I think it's a lot slower. I'm having a hard time getting lines, but I'm
Posted By: being patient. It seems to be a good place. nm on 2007-09-09
In Reply to: Just a little slower than DQS in bringing jobs up, filling out screen. (sm) - Checking
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the lines are hard
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Is it hard to get lines in.
or is it just me. I have been typing all day and only have 300 lines. I am using their Merit system. At my other job, usually after 4 hours I have 500 to 600 lines. Maybe I am just not used to their plateform yet. Good thing I am still on hourly. I would starve to death if I were on line count. 
It is hard to get lines anyway, but....
It is easier for a company to manipulate lines if you have to go to the Dicataphone web site you get your bulk lines, with reports not broken down, i.e., 1000 lines, 25 reports. At least if you can verify you have 25 reports on their line counter and what you wrote down, you can always copy your reports from Ex-Text (it is word based), go into your Word (outside of Ex-Text) and verify the line counts, maybe spot check them, or you can ask your trainer how to check the line count after you have finished it and click on the doctor or the patient, it gives the line count for that job. (to me a lot of wasted time but it is a way to verify). I'm sorry, I do not trust a company who will not let you verify the # of reports with the amount of lines you have done. What if 2 to 3 reports are dropped? You have no way of telling them that report did not show up on your line count. That means your WORKED FREE, and they got the total line count, or someone else redid your report.
I found if I had to go the Dictaphone web site to get my conglomerate line count for the day, at the end of the pay period and I got my check I was usually shocked, it was way lower than if I can go into Sessions, the same screen you click on to go into the demographics. There is shows how many reports (the # of reports for that specific time and the line count) you have done and the total lines and it is quick.
There must be a reason some companies don't use it and I think it is because they know you can't verify how many reports you have done. To me that is dishonest with a capital D.
You will find with most companies using Ex-Text that Sessions is blocked for your use, thus, you cannot get the # of reports you have done in a day.
Hard to make lines
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I found it hard to get lines with them. It might of
been their line counting system or the typing program they used. But it didn't feel like it was counting right. I started at 9 cpl with 8 years experience. But otherwise, they paid on time.
It would be hard to come up with 2 lines worth of headers..nm
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Is it hard to get lines at Precyse? Does work run
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lines are REALLY hard to get. no way to keep track, you have to ASK for them. it's a pain and not
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EDMAT is very hard to make lines.
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weird pay scale, hard to make lines, can't
make money, currently training women in Trinidad to do our job.
Incentive tier isn't so good when it's hard to make lines. I'm about
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Agree, lines are hard to get. I also think the sound quality doesnt help things. nm
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Same here. Too much fuzz and static on the lines. Redid the hard drive, new phones, new sound card,
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It's a hard time for all of us
I know every one of us involved is very torn, stressed out and I think we should cut one another some slack.
A big huge to all my fellow DRCer's. RIP, DRC.
I had a hard time following the OP
I wondered if maybe the OP was just too upset to be posting - or did I have a brain fart - to be able to post cohesively, but it seems someone else was able to follow the logics of it through. I can't be mad at anyone for _jipping_ me out of lines if I am responsible for sending in the invoice. As someone else said, it was a lesson learned. 3000 lines at say, 8 cpl, would just about have paid for a reputable line counting program, especially if you add in losing 3-some hours of valuable time from reinstalling programs that went haywire after downloading freebies which seemed to have caused more problems than they solved. Some people learn more easily than others. kaysarasara (not defending the misspelling at this time of night)
Thanks for your replies. I'm having a really hard time (SM)
making the decision of whether to stay put or take a leap of faith and go with TransTech.
I am sorry you had a hard time but that is not my experience.
I don't spend any more time on Amphion's demog screen than I did on MQ's.
I have a very hard time believing that.
I've turned up the sound so fast the voice was nearly Mickey Mouse, with almost perfect VR and was unable to get more than 500 lines in that hour. It was an amazing hour, so much so that I haven't forgotten, a couple of corrections only the entire hour with very large reports, and you're saying you got 800 lines in an hour and 15?
Something's off.
We are having a hard enough time helping ourselves
What makes you so special?
I'm having a hard time believing YOU SAW A CONTRACT - unless you are someone that
works on the inside of Diskriter. None of the transcriptionists know how much Diskriter is charging each client. So go ahead, oh wise one, enlighten us please.
phanthom = ghost with a hard time
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I had a hard time as a statutory employee, but
now that I am a regular employee and have to have a set schedule I am WAYYYYY more disciplined. I guess I actually needed that boss hanging over me (not literally, LOL) to make sure I work and make $$$$$. Best of luck to you.
If your on Escription you may have a hard time with the adapter.
I tried to have my 9-pin foot pedal that I had to use with Escription be converted to USB with an adapter from Radio Shack and it would not work. Pretty much what I have found is that if you are on the ES platform you just need to get a 9-pin. Do they not provide you with that?
In this day and time it is really hard to find a job that pays
anything decent and not work weekends. Maybe a smaller company, but the larger ones are almost all on Tues-Sat or Sun-Thurs.
I did, but I have a real hard time believing
that anyone pays editing at transcription rates. I am wondering if it will be the transcription rate where they try to pay you 5-6 cpl..but who knows. I applied a while back, even four years of experience on that particular platform and I have not heard a word.
