I have and it worked great for me using mouse controls. No prob.
Posted By: me on 2005-11-10
In Reply to: Has anyone taken a test using - CScribe? I notice a lot of them
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Using mouse versus key controls
From discussion below with WMXers using ASR, I decided I didn't have anything to lose trying the mouse since using key controls isn't upping my speed. Much to my very pleasant surprise, I averaged 50 lph more than my usual (almost 500 extra lines today). It was hard to use it at first, but so much easier to navigate through the reports. I didn't use it for highlighting, just navigation to what needed correcting. Hopefully the numbers will go up as I become more proficient with the mouse. I'm glad I tried it.
I worked for a temp agency for 3 years..LOVED it. Just worked. No counts, no hassels, GREAT pay..
No benefits at the time. I even learned pathology while temping (8 months on that assigment). I loved the variety, the ability to say I'm not available such and such time. I'd do it again in a heartbeat if I didn't need benefits.
There should be tighter controls on this
than a large company just letting a lead MT dole out the good stuff to their buddies -- yeh people are human, they do it.
Who do you think controls our government?
this is not a personal attack but I never cease to be amazed at how few Americans CONNECT THE DOTS (all the way anyway)
The corporations call the shots with YOUR Congress/government primarily because AMERICANS are so easily pacified and distracted by the toys these corporations made for that exact purpose.
God-forbid Americans paid (payed?) any real attention to what the government does with THEIR tax dollar and in THEIR good names...
if you think the CORPORATE media is going to educate you on this, well ive got some swamp land you might be interested in...
Great little company..I worked there for a short time, IC, and pay always on time, great owner too!
I had good dictators, they use FTP, and I had a 12-hour window to return the work.
Yeah, and Prozac controls your lunacy! I don't know where
you get this idiotic nonsense, but Dictaphone controls nothing of TransTech. You are obviously just another bitter old hag who has gone off your meds.
Dictaphone controls Transtech workload, for the most part.
If you search, you will find plenty of recent info on Transtech.
No prob...
I probably overreacted to your post..there is usually so much negativity on these boards which is why I don't post often but I felt maybe I could contribute something to the discussion and tried to be straightforward and just felt like I got dumped on..which I am sure you didn't mean...anyway after reading a few more posts am thinking it may be more a PC issue than a dictaphone...which is really too bad because I have a new computer budgeted for myself sometime in late 2015..
take care.
Has ALWAYS been a prob for some
I worked for Transform for their first 6 yr of operation (was 1st employee) & I would spend weeks trying to make enough to make it worthwhile. There were 2-3 years out of that 6 that I made halfway decent money & then they went from MDintouch to Vscript & that went out the window. If they are not thrilled w/your work (when I worked for them I saw this frequently) they would just not send it to you - happened to a couple of my co-MTs. Then they would send you some & be on your backside when you didn't have it done quickly w/o ever contacting you to let you know there was some there for you. And MANY times they would send me 20 reports at a time or so & if I didn't have them done in an hour or so (I spent more time waiting for down & uploading than actual typing - which is of course free time - no pay) they would disappear to somebody else. So working for them resulted in a lot of waiting for work. How are things now? Just wondering. I quit in 1/06 & was the smartest move I made in my career.
The prob w/ProScript is (sm)
absolutely no communication. Didn't the email in December say there'd be tons of work by mid Feb?
no prob's w/vista and mdi.
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I worked for them several years ago and they were great but
I've seen postings that they use outdated equipment and programs that make it difficult to keep up with a decent line count.
But when I worked there I was very happy.
If you never worked there, then how do you know they're great?
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You mentioned that you worked for a really great
company that was acquired by MQ. Was it L&H? I worked for them and they were wonderful. After the merge, everything was different than what was said in the initial conference call, so I left and went to Transcend. Was not happy there at all, so I went to MDI-MD. This is the same thing all over again. Not a happy camper.
prob dependent on experience..nm
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Thanks..1200/day no prob. Can you tell me more about schedule with Ax? Thanks again SM
Is it hard to get time off? I may need a few days off in the first year. I have a supervisor now who is a pain, so I'm not too worried about that aspect.
You could prob get a first shift, but not sure about the weekend day. sm
I think possibly you would have to work 1 weekend day. I am not 100% on that though. If you wanted to work 2nd shift, say 2-10 pm or 3-11 pm, you might get a M-F schedule.
I have worked for them for three years - great place.
Excellent pay and benefits. PTO is better than most companies. They match our 401-K. I like my account and my TL.
Feel free to e-mail me for more information.
I agree, it's a great company! I have worked
at many places, but Transcend is the best. No company is perfect, but I have been very happy here.
Of those, I've only worked for MDI-MD, and they're GREAT...
Good luck on your decision. Sounds like you have some great opportunities from which to choose. Go with your instincts and I'm sure you'll do fine.
True to a point. But I think not nearly the prob it is with offshore men. Most US men don't
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I think you can't be. Prob 98% of companies want you to work a weekend day.
I have more time than you and i think you are sorely mistaken in taking that attitude and that you will not get anything nowadays with that specification.
Here is a link (prob forgot to put in MEDICAL?
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Truckdriver woman? I worked with her before, she was a great boss to me.
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Worked for them years ag. GREAT people to work for. nm
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I have worked for them for about six months. They're great! Work is always there and sm
pay is always on time. They're very nice to work with, too.
