LOL. And to make it worse, most coffee comes through New Orlean ports,

• Question about decreased line counts with DQS. - See enclosed.
  • The longer MQ MT is on DQS, the less lines - Not that at all - MQ DQS line count
    • switching from old programs - a theory
    • Everyone's lines will deteriorate due to - MQ MT and DQS
      • DQS/ASR - yakaback
      • DQS - abc
  • Comparing reports - Thinking ahead
    • I am confused. You can't compare the reports.... - WA
      • LOL. And to make it worse, most coffee comes through New Orlean ports, - and it's about to increase. Whaaah! nm
  • yes i have compared counts - sm
  • I don't know, but the above is a great question...anyone? - WA

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You can order a computer with one, but in general they do not come as a standard item on non-custom-built computers any longer.  The USB port is standard now, but not the DB9/COM/serial port she is referring to. 

You can purchase a PCI card (which is what the COM/serial port is part of) from Amazon for about $20 though and install it yourself, thus giving you a COM/serial/DB9 port for the 9-pin foot pedal. 

So....she is correct...MOST (not all) of the computers newer than about 4-5 years old DO NOT come with a serial/COM/DB9 port standard -- not on the back on the computer or anywhere else for that matter.  I

n fact, when I was looking for a PCI card to so that I could install it on my own computer (which is 3 years old), the guys at the computer store wanted to know why I wanted to go backwards (as far as technology) instead of foreward (to upgrade) -- stating that people just don't use serial ports anymore.  They said that the USB port had pretty much eliminated the need for a serial/COM/DB9 port in most instances. 

Too bad that isn't true when it comes to some MT platforms and wavplayers.

NOBODY, except the MT's who are making less and less money and losing whatever comfortable lifestyle they had previously had the pleasure to live.  Unless you have more than 1 member in the household to bring in the money, or you have received an inheritance from family member, there is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY TO MAKE A LIVING AT Transtech anymore.  They absolutely DON'T CARE either.  TransTech mgmt will not talk about it; only promises of new accounts coming on . . . ha !  Possibly an overflow account to replace the LOST account. 

I so wish mgmt's paychecks would be affected by this NO WORK situation that has been going on for more than a year now and they would get out of that Houston high-dollar office and FIND US MT's some WORK !

How did I miss this story???  I used to work for Transcription Stat and Kim Kaneko.  Not surprised this sort of thing caught up with her at all.  Can you say line padding?  Statute of limitations is up on this and all by now but not surprised to hear about Kim and TS' business as usual.  Kim herself wasn't so bad but she had the uncanny knack for hiring the most unstable, mentally ill MTs that were ever forced to work together in one room (no at home MTing at that time). 

This raises the question:  We all know that insanity doesn't just run through our profession--it gallops full speed ahead!!  So, do you think the off-shore MTs are anywhere near as nutty as the US MTs? 

A.  Of course they are!  Who could do this ridiculous profession without being driving quietly insane.

B.  Of course they are!  And you must be insane yourself to even question this!!

Anyway, thanks for the interesting morning! 

Sorry it was like that BUT thanks for a great story to cheer up a gray monday morning!

I have been reading a lot of the posts to get the gist of VR and the line rate and the different programs.  I just started a new job about 2-3 weeks ago and as of today I am finally getting up my speed on the VR... takes a while to learn those short cuts!.  However, the pay is very low and I am evaluating whether I will stay or not.  I am readlly between a rock and a hard place and SO need to supplement my income from my SS widow benefits. 

The company that hired me has 2 programs, one of them being EScript that you are all talking about that the words are just flying by while you drink coffee.  I'm lucky if I can get up to get a cup!!  I am using Enterprise Express Editor for mostly speech and very little text (which pays better by the way).  Has anybody heard of this VR that I just mentioned?  I would love to just put my feet up and relax a bit while the words are flying by. 

NM

You don't know most men in this country...that would be a fact.....and in today's world, some of us prefer the foreign men, after decades of American ones.  It takes all kinds to make up an entire world and then an entire planet.

Live Globally, Dream Universally.....

I started when they were Cymed, just about a year ago.  Since the merge, the payroll company has twice not paid people in certain areas due to problems and just within the last month, we got an email that the payroll company lost a laptop with employee banking information on it.

Don't expect any communication from anybody with this company.  You may get emails from somebody with no name associated with the email, no title, anything. You have no idea who you are hearing from. 

If you are an editor, you better be very flexible.  You may have to cross servers and handle up to 30 accounts to find maybe 6 good hours of work.  Moveup for editors is based on line production and some of the accounts don't even count lines.  Let's not forget a great many require log sheets, that's very time consuming. 

I don't know what exactly the account managers do because the lead QAs run the show.  Don't expect an answer if you email the account manager with a question. My account has a lead who is power hungry and even uses initials after her name that just means she is a member of a group, not professional affiliation.  I've seen 3 very well-qualified people, MTs and editors, just quit without notice after being fed up.  I've seen MTs left on full QA for 6-7 months, not because they were bad, but because nobody noticed they needed taken off.  I am just disgusted.