I am convinced, VR is only good for those who can't type fast sm
Posted By: Discouraged MT on 2009-04-08
In Reply to: TransTech pays 4 and 4.5 for VR... She said she just left - Probably not
I am a very fast and accurate typist and I was making $30 an hour. This VR was not even half the pay. Ridiculous!
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How do we type so fast?
My #1 tool is the ShortHand macro program. I feel it is the best in the industry. You can find it at pcshorthand.com and I believe it still comes with a 1-month trial period. If I am on the same hospital, I can easily get up to 400 lines per hour but consistently transcribe 300 lines per hour with this program. However, without it, I still transcribe around 250 lines per hour. I have been in the field for 20 years, done all aspects of transcription, so my knowledge base is vast. This keeps me from having to look up words, etc. Also knowing where to find physician names helps a lot - I still use Yahoo Yellowpages and find it to be one of the best tools, however, use other sites as well. Having a good website base is very important as well.
How the Heck do you type so fast?
I just HAVE to ask how those of you who have posted on this topic that you type 300 plus lines and more DO IT!! Seriously, what is your secret that you are able to type that fast that consistently on a regular basis? I would love to hear what your secret is to see if I can incorporate any of your magic into my routine to improve my line count! 
Doesn't matter how fast you type.. SM
That has nothing to do with the ratio. I agree though that it does depend on the dictator and how fast they type, but it's true that the standard is 10:1. I have some that I get more like 30:1 and some 5:1 so it averages out.
Fast Chart -GOOD,BAD,UGLY?
Can anyone give me some feedback? I read good things on MT daily.
Fast Chart - not a good company. (sm)
They start you out at 6 cents a line no matter how much experience you have, telling you you'll move up the scale quickly. The first two levels will be achieved quickly so you'll be making 7 cents a line by the end of your first month.... that's it. No matter what you do, you'll never move up to the next level. To make any real money, you have to work Saturday nights and Sunday nights (when the pay is higher) when there is work, which is rare. And the platform is horrible. Good luck, and definitely look elsewhere.
Or his MTs have him convinced of its supposed inadequacy
Because he could cut his MT staff in half by going to VR and they know this ;-)
If he's seen VR reports and doesn't trust it based on this, he's obviously been looking at reports that were either NOT edited or edited by some slacker who didn't catch the errors and sent it on through.
To the signing clinician, there should be NO visible difference between a VR edited report and a report generated from straight transcription. Should be the same end result either way it's produced.
Some of these stories/excuses to avoid VR just don't hold up to factual examination.
Posters: I am not convinced this is a Webmedx rep.
Please be careful what posts you believe as truth in identity here.
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I've been convinced. Resume going out today.
At the very least, they'll know I'm interested, and since there would be so little training involved, I would be able to take off running. I used to do 100-150 minutes per day and their requirement was only for 90, so, I doubt I'd have much of a problem. The downside to that is that there are no incentives above the 90 minutes. It's straight hourly pay.
The best part of it is that it is an at-home job after the training. DH says if I have to start 2nd shift, do it. I don't know if I could. I hated 3-11 shift when I first started there because I couldn't keep my eyes open after the witching hour of 8 p.m., plus I would still have to get up at 3:30 a.m. because DH leaves for work at 4:30 a.m. (when he has work) and doesn't get home until 5:30-6:30 p.m. My window of time with him is really only 2 hours a day.
We shall see what happens. Thanks for your input.
Not convinced that anyone is happy making peanuts when they made $70,000 sm
no matter what year...........if you made $70,000 typing and now you do VR... keep telling yourself you are happy now making peanuts.
good if you just want to type
they are fine if you just are into production. Stay away from any sort of lead position, QA
All Type - anything good or bad? specifics
What's the good, bad and ugly on All-Type?
I applied with them awhile ago, but hadn't heard anything - just got a phone call from them, but want to see if anyone has any input before going calling them back. TIA.
Anyone know anything about Freedom Type? Good? Bad? nm
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Silent Type..Good Company?