I only worked there briefly, but great people, and pay always on time. sm
They do have a thing where you have to get a paper check for the first 90 days, then you can have direct deposit. The account that I was on used ExText.
Hope this helps. Good luck. 
I guess I have been lucky to have worked for 3 great companies. The only problem with the 2 before
is that they both were sold to companies that were not U.S. only and I refuse to work for any company the sends work offshore.
I am happy at Keystrokes and know that others are too. I have gotten everything promised to me, even though I must admit that I do not ask for much. I just want to do my work and leave my desk when done and then get paid for what I did.
I hope you find a great company that fits your needs. It must be horrible to be burnt enough times that you have to doubt everyone. I feel like that in my love life (divorced 3 times).
Do NOT use your mouse, and you can do this 2!
Seriously..scan ahead..format, etc. You can do it. It just takes practice.
Said it before, here again, I use my mouse with VR
and have never used the hot keys and I get well over 300 lph, sometimes as much as 500, 600 and the like. I can scan ahead but you do not have to put the mouse down in order to do well.
With VR always use the mouse
I told someone else on here that have never used the hot keys. Been doing this tooooo long to change now and my speed is as fast as the audio will take me. Glad you tried the mouse.
Mouse and VR
You've got a good attitude! Using shortcut keys and avoiding the mouse is a big part of productivity with VR. In editing, the longer your hand(s) is away from the keyboard the less productive you'll be. I was a mouse fanatic too, but after I learned a few keyboard shortcuts I was hooked. It really does increase your line count. I'm still trying to master all the shortcuts with our program, and I'm pretty confident I'm 90% there. I'm sure you'll do fine with them. It really doesn't take long to get rid of the mouse fix. Good luck!
Avoid mouse if possible
If your software gives you the option of using keyboard commands instead of picking up your hands to use the mouse, use them. Avoid doing anything that takes your hands off the keyboard and your eyes off the screen if at all possible. But it can be helpful to write down your new shortcuts and tape the list to your monitor until you can remember them. If you have internet, make use of OneLook Dictionary. Many common medical phrases are in there as well as single-word entries. It might be quicker than using even a specialty book.
Just push tab instead of using mouse. NM
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To Minnie Mouse
Minnie, I am with MDI-MD. No, I am not nor have I ever been, management. I am just a lowly MD and have been one for decades. I appreciate this company because it pays me well, knows how to run a company and I love my accounts.
Could someone please explain to me how using the mouse
in VR works? If you have to edit something, you have to take your hand off the mouse and fix with keystrokes? I have seen this a lot people discussing the use of a mouse with VR, but I don't quite understand it. Please explain. Thank you kindly! And keep up the good work!
Me to, I sit there with 1 hand on the mouse and the other on the
keyboard, reading along. When a correction is necessary, I put the cursor in that spot and make the correction and read on.
I never use shortcuts and I cannot imagine that this would speed me up.
Correction to Minnie Mouse
Whoops, I meant to say lowly MT, not lowly MD. (That wouldn't be me, I hated science.) I was up nearly all night last night working. No work shortage here. Anyway, sorry I made an error in typing, hope the grammar/typing cops don't launch their grenades at me. :)
Have yet to turn loose of the mouse
On on end, makes no difference about using hot keys or not, most really good, very few errors to change but so long on the mouse, will just stay.
I use both a wireless mouse and keyboard
and love it! I've used both the Microsoft 7000 wireless keyboard and mouse as well as the Logitech wave wireless keyboard and have no problems with either one keeping up with fast keystrokes.
We? We?? You gotta mouse in your pocket?
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Was told starting VR HAD to use the mouse
I had never used the mouse before since starting this job in the 70s so shock city when told had to use. Ok, got to where I could use that and then outsourced to a company from the hospital where I was trained and then told NOT to use the mouse; however having said that I just continued on with the mouse. Does not slow me down at all, able to keep up with the work as fast as I can get the audio to go so all this yah-yah about using these keys, don’t know what all the hype is about. When people say you can work faster, not in my case.
I'm a skinny well-paid whiner and don't use a mouse.
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try holding cntr down and using mouse scroll.
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Keyboard. Using the mouse is too hard on my hands. nm
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Trying to see bright side - I am bad about using mouse - working very (sm)
hard today on starting to break the habit. I took the little class thing on increasing our skills w/o mouse and do try to use a little more but now I feel I had better get my fat butt in gear on it immediately. Hopefully this will help offset the losses I am going to encounter.
I figure I will put the mouse on the left hand side to start with so I will be more conscious of whenever I read for it. Old habits die so slowly. Shoot, this old girl took forever to quit reaching up to return the carriage on the old typewriters. (Am I giving my age away?)
I have about 7 more years until retirement and I do not want to train now for another profession, don't think that would be too profitable. I want to bend like a willow in the wind and adjust to whatever comes up with this profession until then. Trying to be positive. Will paste on a smile and work,work, work on quitting using that mouse.
Webmedx fits that bill, great company, great benefits, great pay and always on time. NM
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it means you use the mouse to put the cursor where you want to make a correction
with keystrokes.
The other way is to use the shortcuts, a combination of keys.
It is much harder on the wrist to constanly use the mouse to jump around the report to edit, rather
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Great company, great boss, great account!!!nm
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Do you follow along with the mouse? I follow allow with my right arrow, the cursor going over the
words...I mean what do you do with the mouse exactly? I know that is a weird question, but I am still not getting it...haha! It could be a difference in platforms for sure,because my mouse is completely worthless to me in VR. I used EXText.
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