Love ExText platform but not sure about companies as I'm an IC. nm

• opinions, please? - sm
  • Love my platform...hate the company - Dictation Services Group
    • I LOVE the platform, the rest is what I do not like - mtl
    • I like the company and platform it's the - sm
      • Ever changing workload - My 2 cents
        • I suggested that to them one time - - no name, no state
          • They haven't forgotten, they're not MTs - sm
            • They are obviously clueless... - and mean to boot.
  • I can tell you what I don't like... - Cat
    • DocQscribe - .
    • I second that - flappintapper
  • Love ExText platform but not sure about companies as I'm an IC. nm - ER MT
    • Also love ExText even though the line counts can be low. Easy to use! nm - NM
      • I like it also "when the companies don't keep most for themselves" - huh?
        • What company - anon
  • Transcription platforms - Glory1863
  • What works for one person, may not work for you. You have - to do your own research/leg work. nm

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really haven't found any platform I truly hate.  Nowadays, you just have to be adaptable.  I used Wordperfect (DOS) back when it was 3-something, and I knew it like the back of my hand.  But everything changes ... so now I know Word and various derivations ... Iscriptor, Extext, Webnedx's platform (a bit cumbersome but still doable), the old YOG Cottage program ... you name it.   I no longer work there (I wanted to be an employee and have benefits and such), but I think anyone who walks away from MDI-MD because they hear negative things about Bayscribe is doing themselves a huge disservice.  I made 11 cpl when I left, had decent accounts, and great liaisons.  To stick your heels in the sand and say Bayscribe stinks just seems foolish to me ... but that's just my opinion.  Opinions ... and ... uh .. other things .. we all have them (smile).

Of course, I also have to admit, still going back to my WP51/PRD days ..... I LOVED PRD, and have adapted to similar Expanders such as ShortHand and autocorrect in Word and such ...... but I watch people on this board exclaim about how wonderful Instant Text is, and I want to puke (ha).   I worked for Healthscribe for about a month (it's not even here anymore, and they were the kingpin of offshoring, I later discovered) ..... I hated that stupid popup box and such with IT.  I want to just use my own little abbreviations I can memorize and hit the space bar.  But that's just me.  And if I found a great company who insisted I use IT .... I'd learn to like it, or at least tolerate it.

Uhoh ... this started out as just a defense of Bayscribe (honestly, the line counts on it are great ... I did a minimum of 300 lph, and if I really focused and had some good dictators, it could be more like 350, and I only have about 1000 abbreviations) ... and somehow I got sidetracked.  Sorry ..... sign of an old lady up too late at night with no brain left (ha).  

Bottom line ...... I have been an MT for a long time.  If I can ever help anyone with anything, I'd be happy to try.  Feel free to email me anytime. 

Could you please tell me what companies are known to use Extext. Thanks.

Every company I apply to seem to be using ExText.  I am tired of fighting for lines on ExText, but not sure that anyone else is using an MT-friendly platform.  I am not interested though in Diskriter, Transolutions or Spheris, so if anyone knows of a company other than those three please let me know.  Thanks. 

These companies use Extext and are hiring so you won't have much of a learning curve - Medware, Opti-Script (also called OSI), Amphion and TTS (Transcription Technology and Support).  Good luck, you can do much better than OSi (Outsourcing Solutions).  I found my ideal company. 

Am actually just looking for PT, don't care if it is employee or IC.

TIA

I do believe it has to do with the accounts though.  I've used it for 4 hospitals and have made great money, both VR and straight typing.  VR gives me more than double the lines of typing but I do think it is an acquired skill.  Learn the shortcuts and use them.  It is also only as good as the team training the VR. 

On the other hand I've used it on a clinic account and the lines were just not coming in like they do in AC.  A very heavy, 90%, ESL verbatim account and I lasted all of 2 weeks on that account. 

I'd say I do about 90% VR and 10% straight typing and all in all I'm impressed with the accuracy of the VR. 

any info appreciated.