Is Silent Type a good company? I dont want to waste my time hooking up with a company only to realize after Im hired that they are not a good company (what I am going through right now). So...any information about Silent Type would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
All Type is a good company. There are comments down
this page. Just scroll down. You can check out their website at http://www.alltype.net
I know we need MTs.
Thanks -- that's good news! Do you use an expander? If so, what type? sm
The platform I use now has an Expander built in. I am an old PRD girl, and have heard ShortHand works similar to that, so was thinking of trying that if it works with ExText.
Thanks again.
877-ALL-TYPE. I think they are top of the line. Good luck!
Any info on Silent Type, good,
Thanks!
Have been offered EXTREMELY good position with All Type Inc.....sm
I unfortunately need to look for a new company, due to the fact that my MTSO has lost accounts and mine is one of them....I really love working with her. Anyway, looking elsewhere, All Type seems really wonderful, super-nice recruiter, IC status, flex schedule, very good cpl rate, choice of work-types, etc. Is this too good to be true, does anyone have experience here....cannot find much in search. TIA!!!
Potential is good if there is plenty of work to type. sm
Things were great when I first started, and the pay was great. The work on my particular account started to slow way down after about 5 months, and thus the pay, too. Just be prepared if that is to happen. I do wish you all the best though.
Fingers are crossed (but it's hard to type!). Good luck! nm
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Webmedx watches every min you type or don't type.
I personally didn't like logging off to go to the bathroom or get a drink or whatever. Drove me nuts. They were too regimented for me. Not sure if you are aware they do that. Part of working at home is the flexibility and they just weren't. Good Luck
The best co. ever! Good work, good people, good pay, good bennies.
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Run as fast as you can,
I'm supprised she is still using the same name, she's been known to change names in the past.
RUN as fast as you can the other way
the person you mentioned is the biggest phony, lazy, bs artist, hard work, low pay
RUN I TELL YOU
abusive once you are there a while
Run as fast as you can....
I used to work for them though not on the radiology account. I knew two girls that did work on the radiology account and they hated it, but she had no one else to work. So they had to work horrible hours and the CEO was constantly pestering them to work more (they both have since left). Their line counting program counts short too. I had to work 12 hour days when i did work there just to make any money. They play favorites with the MTs, the office staff treats you like crap when you do need something, you will never make more than what you are hired in at and the list goes on.
RUN AWAY FAST!
This is probably one of the worst MT companies out there. I made the huge mistake of working for them just over a year ago and ended up quitting after only a month. You won't be dealing with anyone except people in India. You can't understand a word they say and they constantly will harass you through Yahoo IM asking when you are going to work and why you are not working, but when you needed to IM them for tech support, they would take forever to answer, if they even answered at all. My experience was that they are very, very rude to their MTs and all of their QA and account managers are in India. I was scoring at least 98% on all of my QAs, but they kept telling me that I needed to improve. There are much, much better companies to chose from. I would stay far, far away from this one. I ran and never looked back.
run away fast
run far far away from SoftScript as fast as you possibly can! Its true you can't believe everything you read here, but trust me when i say everything said about them is the truth!
RUN FAST!!!! sm
Late payer...and will lie and say she sent the money and didn't. You can tell by the postmark when you finally do get your check. Also, there is a line count discrepancy.
Save yourself the trouble.
Act fast
Terri Davis is in the process of selling off her accounts and is screwing both companies buying AND the MTs, due to her psyhopath ways.
Act fast on your legal action. MTs and Editors get the heck out now before she cons you into unemployment.
she is truly a sick and evil person who will stop at nothing to look like the intelligent person she is not.
BTW... Shelly (I won't put her last name, but you will know who I mean), is Terri's COUSIN, by no way a REAL MT.
