See earlier thread's Good News answer SM

• HELP!! Started VR yesterday after 30 years of straight typing - mt
  • VR - TTer2
  • I do VR and love it and yes you can make money but - VR here
    • Dear VR and love it - mtme
      • mtme - just me
        • My guess would be because she cannot conquer VR - VR and love it too!!!
      • You have to call me on something, who are you? - VR here
        • You keep singing the same tune - just tired of it - mtme
          • Stop saying THE REST OF US like you're some authority! - Speak for yourself!
          • I don't have a "unique" situation and yet I conquered it. - Stop saying she's an exception!!!
          • mtme - greeneyed monster
            • OP is just a symptom - mtme
              • I agree - NorCalMT
              • I understand your frustration and appreciate your posts - questionMT
                • I wanted to speak to some of your statements - VR here
              • LOL, yeah, right not 'personal'.... - Heard it all now
                • And to all the ones who came in for me - VR here
    • What companies use VR? nm - new at VR
      • Meant to say what companies use Escription!! nm - new at VR
  • Hang in there. Two hours is not enough time - jj
    • A few corrections? Must be short reports. You are lucky! Thanks for the smile/laugh! nm - tj
      • Seriously, if you have 100 lines in a report - jj
        • You are very lucky: Only 10 corrections in 100 lines? Wow!...sm - lara
        • I see what you are saying - Another VR'er
        • I had a typo. That should read..I do NOT make half the rate, etc. - jj
  • vr - just thinking
    • I have not done VR, but do you get - to listen to the audio while editing?
      • At my place were told if we erased and retranscribed - VR here
    • Are there any employers hiring that do not use VR? nm - mt
      • If they don't currently do VR, they will. It is - me
        • true.......nm - lara
        • Not true - NorCalMT
          • how long can they hang in there?...nm - lara
            • Well no one has a crystal ball - NorCalMT
              • I do--sort of. SM - MsIndigo
                • Buy why bother to learn all that new technology - if using it, we end up on food stamps?
                • See earlier thread's Good News answer SM - MsIndigo

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amazed that nobody had called you a liar yet.  I knew it was coming.  It is human nature to be envious. 

I for one believe you, and I'm glad somebody is still making some money in this field. It gives me a little shimmer of hope. 

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there ARE companies paying 10 cpl now.  Honest.  I work for one as an employee paying me 10 cpl and I work for two more companies as an independent contractor and am paid 11.5 cpl.  These rates are based on 65 characters per line including spaces.  They DO exist.  I won't name them though because I am currently employed/contracted by them and I do not discuss money/pay regarding those I am working for at present.

My best advice would be to have a good well-rounded resume including proficiency with ESL dictators, do excellent on testing (check and re-check everything, time permitting), and when asked what pay rate you are looking for, don't hesitate to say it. 

They made the Inc. 500 list of the Fastest Growing Companies In The US for 2005. THAT'S something positive for ya!

If any of you have had to make the decision not to accept a position with a company you really liked because of high insurance premiums, I have found that I can actually pay less getting it on my own rather than getting it through the company.  I recently accepted a position I really wanted, but their insurance was way too high for family coverage.  Through Aetna, I can get 80/20 coverage, a bit of a high deductible, but we keep that set aside in our savings. It's only $263 a month for my spouse and I plus our two children AND my husband smokes.  I went to ehealthinsurance.com and compared plans, which are all rated.  We're all pretty healthy.  It will be a bit higher if you have preexisting conditions, so getting it through your employer with an affordable premium (group coverage) would work better for you in that instance.

Just wanted to share with my fellow MTs.   

The platform I use now has an Expander built in.  I am an old PRD girl, and have heard ShortHand works similar to that, so was thinking of trying that if it works with ExText.

Thanks again.

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I know, work for a long time and tried asking questions, but they just beat around the bush and don't answer the true question that you presented to them.

Maybe it is kite flying weather where you are !!!

It's 5 a.m. and out of work already.  Seems to get earlier and earlier.    I wish an MT who's been there for years could tell me this is the norm and it's going to get better soon.  I'm very concerned--haven't been able to get 20 hours in, and it's already Friday.