me what they were paying, and no moving expenses were being offered.  (2) The second job wanted me to fly to NJ and spend 3 days training in their corporate office.  They also would not tell me what the job paid....said it would depend upon testing and training.  They reimburse travel expenses after 6 months....but, who knows if one would want to stay for that long....especially considering they will not disclose how much they are willing to pay.  (3) The third job actually wanted me to work as an IC being PAID BY THE DICTATED MINUTE for RADIOLOGY....and, again, would not tell me what they were offering to pay!!!  What a JOKE!  I have never, EVER been tested at less than 98% and am always offered jobs, but am picky regarding benefits and line count.  I have been stuck at 0.085 for the past 6 years (but with fairly good benefits) and have been told repeatedly that our company cannot afford to give raises.  :(  I am shopping for something better....and will only settle if I find a HIGHER PAYING JOB!  Regarding all transcriptionists not settling for less than 0.085 per 65-character line.......I think this is a GREAT IDEA, but do not think the less experienced transcriptionists will adhere to this.  There are too many people out there who have paid for fly-by-night MT schools and are willing to work cheap or free just to get the experience - trying to make the money they spent pay off one day.  Best of luck in getting others to sign up for the idea.  I am on board with you!!!

I have had the same accounts for up to 15 years.  On my surgeons with even charging 12 cents a line I can often make $50 to $60 an hour with their consults.  I think it is fair.  They pay within 48 hours, never a bounced check, got $500 Christmas bonus.  I can do them in my sleep.    They never question my line counts.  It is 60 characters to a line and gross lines, not character count.  On a consult for breast cancer, that is 3 to 4 pages,  probably type 50 lines as the physical is so standard.  If I charged more I would feel like I was ripping them off.  I make a decent living and so  pass it onto them.   I gross over 11,000 lines per month with them and work 5 to 6 hours per week.   They like the smaller amount per line.   My other is a clinic that I have a lot of auto corrects set up and still make $35 an hour and so why charge them an arm and leg when I am making decent money.  My sub's make close to $25 an hour as they aren't quite as fast as I am and don't use as many quick corrects but at 8 to 9 cents they average 250 to 350 (psych reports) per hour.   So we are all happy.     Half way through the year I myself  have made $26,500.   And that is with a slow June. 

I currently work for an oncologist and I do not get paid by the line, but rather a straight salary every month. Can some one tell me about how much typing is involved if expected to type 1800 lines per day??

Thanks

Tammie