Axolotl - anyone ever had a very hard time making ..... SM
the required line count per day? I have been plenty long enough to be making the line count all the time, but for some reason, I have never quite gotten there - at least consistently. Now, I am not the fastest MT anymore, but I have always been able to do more than a minimum such as 1200 lpd. I like the company (not the accounts so much, though), but this has made me seriously doubt my ability to produce. Just wondering if anyone else has been in this situation and then left and did better line-wise,,,,if so, where? TIA.
The reason PT people have a hard time/
is because the majority of PTers are very cavalier about schedules. They log on or log off at will, despite the fact they agreed to work specific days and hours. I'm sure you are very reliable, but even the company I work for will not hire PT anymore because they are either undependable or they work a month or two and quit. That's a lot of energy the company has to put in for no payoff.
Getting hard for full time employees
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I'm having a hard time believing the MDI-FL transition
was all that smooth. From the looks of it, there were lots of problems and people from MDI-FL felt the same way the current MDIers do.
http://forum.mtstars.com/company/v/1/32857.html
http://forum.mtstars.com/company/v/1/23136.html
http://forum.mtstars.com/company/v/1/23058.html
http://forum.mtstars.com/company/v/1/35759.html
If this is what
Anyone use TimeTrax as a time clock? Easy, hard,
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spheris has a hard time paying their referral bonuses as well.
Spheris has a hard time paying for referrals too...just put you in a drawing for some prize. if you win, great if not, then who cares.
I think they will hire PT if it is a hard to fill time slot. I would talk
to them and see. They go both by hours worked and lines transcribed since you are employee status. The insurance is First Health and the coverage is great. We had Aetna prior to this and First Health offers better coverage for less money. Vacation accrues immediately but you cant' take it for the first 90 days. I think you get 11 days the first year and it increases every year after that. I think the max is either 21 or 26 days per year.
Hope that helps.
I had a hard time making money. Nice people though! nm
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I am having a hard time understanding why companies consistently overhire when they run an ad.
They have to know that people that need a certain amount of income are either going to quit or cut back and get a second job. What does it gain them. I would think this constant hiring and hiring and training would get very old and certainly has to impact quality.
Yes I thought it sounded nice. Just hard to change but it is time. Always a little bit of anxiety
about another company and leaving what you know and sort of starting over but sometimes it is time. You know, the fat lady sang.
I am wondering if employees with Futurenet have a hard time having adequate work flow..sm
Just started there not too long ago, but now finding out I am running out of work frequently. I have several accounts that I can work on, but all are empty most of the time. Have they overhired or is this the normal?
An MTSO can say I need these lines by this time, and you, as an IC, either say yes or no.
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700 lines per day IS part time.
That is what I was told.
FYI OSI full time is 10,000 lines ppp
Now, if you can just get enough work available to get that, and not get on one of the accounts where they take a good 9-11% of lines right off the top, you'll be doing good.
Got paid, but once again not for all my lines. Third time in a row
I have been shorted. I'm done.
if your a slower typist, go for the $15, but.....
If you have speed and can utilize your normals, definitely take production. There are hours where I make $40 an hour at 9 cents per line. I would never go hourly.
Yes, that is another reason why I am going slower. Although
I have just made the 11K, and trending upward, I still make the QA bonus every time. I have been in the business a long time, and perhaps that is why I stopped a consistent over 20K a payperiod. Over the years the patient care meant more to me than the extra 100 bucks a payperiod. I know some may think that is ridiculous, but it kicked in when I hit 40 years old. Maybe my conscience, or just wanting to do a quality job and a good line count. Again, Expanders will help with typos but research needs to be done before leaving blanks too and that takes time sometimes. I don't mind researching 4 sources but then I will put a blank if I am not sure because of an accent. So that is correct 2K is no good if it is not a quality 2K. Better make less lines and 99% QA and trend slowly upward, which can be done with your own canned text and their normals. Good luck!
MTSO says I need X lines by X time and will pay X cpl. IC says either "yes, I can" or
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Anyone know what full time is for KS? Lines or hours? nm
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Thanks so much. How many lines are required for full time? nm
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Full time = 1200 lines per day. nm
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Not sure about the 40 hours for full-time, but 11,000 lines per pay sm
period are required. I think right now they are hiring for Sunday through Thursday or Tuesday through Saturday. You decide which shift/hours you want to work, and I tihnk they will allow you to do a split shift if you prefer. There is some flexibility in that you can let them know any changes you need to make, but generally you are expected to work the hours you commit to working.
The platform is ExText, which is Word-based and very easy to use. The insurance is very affordable, I think. You have a choice between Aetna or Coventry, and then 3 choices as far as coverage -- ultimate, choice, and standard. I have choice coverage with Coventry (single plan), and I think it is around $70 per pay period for medical, dental, and vision, with a $750 deductible, $15 copay for office visits.
Hope this helps! 
Can you get "full-time" lines in 24 to 32 hours?
My company didn't ask me how many hours I planned to work, they asked me how many lines I planned to do. I can do full-time lines in part-time hours and that's all they care about.
The good companies are out there. Don't give up.
Now you can not make your lines in 9 hours! More time for 2nd Job.
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You will. Some people's mail is slower.
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Maybe you ought to read my post a little slower
I had several e mails with Keystrokes and was PROMISED a phone call. One thing I neglected to mention in my OP is that they stated late last night that they HAD called me, with no answer. My phone NEVER rang Monday OR Tuesday. I have caller ID, nothing there either. I checked my telephone calls online, nothing there either. They did not call and they do not get a second chance with me.
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