Slow way to make lines
Posted By: umm on 2009-01-18
In Reply to: Has anybody out there used Dragon speech recognition software to do this job? - nn
A friend has and it was much slower at line production but she had severe carpal tunnel syndrome... so it enabled to her to work is about it.
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They work with you to make sure you get the lines required or the amount of lines you want...
I have never had a problem getting more work
I don't find it slow - I don't have any trouble making my lines - nm
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Sorry if you are slow you won't make it
I have seen this happen alot and it is true. If you are fast enough you will learn to get through the demographics screen in no time. Amphion has a lot of MT's who make a lot of money. Some people are obviously happy or they wouldn't still be working there.
I disagree. I love Meditech and it is not slow. I currently do 400 lines/hour with sm
my Expander and have no connecting problems. It is not a dial-up connection, it is VPN with DSL. That might be the difference.
There are also two types of Meditech, Client and Magic. I use Magic and love it and Client is supposed to be even better because it is Word-based.
Different strokes for different folks.
How does one count one's lines on DQS to make sure one's
Hard to make lines
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Love Ops, make more lines on Ops than
anything else. If you haven't done it in a while may be slow going until you're familiar with equipment/procedure terminology.
Now you can not make your lines in 9 hours!
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If you can't make 1000 lines in 8 hours,
in the wrong profession.
They don't expect U to make lines during first 90 days
Hang in there, it will get better, it takes time.
I am able to make 10,000 lines M-F every week at eTransPlus - nm
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EDMAT is very hard to make lines.
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I make a lot of money/lines at Transcend.
It probably depends on the platform. I love the company; have been there for a while but also worked elsewhere. This company is the best. E-mail me if you'd like
You pay more for insurance if you don't make minimum lines also sm
I left there because of this exact issue. I started having a harder and harder time getting my lines, meaning I got a reduced line rate and had an extra $95-100 on top of that taken out because they didn't pay the employer matching part of the insurance.
Now you can not make your lines in 9 hours! More time for 2nd Job.
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Can you say where you work where it's so easy to make your lines? All I come across is crap out
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weird pay scale, hard to make lines, can't
make money, currently training women in Trinidad to do our job.
Just wondering - how many hours do you normally have to work to make your 500 lines? Thanks! NM
NM
You can make up your lines whenever you like. Just drop them and email letting them know that you ar
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Keystrokers do you find it difficult to make lines? Almost
a year ago I was offered a position with KS. There were lots of rumors going around about my company so I started looking, but I fell for the lies my MTSO told and stayed put. The rumors became fact and I had to find another job. I just cannot make decent lines with new company. I went from gross line to 65 characters, which by itself can make 100+ lines a day difference. The platform is boggy and I prefer to do Ops only, but doing everything but due to my scheduled work time and the tight TAT of Ops and I'm just not happy.
I was hired for an acute care account doing Ops at KS, but I can't remember any of the other details (other than of course pay). I'm thinking about calling them to see what they may have to offer (they said call if I changed my mind), but don't want to have to start all over again only to find myself in the same situation I'm currently in with no able to make lines.
Also, what kind of Expander can you use. New job uses SH and I really don't like it.
New TTer, struggling to make lines. Are they flexible on this
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Uhoh .. does that mean it is difficult to make the 1300 lines per day sm
required for the 10 cpl? I was in high hopes ... sigh.
Thanks so much for your help/input.
Very neg. posts about TH - running out of work, getting nasty when you don't make your lines. TC
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Make sure you ask what the required lines per day is. Could be 1200-1800 or higher. nm
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Incentive tier isn't so good when it's hard to make lines. I'm about
nm
When you run out of work doyou have to make up lines/hours to keep bennies? (nm)
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Low line counts - difficult to make 1200 lines in 8 hours. sm
25 years of experience as an Acute Care MT and I had a difficult time getting 200 lph with Bayscribe. Any other accounts with other companies, I could easily transcribe 350-400 lph. Not at MDI - very difficult. I loved the account, but again it was difficult to get a decent line count.
It doesn't matter if you pay me 11 cpl if I can't get a decent line count. Couldn't take the 3 x day e-mails either.
Bayscribe stinks!
