TT112

Posted By: Lee on 2008-02-17
In Reply to: Spaces, etc - TT112

Well said! Your insight on the situation is excellent. I am from the old school here, and hate to see the way the language is being butchered in the name of profits. Verbatim is simply unnerving. This space issue is just another irritant. I worked legal for years, and was accustomed to articulate dictators. Now, several years of medical transcribing is really wearing on my nerves. Isn't $30,000 pretty hard to achieve for any of the newer MTs? There is just so much to learn and too many radical changes being made to accommodate profit-slurping shareholders off the backs of the unsuspecting newer MTs entering into the field, and those of us who have been around for a while.

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spaces - Lee
- Spaces, etc - TT112
  - TT112 - Lee
    - Your post has brightened my day - TT112
    - IMO, will always be a niche for us, but MT is victim - of growing world economy. Govmt doing nil to help.
      - Oh my - TT112
        Time long gone when we could be separatists. - World too small now, have to deal with all countri
        But that does not mean that we have to --sm - anon
        Competition is the Name of the Game! - Ed
        India has one of the largest growing economies in - the world. Growing middle class.
        While the American middle class is shrinking every day. - TT112
        It may soon be the other way around. China has bailed - out US in recent months.
        Our government has mortaged - TT112
        Only one Thing Left to Do... - Ed
        ah..the devil's doorway..sm - anon
        Exactly. Why can't the masses see this coming? S/M - TT112
        3rd world things they are working for what we have, - literally. nm
        Things = think - nm
        Politicians get money for selling us down river. How - do you propose to stop them?
        stop giving politicians money to sell us down river..nm - anon
        Simplistic answer. I dont personally give $. What - else do you propose? Realistically. nm
        yes you do..it is called taxes...sm - anon
        Your opinion we stop paying taxes, buying - commodities? As said, simplistic answer. U go 1st.
        You misinterpret what was said, twist words--sm - anon
        If I knew the answer, I could rule the world. Too - busy making a living to figure it out. nm
        and when you can't make a living anymore--sm - anon
        Guess then I will have to learn Farsi. - nm
        Doesn't seem like politics to me s/m - TT112
        I agree but how do you propose to stop slide down - hill. That is why I said govn doing nothing to hel
        Unfortunately - TT112
- Actually, with computers, it's a standard to only - use one space at end of sentence.
  - Dont care about desktop publishing, not what I do. I - transcribe & need every cent co tries to take away
    - me too!! Must be MTSO above..nm - anon
      - That's standard for all word processing, not just - desktop publishing. Has been for years. sm
        That's not true. - been doing this a long, long time
        YES, it is. It's in the BOS. Google it. - It's very much true. sm
        So? BOS is just book by ladies with too much free - time. It was not written by GOD. I could care less
        LOL. I actually agree about BOS. Just putting it out - there for info. sm
        If every keystroke is counted, how could it not - make a difference? Please explain. nm
        If MTSO does want 1 space its because that 1 - space x many MTs adds up quick enough. nm
        Have you compared line counts with 1 space vs. 2? - What's difference in lines on same report?
        Doesnt matter. Not much from one MT but X many - MTs, MTSO gets much money that belongs to MTs.
        Wouldn't matter if they had a million MTs. - There's no change in the total. nm
        If every keystroke is counted, how could it not - matter? nm
- I think one of my companies has a macro sm - shipaddict
  - Few cents here, few cents there stolen from you by - company, soon adds up to $ stolen from you. nm
    - Do 1 space and count lines and then do 2 - and count lines. sm
      - Why do AAMT have hand on MY check? Dont work - for them. Drs happy,they have final say anyway.
        Do = does. & most drs. dont know and could care - less about AAMT. Same with BOS. nm
        How many AAMT execs silent partners/on boards/ - owners of MT co? Explains selling us down river.
  - Those spaces are called--sm - anon
    - spaces - Lee
      - Excellent points. I totally agree. - nm
  - spaces - Lee

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Thank you and TT112 for the
encouragement. I am planning on moving on this year. I am just waiting to get closer to that magical two year mark. It is surprising what a difference one year and a few months has made. I am certainly a much better MT today than I was when I first started, so this experience hasn't really been all bad. I think I just need to find the right company now.

Just ignore her TT112.
Gloria loves to stir the pot and will post under different monikers agreeing with herself. Oh yeah -- just my observation.

Sorry, misunderstood.. you were talking to TT112, not me
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I agree with tt112. Let them earn living at the
Oh yeah, I forgot. A lot of other countries don't hand jobs to offshore entities at the expense of their own countrymen. Btw, what country are YOU from?