I am working on Extext platform for another company
Posted By: non on 2007-06-13
In Reply to: It's not a lie. - sm
huge difference in line count, same type of reports, same hours. I can nearly double what I did there in the same amount of time. I don't know quite what the problem is but a lot of people have complained about it and we still haven't gotten an answer to our satisfaction. I have talked to people who left there and who posted their story here and elsewhere and they got a threatening letter from the company attorney. Absolutely no grounds for this, folks are just relating their experience.
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Yes, SPi does use this platform....it's a great platform, but not worth working for SPi. nm
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It's working in ExText which has its own....
expander (I think called ESP?), though I don't use it. I use ShortHand as my expander.
Anyone working on Extext
platform that can make these claims of 28, 30, 35/$hr? If you do, would you mind sharing your secret to success with the rest of us? Perhaps you have an extra set of hands working simultaneously? Only way I would be able to do it on this system. Ive tried everything, word Expander also, and I do work very hard. What am I rewarded with at the end of 2 weeks? A check for $700 sometimes less. Unless I unlock the secret for being able to get the lines that would yield a decent paycheck, I can't stick around much longer. Have nothing bad to say about this company, they most of the time leave you alone to work, pay is on time, scheduling seems to be flexible but I can't trade that off for a lower paychek at this point in my life. Somethings gotta give before my fingers are permanently damaged from this madness!!!
What platform are you on? I am on Extext and can't get to 200 lph
DD & ExText is the best platform ever EZ
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OSI..ExText platform ..nm
Extext counting has been working for me ...
... as of a couple weeks ago. I expected a whole new system to learn and do, but for me I've noticed that my line count is correct when I go to the site for it, even immediately, and that's been consistent for a couple weeks, more or less. So, maybe it's fixed but behind the scenes ... ? If so, I appreciate that I DON'T have to learn anything new!
ExText - iChart platform -- HELP!!!
 I am starting with a company that uses this software. I've never used this before and I'm FREAKING OUT. Can anyone offer any advice on this software? Bea
ExText is a transcription platform
it is Dictaphone ExText. It's a great Word based platform that some companies use for their transcription. Very easy to learn and use!
ExText (Dictaphone) is platform..
I've never used Extext before, so I'm learning. I really like it so far. It's been easy to learn.
Is working on Dictaphone I-chart the same as ExText? Thanks. nm
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They use Dictaphone ExText. It's a really great platform.
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Love ExText platform but not sure about companies as I'm an IC. nm
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Have any of you ever worked with EXText and RISS rad platform?
Very interested in pros/cons of the RISS and how it interfaces with EXText. Please feel free to email if you prefer
I agree. Extext is the platform I've ever worked with. nm
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my favorite platform is dictaphone extext. interested in hearing what yours is.
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How is this new platform working for you? sm
Also, are they REALLY counting all the lines, as posting on different board says, and are they still skimming some off? Thanks for all information!
If you are working in a Word platform
and not some confabulated platform, then the autocorrect that is part of MS Word is more than adequate for macros and expanding words. That is all I have used for the last 10 years and do just fine. Save your money.
If it's the same platform I remember working on...sm
I used to type a minimum of 300 lph on it. Is the platform you are referring to anything like DOS? The Meditech I worked on about 10 years ago was DOS based. I batched up my work every hour or so, and it had a PRD type of Expander program with it. Does this sound anything like it or has it evolved since then? Like I said, I had a killer line count, but it was an ER account, which probably had more to do with it. I would like to hear what others say since I have seen a lot of companies I'm interested in that use this platform. Good luck!
Any currently working on the Escription platform... sm
How are you with the straight jobs versus the speech recognition? Are you doing both? Is Escription much better than Extext? Are you able to double your lines with Escription VR. Thanks for sharing.
Anyone currently working on a laptop with Bayscribe platform
Anyone working on the Bayscribe platform (MDI-MD).
What operating system? Vista or XP.
What kind of laptop? I have a USB footpedal, dialup currently, but thinking about the wireless connection or air card for my laptop, and want to get a laptop that will work smoothly with this platform.
Looking for a used or refurbished one. Any ideas on where to get a used one?
thanks.
I just started working on the BayScribe platform.... sm
I was thrilled when the Infinity USB foot pedal I've had for a couple of years, worked just fine. This particular model has worked for several web-based platforms I've transcribed on. Maybe I got lucky?
I also just started with Landmark and right now could not be happier! I'm so sorry things didn't work out for you and I do understand that many variables play a huge part in the type of experience one MT may have from another. Good luck to you!
Please email w/ name of EXText company
Thank you, tired of being out of work when I know #$%^ well that my account has work going to India!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Company no longer uses ExText
Transcription Services of Illinois (TSI) no longer uses ExText (WordClient).
