Does the Shorthand program work well? I don'the know
Posted By: marymary on 2006-09-10
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anything about it but I just started a new job with Meditech and there is no associated program for AutoCorrect or macros. They suggested we d/l the ShortHand program which I did d/l the free 30 day trial. I haven't used it yet but I really miss macros and shortcuts...Will it be worth the $99.99 purchase price when my 30 days expires? Thanks.
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Shorthand IS the name of the software program.
Here's a link to download it if you'd like to try it free for 30 days.
http://www65.pair.com/lim/shorthand/
ShortHand is an expander program.
www.pcshorthand.com.
copying a shorthand program
Any suggestions: On my current job I use the ShortHand expander, which is part of the company platform, not something I purchased. I have used it extensively and have built up quite a bit of shortcuts. If I decide to leave this company and to to another is there some way to copy all those Shorthand shortcuts from this program so I can use it at another company. Call me technically unsavvy.
ShortHand is a separate program you buy. ESP is what comes within ExText. nm
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Shorthand is a very easy expander program to import dictionaries into.
Other than that, I agree with most of what you said about Spheris. I didn't care for them either. They weren't completely horrible, but I was on three different accounts in less than three weeks because they kept running out of work on my primary. I couldn't keep all those account specs straight and was off of QA after a week. The accounts were serious ESL, and the reports were ultra short. I couldn't make any money with them either. I put my resume out on the MTStars database and accepted a parttime IC position with a small MTSO. I made three times as much there per month versus what I made at Spheris.
'The pay isn't fun'?! It's more than not fun, it's
a ripoff to MTs. Produce 2 or 3 times as many lines to make the same amount of pay, takes nearly as long as just typing them, while the MTSO charges the clients the same amount as regular transcription and rakes the $$$ in.
No MT's salary alone provides 'the finer things in life'. You
are delusional if you think being a TT MT makes you rich. Why are all the loonies/TT cheerleaders/TT management on the board tonight? Or is it just one person who severely needs some ADD medicine?
How did you get shorthand to work with it?
Deb H said they did not think it would.
Shorthand might work.
Since it works under Windows, not under any particular app, and so far, I have not had it NOT work--even when I didn't want it to, such as in chat, e-mail, and instant messaging, if I forget to turn it off....
You can download a free 30-day trial. Just Google ShortHand for Windows. I don't have the URL handy. If it doesn't work for you... you don't have to pay for it at the end of the trial.
Will Shorthand 9.02 work with Editscript?sm
I read where ShortHand 8 will, but not sure about 9.2. Instant Text sure doesn't. 
I currently work with ExText and use Shorthand....
It works GREAT! I have over 15,000 shortcuts saved in it and am CONSTANTLY adding more. I work on an acute care account. HTH!
Work for them, they use Shorthand and platform sm
is Acuity at least on my particular account.
How do you put this in AutoCorrect? Wouldn't shorthand work the same way?
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Shorthand and Instant Text will work
Don't know about any other programs though.
Instant Text and Shorthand both work with it. nm
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Yes, Shorthand. They have an address datatbase that is in Shorthand, so that's what they sm
prefer you use. nm
Keystrokers - do you work in Word - Can you use ShortHand - How many lines for fulltime? Thanks
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Does ShortHand or SmarType work with the company DiskWriter's system?
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What do think of their program for clinic work? nm
No message.
Anyone run out of work yesterday or was the program (sm)
just sooooo slooow it wasn't bringing them up. It would show no job available and then eventually one would pop up and very, very slowly load. I couldn't decide if I had ran out of work or what. There was also an issue with line count program not working yesterday too. Mine didn't add yesterday's work until last night sometime and seems like it was a very low amount of lines, but then with all the waiting for jobs I could have spent that much time being nonproductive.
Seems like issues of some sort or another keep popping up with program/line counter, etc. Is this normal or unusual?
TIA
I work on that Emdat program and love it
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You send the work in using their program, yes. I never ran out of work sm
but I was just working part-time, and this was about a year ago, so things could have changed. Isabelle and everyone seem so caring, it is hard to believe that they would consistently have MTs without work, but that seems to be a curse of the industry lately.
Good luck to you!
Sounds like the place I used to work for. The one with crappy program?
