I agree. The line counter is a pain, but I've checked lots of reports against MS Word
Posted By: and they are always correct. nm on 2007-11-09
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Can ayone tell me how the line counter work in MS Word please. nm
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It seems they are dodging questions about the supposed new line counter they've been
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I've had checked line counts in Instant Text and sm
actually found Instant Text lines to be less than i-Chart and pretty much equal to Word.
Pay is on time but they use a Word counter. sm
I agree with the OP that it is not great great pay. The accounts are not too great either. The better work is cherry-picked by the owner, and other good work given to the pets. They also pester you nonstop to work all 7 days of the week.
A counter this is quicker to access, but I've never seen anything
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Softscript line counter
Does anyone know what platform they use or if they use a platform. How do they count lines. Newbie and confused. Thank you.
and the line counter is a cheat
I swear their line counter is rigged.
Precyse's line counter sux
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Does anyone on here use Sylcount line counter and can you tell me how you like it. nm
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OSI Line Counter - Must Vent!!
I know this is probably petty, but does anyone else notice the line counter at OSi goes down every single weekend?? Do they disable it to keep us from knowing how much we've typed, afraid we might not work as much?? This is so irritating. I like to keep track of how much I've done and this is very frustarting. I hate just sitting here typing in the dark.
I never liked them having an external line counter..sm
when I worked for them. I thought it was quite odd. I like to know what I am typing as I finish each report, etc.
Re: cherry picking. I checked history on a couple of reports (sm)
today and guess what -- other people had been there first and closed out of it. Do you just bite the bullet and hope they will get caught up with? I have writtendown the names of the couple I found today and if it continues to be the same names I will assume they didn't just have an emergency come up that didn't allow them to finish the reports. By the way - these 2 were HORRIBLE sound quality.
Softscript line counter, where did the posts go
regarding this. We, previous and PAST, employees have a right to tell which companies rip MTs off and they are the worst. Line counts change day to day.
New software? Hope its a new line counter
cause theirs is way off.
I've asked, and I have checked myself - (sm)
when there is no lag time on I-chart, usually early morning, typed normal template, and it did count. I also asked and we do get paid for everything except headers and footers.
I totally agree, your story is mine and lots, and lots of others, please
believe me when I say Keystrokes has been honest like we used to have in this profession. If I can help one Transcriptionist avoid what we have, this will all be worth it. I worked parttime for Keystrokes at the time I was fulltime with ____ and quit, 2 years later I begged them to take me back after once again my paycheck was cut in half, and they did with open arms. I don't mean to run down anyone but a lot of these transcription companies are getting obscenely rich while paying below minimum wage to transcriptionists, playing with dictation and after working for a couple of them you know who is honest and who is not. Sorry I came down so hard but the reality is there are single mothers out there that I bet cry themselves to sleep not able to give their children a decent life because it is easier to steal from us. When companies have millions of dollar to pay for other transcription companies, open transcription schools in other countries, ect., ect., you know there is a lot of money in it. That is all I am saying.
Any recent info on Landmark? I've already checked the archives. Thanks!
I checked line counts ...
...against Flash count with the same settings and it comes out accurate. I have trouble getting good production as well, but I feel assured it's not that.
Insist on sample of prior reports, lots of them. Then when you see it, sm
you will say, Oh, so that is what he is saying. Then, put it in your expander. Phrases work the best for me, not normals. Phrases in the Expander for what each item these guys use. But you need to see lots of samples of prior reports.
Ditto. Low pay, mediocre beneifts, lots of reports of
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Yes to old reports! Their ExText has all the regular functions except line counts are done on line
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Keystrokes has very few accts on line using ExText. Most use Cphones/2nd line. Lots of Rad
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To the people at Transcend that had their line rate reduced by 40%, have you checked with any
attorney to see if this is legal. I didnt realize a company could just reduce your income like that with no advanced notice and that be legal. I know I would be checking with someone on the legality of doing that.
Just checked line count for another GREAT Extext company
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I looked facility up on line - checked careers and found they had a current opening for MT there. (
That pretty much told me they did have inhouse. It was an MT position for acute care, not just one of the ancillary departments.
I've been out here for 11 nows doing mostly Op reports and can't get more than 9-1/4 cpl, and
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Tessier Surgical Word Book is my bible, but mostly you need LOTS of patient
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Means a line is a line is a line, even if it only has one word on the line
it is considered a line.
I've never heard of a goal higher than 100 reports for radiology.
