I find intern dictators are slow, lots of ums and ahs,

• Transtech - worriedmt
  • No personal knowledge of this account but (sm) - TTer
    • I find intern dictators are slow, lots of ums and ahs, - lots of dead air. nm
      • Transtech is rapidly going to ASR, so we MTs are left with the - Good/easy dictators have gone to VR
        • You're funny. Where in heck do you get your info? (sm) - TTer
      • slow dictators - worriedmt
  • The nature of the business - Alas NM

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Has anyone done the intern program with Meditec?  What do you think of it? 

Honestly though, I have only had 2-3 times in the past 2 years where it was like the other day...no work... It did pick up later but I just think it's important not to make someone think we're overloaded with work all the time. That would not be fair to them if they end up with high expectations.

Awful dictators.  They cannot keep people on this ortho account.  The sound is so muffled, you cannot understand even an otherwise very clear dictator.  They do not have a website.

Just wondering what you all think about this:  Should a doctor who obviously has a terrible problem with ssssstuttering be dictating?  Seems like it might be an invitation for errors on the poor patient's medical record.  What do you think?

who dictate like this then YES it is fair to test you on those.  It does no good to give you a good dictator (whatever you deem to be good) and then most of the dictators of of the caliber you had on the test.  It is very fair and honest to the potential employee.  What happens if you test on a dictator that is good and then your account has the really bad ones?  Is that fair to you or the company?

It use to be that folks in the MT profession accepted this as part of the profession and none of this was ever a point.  Seems now MT has come down to lines, spaces, cpl and all the rest and forget the real reason behind this profession, THE PATIENTS!

So if you get one that isn't so clear, does that mean you *guess*?? 

The people at FutureNet are nice and for the most part easy to work with.  Their platform is easy to use.  The accounts are the bottom of the barrel as far as dictators with thick accents, fast talkers, slurred speech.  QA is nice but can't help you get used to these awful dictators.  The quality of dictation just stopped me in my tracks, it was so terrible.  Again, the staff are pleasant, but they aren't the ones who have to try to decipher the dictation to make a decent line count. 

If you have the experience, the pay is higher than most nationals, and if you have an extremely good ear for accents, you can do very well.  The dictation is internet based so you don't have to scratch around for your own unlimited long distance.  The pay comes on time in my experience, but there's no Direct Deposit.  The line counter is always accurate, I have checked against my own, and never any discrepancies. 

The editors always seem able to fill in the blanks, so it is proof that some people can understand these dictators, but even though the folks at FutureNet were some of the nicest I have worked with, I could never get a handle on the accents, so regretfully I had to move on.  Don't be fooled by the test reports, the actual dictation is much worse.