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Does the MQ DQS program contain the ShortCuts program, or do I need to buy it? nm
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DQS is not a "Medquist" program, it is a program used by MQ. (nm)
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anyone work for Oracle - do they use Word or a Word-based program - e-mail me nm
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Shorthand
Hi, I asked this question on the equipment board, but I haven't received any messages from anyone there, so I hope you don't mind my posting it here:
I've just started using the Shorthand expander and I love it, but I'm hoping someone will be able to tell me how to get it to capitalize the first letter of new sentences in a word document platform. It expands better than any program I've ever used, but it doesn't cap the first letter in the sentence and it would be So helpful if it did.
If anyone can share how to do that with me, I'd really appreciate it!! Or,if it can't be done please let me know that also:) Thanks in advance!!
Shorthand
I understand how to make a word capitalized if it's one of the entries in shorthand, but I'm talking about having the first word in any sentence come out capped even if it's not something I'm expanding. I do appreciate your answers, I really do, but they still don't address what I'm trying to do. I want to be able to type along and have the first letter of any given sentence be capped without doing it manually...like you normally can do when just typing along in Word and using autocorrect....except that I don't use autocorrect any longer and now use just ShortHand..and thought there must be a way to set it up to use that command of capping the first word in new sentences. That's what I need to know about:)
For the replies about how to set this up in autocorrect, I thank you, but if you notice I'm Not using autocorrect as when I copy and paste part of a report into my Word document, the copying and pasting procedure completely turns off autocorrect...but it doesn't bother ShortHand and I can still use my expanders in ShortHand..whereas nothing will expand from autocorrect if the text has been pasted in the document.
shorthand
Can you type in emdat using shorthand? I had always heard Expanders did not work with the program and would mess it up.
Yes, I use Shorthand. I still was using PRD+ and was able sm
to convert it, so I was very happy. It is amazing how many entries you end up with.
I still think that PRD+ is better but I am used to ShortHand now.
Shorthand & TA
Although you can't use ShortHand with TA. Fast Chart can import your word list into TAspeed for you to use so you don't have to recreat your list.
Shorthand
If you are trying to get an Expander that works in windows in general (email, ftp, any program)--then I use shorthand. I use it a lot when typing emails or anything really..good luck.
Or what about Shorthand? nm
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shorthand
I use MS Word the auto correct and Expanders and that seems to work fine. What would be different if I went to Instant Text or Flash Type of one of those? And what is a good one to use?
Shorthand?
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Yes. I'm at TT and use Shorthand.
nm
Can you use shorthand
with IChart? Thanks!
PC Shorthand
work very well with MediTech
with shorthand, you don't have to --sm
*fiddle with it*, it just works on it's own. I hated IT. Still have it in the box with an inch of dust on it. What a waste of a huge amount of money! with shorthand, you just start typing and any words entered into its dictionary by yu just expand on their own. Wish I had the money back I had spent on InstanText..180.00 as opposed to 29.99 ...um, gee, I don't know which to choose! *fiddling with it* to get it to work as opposed to just typing...hmmm.
Shorthand
I use ShortHand and love it.
I also use PC Shorthand...
...and really like it. It is easy to learn and easy to use. As one of the other posters said, you can get a 30-day free trial. Nothing to lose.
Why don't you just use Shorthand to...
ctrl+N/header/enter.
If you don't want to do that you can still use SH to expand into the header field. You don't have to manually type it out or pick from the list.
For numbered lists it's 1 keystroke - ctrl+L.
Very easy.
Will we be able to use our ShortHand with the new WMX VR? nm
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Shorthand shortcut
May I ask the name of the shorthand shortcut software you use?
ExText. And I am able to use my Shorthand with it. nm
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Shorthand/Smartype
Hi: Only Shorthand is and they recommend it.
It comes with Shorthand or use autocorrect.
I like the system
DocQscribe and Shorthand
Does ShortHand work with the DocQScribe platform? Thanks
I think it's a yes to all. I use ShortHand. Waiting to be set up for the
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Keystrokes allows you to use Shorthand
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I love shorthand
Its compatible with everything because it runs independently. So you can be doing email or Word, or WP or be working on a specific platform and it will work for you.
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