Nobody held your hands to the keyboard
Posted By: Then Why Are You Here? on 2005-10-03
In Reply to: This whole page is about that stupid MQ packet, 3 other topics max. unreal - fed up
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Keyboard. Using the mouse is too hard on my hands. nm
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Never. They do not and have never held a check. nm
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My line count is being held
Can anyone else relate to having their line count held until your supervisor feels you have helped out enough. I always meet my line count and track my line count daily. My line count is always significantly lower than my supervisors count every pay. Everyday I go all out and really hustle to meet my line count. I type 10 minute reports and only get credit for about 50 lines. So, I hustle and hustle to make my count. I am almost 1000 lines behind my supervisors count and I am tired. I simply want to meet my line count and stop working, but I cannot get an accurate count until I have help the team produce more and more lines. I am fed up. HELP!!!
I'm not the one needing my hand held, now am I?
NM
I've never had my check held..
I realize there are some companies that have this practice, which is basically getting you in their pay period schedule, but I have never had this happen. I discuss this up front and all my checks have been mailed or DD within 2-3 days of end of pay period. You need to look at your contract.....it should be spelled out.
Dont know about the system you use but we all are held to a
98% or above accuracy, so I don’t think it is about whether you care about accuracy or not, I want my work to be as good as humanly possible. The particular hospital I do have done now for over 15 years, some doctors are quite familiar and then again yesterday was a nightmare with all the ESL physicians I had to put up with. I NEVER ever retype a complete sentence. Our formatting has been off lately as far as numbers, 4, 4, 4 and then a 2, 3 and so forth and yes it takes time for me to correct each and every one. Some people never like VR. When outsourced we had some to try and then gave up but I personally like it because it changes mistakes now that I do not have in my autocorrect, just seems to know. The #1 thing I think I like the most is I never thought it would be able to pick up on ESLs and thank goodness, it does them about as good if not better than our English doctors. With all the ESLs all around us now, I am thankful I do not have to hunt and look for every little word they say I cannot understand.
I've held my tongue about OSI and offshoring
I interviewed with OSi more than 2 years ago. One of my standard questions in an interview is whether or not the company offshores. The recruiter told me up front that the company did offshore on certain accounts that demanded it be done to save money. I accepted that and didn't have a problem with it. That was not the deal breaker for me (I got a better deal from another company on the same day).
I had just left working as the MT coordinator at a small MTSO. While working in-house, I had opportunity to work alongside the marketer. There were several times when he would return from a potential client's office with the news that he could only get the account if he offshored it by client demand. If he took that account by offshoring it, he could get a bigger account associated with it that did not want the offshoring component or rate. From a business prospective, he gave up something small to get something bigger. The offshore component of the business amounted to less than 10% of the client base.
The OSI recruiter was open and honest with me. In my mind, that holds more weight than a recruiter that lies through the teeth just to get you through the door and you end up leaving because they can't deliver on the promises.
Climbing off my soap box now.
Spheris is a privately held company, there are no shareholders
I suspect this report is bogus.
Their latest press release says they are planning on increasing their domestic work force at the same time as their overseas one, to match their aggressive pursuit of new accounts. (Personally I think they ought to concentrate on servicing the ones they have.)
You want them to be held accountable for the fact they didn't hire you (sm)?
If I could guess maybe they didn't like your attitude, maybe they realized from talking to you that you were just the kind of employee they did not want to be accountable for (and from your snotty remarks on here, I bet they sure feel justified now that they passed on you)JMHO.
You say it is suspicious, why? What is suspicious about a company not hiring you? They do have that right don't they or do you just think anytime you put in a resume you should automatically get the job? Enlighten me please, because your post has me confused.
Couldn't Amphion be held liable for minimum wage
I'm just sayin'
Keyboard
Some info for you on main board, maybe 2nd or 3rd page.
keyboard
OK...call me dummy...what do you mean external keyboard??? Just signed out from work at 7 a.m...still not functioning, not thinking....
NN is passed out at the keyboard
 with empty bags of Cheetos strewn around, Cheeto powder all over the keys, guess she'll have to call in sick today.
Contour keyboard
Has anyone here tried the Kinesis Contour Keyboard? The two sides of the keyboard letters are split far apart to opposite sides of the keyboard platform, farther apart than the standard ergonomic keyboards. I just wondered if it's hard to get used to and if it helped with wrist pain.
Keyboard Template
Send an e-mail to Info@N2NTrans.Com and I will send you a copy of the Meditech keyboard template. Jeff Smith
standard keyboard
welcome aboard
Silent keyboard
Does anybody have a recommendation for a keyboard that is almost silent? Mine is so noisy it hinders my ability to hear words correctly. Thanks!
Thanks, I don't have the foot pedal, had to do it with keyboard. SM
YUCK! NOT FUN!
keyboard sticking .. thus the errors!!
