They expect you to transcribe 10 files for a test and
Posted By: the files are not short. Took me a while to finis on 2007-01-29
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the test. Then, she contacted me and said I failed, but I'd say probably 8/10 of the files were ESL. Very unprofessional e-mail contact. The recruiter was not the actual owner, but the co-owner, and boy did it show. She made me retake the test stating Okay, now let's try this again, but with no explanation. I had to wait days in between communications, so I told her she was unprofessional, and she got real snippy and high on her horse. If I was looking for a change, I certainly would not consider TSSC, as I found them to be very unprofessional. 
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In addition to that I wonder if test files
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I took a test for a company and my foot pedal would work with the test and I had keep going back
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I just took the test today - thought it was a great test of MT skills.
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I do 25-30, but I also transcribe 25-30. nm
But if you know how to transcribe very well,
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I only transcribe about 800-900 lines/day.
As you can see, I'm not fast but my quality is fine.
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Do you have a lot of normals and/or are your reports long? Plus do your doctors dictate clearly? I can't get that many lines a day and I can type fast. But it takes a lot of time to proof, look things up, etc. Honestly, how DO you get that many lines a day? I work as fast as I can, but it's hard when the reports are short, no normals, proofing, etc. What am I doing wrong?
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I'M PAID TO TRANSCRIBE..sm
Anything else is our gift to the MTSOs and their stockholders. Sure, they try to BS us and tell us its part of the job. It's part of the job only because they make it part of our job...gratis. Our only responsibility, as far as demographics are concerned, is checking that it is the right patient, a number will usually suffice. The visit number, which causes so much confusion and an unfair burden to the MT, should be the responsibility of the hospital or facility clerical department, but of course, it's easier to pass it on to us.
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time to transcribe a note
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You didn't by chance transcribe TomKat's
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So if you transcribe 100 lines, you dont get paid for
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