And there are plenty of days when a poor, unorganized dictator will hold you back to more like 60 reports! Especially if you try to catch all the order errors with right/left, whether contrast was used, etc.
I've been on same account 4 years; lots of OT lately.
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TransHealth...I've read lots of good and bad SM
about them, but am going to start with a very open mind. I am looking forward to it.
Chickadee
CAn you explain why my reports had a Ŕ" (that is zero) line count?
CAn you explain why my reports had a "0" (that is zero) line count?
It is because they take off for templates. If you dont use the templates are you are required to delete them, but you also delete your line count because they still took off for the template.
I had several reports that had a 0 line count. I notified them several times and they said there was nothing that could be done about it.
They did reimberse me when I told them about it, but how many other MTs that typed on that same account got shafted? I was told that I was the only one that had that problem, but it was not so. I checked. It was just that I was the only one that thought to check on it.
6 cents a line for surgical reports
I just saw that ad for 6 cents a line for heavily, fast-speaking ESL doc. I love to do surgery, and I have done this for 30 years, but there is no way I would tackle that, no less than 10 cents a line and really more than 10 cents a line. Would the person seeking an MT for that position do it!!! I think not. Our pay is going backwards instead of forward.
As a QA, I agree with this. I correct the reports &
don't pay attention to who the MT is, unless of course I've been instructed to look out for a certain error an MT is repeatedly making, etc. Why on earth would we ever be 'out to get' anyone? We're all in this together, and our job is to produce the best report possible for the client. When I was MTing, I looked forward to my corrections because I knew I could learn something from those more experienced, and I wanted to do the best job possible & learn as much as I could. If something needs correcting, don't take it personally.
Yes we do get bonuses. It varies. Line and a half or so much $$ for so many reports.
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are clinic notes productive... 2 and 3 line reports?
 Can you turn them around pretty fast or do they slow you down?
ExText line count for individual reports? Is there a way? nm
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agree, I think extext is the only one with archived reports
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Not by the line but 1400-1500 radiology reports. 2-1/2 years. nm
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6 cents a line for surgical reports for an ESL dictator? Are you NUTS??
I'm just absolutely appalled and disgusted...
I've been with AccuSTAT WI for 7 years. We don't use VR. We used MS Word to type in and depe
on the accounts, Dictaphone C-phone, regular c-phone or Lanier VXP player.
per word or per line
this can be confusing. can anyone explain at 0.0056 paid per word on a 65 character count how it comes out to being paid more than my current job at 0.0850 per 65 character line. She told me I would be paid per word not line. Doesn't that come out to the same as being paid 65 character count on a line? the job pays per header, footer, demographics at 0.0056. I am just questioning because right now I get paid at 0.0850 but not for headers or footers. How could 0.0056 be more? Please explain! I hope this makes sense the way I explained this!
You need a second line as you use a Cphone, which she will lend to you. Said she had lots of work.nm
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Lots of companies pay 1.5 times line rate
for holidays, but unless you work all day it doesn't add up to much. My company pays for us to take the day off and then if you work you get your line rate, plus get paid anyway, or you can take another day off in the same pay period.
They've used ExText in the past. Ad from 2006 said you need Word 2003. Offered 8 cpl for
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I don't use the Word line count, I use the
character count without spaces, and a character is a character is a character and so on and all characters are created equal. I then divide the number of characters by 65 and come up with a line count. I realize that the MTSOs don't pay for underlining, bolding, etc., and I don't believe that word counts those either.
Paid by the word instead of the line...anyone?
Does anybody get paid by the word instead of by the line? What is the rate range anyway? Is this better than by the line?
My line count is about 3-8 less than Word, whereas...
when I worked for OSi the line difference was 24-35. Needless to say, I am VERY happy at Transtech!
11-word line count??? Has anyone...
ever worked for a company that uses this? I counted a few documents with this vs. a 65-character line (including spaces), and it is WAY less in total lines. The company offering this insists it is comparable. Has anybody else encountered this method of line counting?
Thanks.
Word says line count is different
from that shown on the Dictaphone website, much much much less. Look im not gonna argue my point, you try it for yourself and come to your own conclusion. It has nothing to do with the acct, it is the way the company counts lines, doesn't count headers and footers and other characters. I wonder if it even counts when you hit the space bar for a word expansion. Try it you'll see.
MS Word line spacing
I have MS Word 2003. It may or may not be the same. Go under format, paragraph, then line spacing and choose double spacing. Let me know if this helps.
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