I also got put on 2 atrocious ESL accts with them last year. Couldn't make any lines. These dudes
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Depends on the account. Work on VR lately has been slow. Just like all companies, we have slow times
Honestly though, I have only had 2-3 times in the past 2 years where it was like the other day...no work... It did pick up later but I just think it's important not to make someone think we're overloaded with work all the time. That would not be fair to them if they end up with high expectations.
No - it is not always slow! Depends on the company and hospital. I have never been slow this time
Slow time is usually in September when everyone is back to work/school from the summer months.
Been doing this 24 years and never slow this time of year. Actually, I am drowning in work - can't keep up.
It's longer than the "standard" 65-char. line so will take you longer to make those lines!
m
think, people! If she does 250 lines/hour, same docs daily, will make $15/hour
nm
Webmedx - low work ? Can you make up lines when work available (sm)
or do you have to schedule a make up time or just do without the lines?
1800 lines is easily achieved. I average 300-340 lines per hour. nm
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10 lines per minute = 1500 lines for 150 minutes - average. nm
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I average 1200-1400 lines per day with a national, and am only getting around 600-800 lines per day.
It's been this way since the day before Thanksgiving. I've been doing this for almost 30 years now, and more often than from Thanksgiving until the new year is the slowest time of the year. I have some months where I am swamped with up to 2000 lines per day. I stash that little extra money, and take advantage of a handful of extremely slow days this time of the year to actually cook dinner, decorate for Christmas, or do Christmas shopping. I actually anticipate this slow time every year and have grown to enjoy the breathing time. Any time I have attempted to pick up extra work with another company to supplement these slow times, the minute I get adjusted to the new accounts, etc. I have no time to finish all of my work because my full time job with national gets slammed again. Hang in there if you can, and hopefully your work will pick up significantly around New Years.
Minimum lines for FT used to be 60,000 keystrokes a day, about 925 lines. Pay was good. Just not a
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Yes it is possible to double your lines. I cant type 460 lines an hour but I can get those with VR
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Regular lines, not weighted lines
was what I got paid for....
12K lines payperiod is 6K lines a week.
nm
0.8 x 1000 lines = $80.00 - 0.8 x 1500 lines = $120.
I doubt you will make enough money in 5 hours a week to make
nm
I make 4 cents a line, work part and make
over $500 a week on part.
Great post! I make 0.085 at Keystrokes and make more than at any sm
other company in the last 5 years. Why? Because there is always work for me. I love starting work each day, knowing that the company I work for appreciates me and has plenty of work. Transtech and Keystrokes sound very similar; those of us that work for either can count our blessings that we are not part of the cesspool or huge corporate mess that makes up the biggest few companies. We do not have to worry about our jobs getting sent overseas and we see a future in this business!!!
Yeah, but we don't make what docs make. nm
nm
It's not 1600 lines -- it's 16,000 lines...and
I've got my contract right here and have already gotten 2 checks and YES, I am getting 9.5 cpl base rate.
I don't know what other people are getting. Don't really care. I work for MY paycheck. Gosh.
Why would they "fix" lines? The more lines you
transcribe, the more you make, the more you make, the more you make. It wouldn't profit any company to put a lid on line counts.
What I do when its slow
I do exactly what the email they sent out to us says. If there isnt any work during my shift, I leave and take the kids somewhere, clean or do laundry, make dinner early or whatever. Then when work comes in, I work. If work is there during my shift but there isnt a lot, I take what I can and then go do my thing and come back later. When work is slow, I do work longer hours trying to get work in. I get a good line count in too. I am not in this career for others. I am in it to feed my family. I am in it for a paycheck. If work is slow, I will take what I can get when I can get it. I type fast and am productive and I will not go without.
The email they sent out said to t ype during early morning hours or at night when the work is in there. So that is what everyone has to do. First come, first serve. We all have the same chance of getting on there and getting the work. The early bird gets the worm, ya know. This MT that has 20,000 lines per pay. I think that is great. I try to get that also. There is nothing wrong with that or unbelievable about that. It all boils down to how bad you want it.
slow
outdated platform, new QA guidelines for the birds. I'm trying to find something else now.
You can slow it down (sm)
In your transnet player box, there's a box that says more or something like that. I'm not logged in right now and can't remember. But, it's at the bottom right of the transnet player box. Click that, and you can adjust the volume, speed, etc.
The 4th was slow for many
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