Here's how
Posted By: Mari on 2006-09-21
In Reply to: How do you proofread as you type? - Alexa Hoover
read in blocks of five words, as you type it.
It seems easy for me, but then I have been doing this for a long time and I type as fast or faster than my dictator and I find I have to wait on the talker.
If you use an expander, maximize it. That will help you keep time with real time dictation and it also helps boost your line count. If you find there is a word that you have to slow down to transcribe, or take your foot off the go pedal - figure out some way to put that word in the expander. Words you have to fix because you do not spell correctly, long words, easy words, put the medications in with caps so you don't have to hit the shift key to get it in in caps. Again, maximize that expander. In fact, I have whole sentences in my expander, especially in the physical exams. Don't just put the line title in - put the whole thing in the expander, every way they may say it.
Example: One common sentence used all day every day - ABDOMEN: Soft, nontender, nondistended.
I have an expansion short cut - ASNTND - (six letters gets me the whole sentence).
To go with it I have BS4 -
Bowel sounds were present times four.
That's how you make money, and no other way. The better you know your own expansions, the less mistakes you do make.
For the life of me I cannot type father - it comes out fahter, so I have it in my Expander to fix it every time.
Spheris has a really good class they give for teaching proofing as you type. I can't remember what it is called, but it was exceptional.
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