My apologies .. I am going to buy a modem and will get a new keyboard as well .. probably need an eye appt. too!!
You plug in a keyboard just like you would on a desktop and
use that keyboard instead of the one on the laptop. Keyboard doesn't have to be USB, can use an adapter if your keyboard is PS/2, although older laptops do have a plug for PS/2.
The PC check also messed with my keyboard,
could not use some shortcut buttons, had to reinstall the keyboard driver CD that came with it and then it worked fine again, hopefully you have one for yours, otherwise you can most likely find the driver for it on the web somewhere. Haven't noticed any problems otherwise from the PC check program.
you can download typewriter/keyboard sm
sounds for free from the internet. I had to do that because it also helps me by hearing the typos. You can turn the sounds of the keyboard up or down but it doesn't affect the sound of your dictator. I think its called Sound Pilot.
DocQ audio from keyboard
CTRL + SPACEBAR to toggle on and off for play, CTRL + comma and CTRL + period for rewind and fast forward. Once you've tried it for a half a shift, you'll never want to see your footpedal again!
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.
Definitely keyboard + expander macros. SM
Mouse absolutely as little as possible. Maximal creation of macros (or more realistically, aiming for) to perform those corrections that come up all the time. BTW, those macros I create on my Expander belong to me. Most MTs so far don't have this skill to offer, making me faster and better than most. That'll change someday, in big part due to posts like this, but until then, or until tech changes make this skill obsolete, it definitely works to my monetary advantage. Try it.
Don't want to have to use keyboard to type test reports. Anyone know (sm)
of companies that just do the verbal testing or a company that you can do the test reports using the same foot pedal control we use with Medquist?
They do supply standard, but I have connected my IBM keyboard.
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Hate using keyboard for testing ? co. test can use MQ footpedal? nm)
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You can plug in a USB keyboard into a laptop or use a docking station.
NM
DocQ, hmmm, how to play audio from keyboard??
Can you share. Didn't know, worked on platform twice and nobody ever said this.??? Can you share?
I use keyboard only....move along with the voice with my arrow keys, then...
my mouse is right where the voice is when I have to make a correction. Couldn't do it any other way.
I use the Microsoft wireless 4000 comfort keyboard
and had no trouble switching to it from my split keyboard. It is curved, so has a similar feel. I love being wireless. I use it with my laptop and work on it all day. I think I've been working wireless for about 2 years now and couldn't go back. I work with my keyboard in my lap, so the wireless is great.
I work on a lap top. I plug in an external monitor and keyboard at home, and
nm
not gott.... GOTTA (I hate my laptop keyboard..fingers are too fat)
I wish Logitech made a wireless ergonomic/split keyboard.
nm
Axolotl employees....Is the computer keyboard they supply ergonomic or standard?
I am scheduled to start in about a month and am trying to prepare. Thanks!
Hands Down, it's......
Amphion. I worked for HealthScribe, and as it turned into Spheris, it seemed more and more work went overseas, more and more perks were taken away, and more and more MTs felt like cattle. I admit, I have not had experience with Medware but I've heard good things about them, too. If you want support staff that supports and genuinely listens and cares, then Amphion is the place to be. Amphion pays higher cpl too, for experienced MTs.
Please do. They need your hands!!
nm
DQS was the best hands down--sm
I worked on DQS for 6 or 7 years with MQ. I never had a problem with sound quality unless the dictator was doing something to mess with it, i.e. cell phone, not holding the phone up to his mouth, holding the phone too close.
I have also read complaints on this board about the sound quality with other companies, and I know that 1 company in particular handles the MQ overflow. I think maybe they re-record it or something when they download the work to that company. I'm not sure, so I would probably stay away from that company.
Other than that, I think DQS is excellent. It's definitely built for speed!
Hands-On Transcription in PA
Anyone have information on Hands-On Transcription in Yardley, PA? Thanks! 
hands on transciption
Great company, very nice and lots of work!!
Does anyone know of Hands-On Transcription
nm
Medware, hands down.
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Hands-On Transcription
Thank you very much for the information!!!
Wow, you all have way too much time on your hands.
So, what do we know about Hands-On Transcription? SM
Haven't read anything about them and am curious. Pay on time, good communication, consistent work, etc.? If anybody has any information on this company, that would be great. Thank you.
Hands OnT ranscription
Hi! Can anyone provide any info on this company based out of PA? Any info appreciated.
TIA!
Hands on Transcription
Can anyone give me any information on Hands on Transcription? Thanks!
Hands On Transcription
Really nice ortho dictators. She does not pay for spaces, but easy work and weekly pay.
RAISE YOUR HANDS PLEASE
Those of you who fit the description previous mentioned of companies that remain in the USA and truly respect US hardworking MTs, please identify yourselves so we will ALL know who you are!
Keystrokes, hands down nm
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