This is truly a run far and fast
Worked for them for 2 weeks in March--haven't yet and will never see a penny of the $150+ they still owe me. I gave up asking. Don't believe their ad that they offer MTs a great whatever--blah, blah. A word comes to mind: ruthless. Just my input.
i'd run far and fast
I have had 2 friends work briefly for this company.. both promised one thing and received something totally different that was not acceptable at all.
How did you get off QA so fast?
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Not so fast
There is a difference between OSi or MQ, or some other MTSO willingly offshoring and a hospital/client moving offshore for financial reasons. Not all these moves are controlled by any company or management, they are controlled by the clients. Some hospitals will request offshore for financial reasons, others forbid it. To say that OSI offshores big time makes it look like they did it. . . this is inaccurate..
Not fast enough
Hear ya! I thought it was just me. Type 120 wpm use all my expanders, burn my brain, and can get nowhere near $25 an hour. I would imagine anybody who is getting $25 is possibly blessed with an account from heaven? Not so here. Have a nice weekend!
RUN AWAY!! As fast as you can!
They are the most unhappy bunch of people I've ever met or worked for. I lasted 2 months and it felt like two years!
Run away, very far, very fast. sm
Do a search on the board. Mostly bad stuff.
You can do better.
Run. Run as fast as you can.
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Me either-Run away as fast as you can-NM
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PLEASE RUN AWAY FAST...SM
sent you an email.
Run away, fast!
I had the extreme displeasure of working for this company a few years ago when they bought out Cymed back in the summer of 2006. They offshore all of their work, treat their MTs like second-class citizens, and I was almost always running out of work. My pay checks were always getting screwed up and I could never get in touch with anyone in the office and, when I finally did, they were usually very rude and ignorant. Like I said, I haven't been there in almost 3 years, but I have heard that they are even worse now. I have been with the same company since I left SPi and I am a million times happier!
Run away, fast!!!
This company is horrible. I worked for Cymed until they were sold to SPi. I left there in February 2007 and never looked back. They treat their MTs like second-class citizens and they were constantly running out of work because they offshore so heavily. Management was constantly changing and my paychecks were screwed up often. This is the LAST place you want to work, trust me!
I should have said .09/,04..too fast...
.09 for straight/.04 for VR but 80% is VR and 20% is straight typing.
Run FAST
Synernet is a horrid company. Pay is low.. 7 cpl for NO spaces on 55 line... they claim it equals standard pay. . NOT NOT NOT
Julie is a horrid trainer.. puts you on hold all the time, gets mad if you call her with a question. Does not teach you all the applications to the platform then gets pissy if you have not figured it out on your own along with everything else.
Lines are not abundantly produced, hard to get 150 lines an hour, let alone industry standard of 200 lines an hour.
RUN FAST... RUN FAR
Pulling a fast one?
What is up with these employers opting to not give their email addresses or company info when you want to apply for a job with them on this site? Makes me a little suspicious.
RUN FROM AMHERST AS FAST AS YOU CAN.
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Fast Chart..sm
I am going to test with them. Does anyone have any feedback about Fast Chart? Can one advance up the pay levels quickly, or are you stuck at the horrendously low starting rates? The information they have sent is pretty confusing.
That should be "too fast" - see...
that's one of the mistakes a VR program can make very easily (although it was my too fast hands that made it)!
This job is going down the toilet fast
with the greedy MTSO's, the needless QA nitpicking, the voice recognition, the work that is left being shipped overseas to be done by people who will work for peanuts.
I see the writing on the wall and will put all my eggs in one basket no longer. Back to college for me!
I don't want to be standing in the umemployment line holding a Burger King application when the bottom finally does completely fall out of this soon to be nonexistent profession.
If anyone refuses to accept the fact that this is the end of this job and it's time to start planning accordingly, that's up to them and I wish them the very best of luck.
Fast Chart nm
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fast chart
Can anyone tell me how long it takes, on the average, to start making 9cpl with Fast Chart? I just received their pay scale chart and it seems like one has to do an anwful lot of typing just to get up to 9 cpl. Is their platform user-friendly? Thanks for any info you can give me.
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