Any company that uses Dictaphone Extext
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ExText is notorious for this. Will depend on exactly what the company
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What company uses Dictaphone ExText (other than Focus)?
Your company might stink, but the ExText is one of the best things out there! Good
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i worked for a company that used ExText, and they were aware of a problem
with the line counting, so they actually provided a web site, separate from Extext, that provided your daily count.
The ExText will be interfaced with your own Word version unless the company installed something
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Just checked line count for another GREAT Extext company
nm
The company hiring you should provide the Dictaphone pedal or the adapter to play the ExText
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he did not ask about working for another company
nm
we must be working 4 the same company
very cold shouldery there, always been that way - no big fuzzy welcome wagon. Emotionally u are pretty much on your own.
IC's working more than one company
Any IC's out there working for more than one company? It seems that has happened to me obviously part time. Do you like doing this, the variety or is it constantly confusting.
Quig
Are you currently working for such a company?
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Working for the company
I have certain days that I work, I have worked holidays but this is no different from years in the business, just part of MTing as it is a 24/7 job. This is a medical job. Nurses have to work holidays. I see no difference. I have certain hours that I work and if I ask to juggle around hours during that day, no problem on this end.
I am working for a company, only been
there about 7 or 8 weeks. Started out on a platform. The hospital account then upgraded this platform (ha) to a supposedly better version. Get it upgraded. The first day for the first 6 hours of my shift, they couldn't get the stupid program going. They finally get it going and spell check doesn't work right. Doesn't recognize medical words and won't let you add new words to the dictionary. This particular hospital has 2 sections. In order to get to the different section of the hospital to transcribe a report, you have to come all the way out of the system and log back on. You may have to log on and off 10, 15 times a day depending on what job comes to you. No rhyme or reason to the way it qeues jobs. Just randomly switches you back and forth, back and forth to the different areas of the hospital. I'm just about to go nuts. Working at Wal-Mart, McDonald's, cleaning commodes, anything, is looking better than this. Sorry for the long post. Just had to take a break and vent before I explode!!!!!!!!!!!
If you are working for such a company,
You should be able to find the form on the IRS website.
Looking for a company with a platform that SM
allows you to just log in and work throughout the day with no set schedule, just a line committment.
Just would like to gather a list of companies like this.
Thank you!!!
I like the company and platform it's the
dictators, account specifics and every changing workload that drives me nuts!
If I were you - I would rethink working for a company. sm
See if the hospital will allow you to work as a remote employee (from home). That would be your best bet.
Not an honest company. I was working
On a big hospital account they acquired, always working extra, putting up with all the problems, platform issues, downtime etc. - one day, went to log on and my user name/password were invalid. Couldn't get anyone to answer me from tech services, nor my supervisor, etc. - finally saw them posting advertisements for the hospital account I was working on stating no IC. It would have been nice if they would have done the admirable thing and TOLD us they were discontinuing IC on that account, rather than just rudely make our sign-in invalid. Thankfully I work as an IC for someone else too - I don't trust this business enough to work for just one company. But, out of all the companies I've dealt with or worked for, by far, Transcend was the worst. You might get 500 e-mails a day, then try to rach someone and get no response for a week. Tech support - that's a joke. You e-mail them with a problem and then sit not getting paid until one of them gets around to calling you. Don't waste your time or talent - there are other places. Just skip by this one ... believe me, you'll be thanking all of us later for telling you these stories. Oh, I did the VR training too - pitiful.
I think we are working for the same company on the same account.
I have a pillow-talking female dictator on my secondary account as well. Little to no work on my primary. It took 40 minutes to transcribe 36 lines with 16 blanks. E-mail me if you want.
I wonder if you're working for the same company as me - nm
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She is not asking about the "Sten-Tel platform" she is asking about the company in MA.
They are not a chain. You need to get your facts straight!
Company's proprietary platform (sm)
I make normals out of everything. I consistently do 300 to 450 lph now that we can speed up the dictation.
As that company uses their platform would imagine
they had just built a working relationship and so brought her/him on. SoftMed has undergone enormous changes since last fall - lots of layoffs - sorry you are having so many probs!
It is not the most MT-friendly platform, that's for sure, but if the company sm
is a good one, I wouldn't pass it up just because of Meditech. I am using it for the first time, and after a month I no longer loathe it like I did, but I cannot honestly say it is my favorite. It IS rather clunky and antiquated. Fortunately, ShortHand works as an expander, so that helps, and one of the pluses of the Meditech system is the ability to access lab, medications, other reports, etc.
Good luck to you. I am sure your trainer will have some helpful tips, or at least I hope so.
9cpl and 11 cpl for weekends. Use ExText. My ExText version wasn't compatible with theirs
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185 lines? The company I'm working for wants 250......what is the average???? Anyone???
Thanks!
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