Voice will reduce transcription and increase editing

along with lowering pay across the board.  There is a company I left after a short period of time who bought into Dragon's sales pitch.  It was a medical management company who thought they could make a quick buck moving into MT.  They bought the sales pitch without understanding the whole picture.

They hire at $8 an hour, have great benefits and expect you to kill yourself for that $8 an hour.  IF you edit more than 16,000 lines a day for each pay period (2 weeks), then you pay bumps up to $10/hr.  But if the average for any pay period is less than 16,000 lines per day, you get stuck with your $8 and are told if you don't like it leave.  Well, I did.  The day after I left they announced they were sending the editing to India.  Ain't that a kicker?  Their reason?  To get the MTs in India to train Dragon so the American MTs can make their 16,000 lpd goals and have happier employees

Things that make you go hummm.

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• Speech recognition and the future regarding MT work. Does anyone besides myself have the feeling - Sharon
  • the thing too is - stephanie
  • Voice will reduce transcription and increase editing - diddles
  • speech recognition - long-time MT
  • Please read.... - PathGuy
    • VR/speech recognition - long-time MT
      • Too many companies invested money in VR, and they are going to make - PROLEM IS
  • The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Let's be realistic. sm - Chicken Little aka MTSO
    • Why would anyone be so adamant about holding on to such a crud-ball, crap-paying, loser of a job lik - I say good riddance!
      • Do 16 y/o babysitters make $74k/year? That's what I sm - Well-Paid MT
        • LOL - SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURE you did! - LMAO
        • ok, admit it though . . . - jealous
          • She never made that much, and she WANTS you to feel inferior. - Don't buy into it.
            • on the contrary! - miss contrary..
              • Maybe one in a million MT's makes that but I still find it hard to believe. - sm
          • Before anyone says anything! - still jealous
      • speak for yourself - stephanie
    • Yeah, they said the same thing about the I-Pod, XM Radio and Serius Satellite radio a year or so ago - sm
      • Oh puhleeez - long-time MT
        • Yes - that's exactly what I'm saying. - sm
          • You need to visit------------ - long-time MT
    • Just so you know, this is another CL, not the CL you've seen here for a while now, before the mov - The other Chicken Little
      • Don't worry. There are no registered nicks here. Gotta be REALLY original. nm - MT
      • that should have read "before the movie came out.." :) nm - CL again
    • VR - long-time MT
  • This job is going down the toilet fast - sm
    • job going down the toilet - Totally agree
    • That is my feeling also (sm) - Studying MT
      • Will NEVER happen - PathGuy
        • It's already happening...and all that will be left is... - ooooold MT
          • If even that much work left, and hopefully they will be able to afford aspirin. (nm) - Studying MT
        • Agree with PathGuy - long-time MT
          • It's been happening since the beginning of time. - sm
            • I still agree with PathGuy - long-time MT
              • Are you going to work for the newspaper too? - LOL
                • Yeah really. He just has so much faith in the future of this industry - while he's looking to change jobs.
            • Actually, there are still blacksmiths, but we get your point. - nm
              • I said I didn't know any blacksmiths, not that there aren't any - sheesh
    • U.S. based company - long-time MT
    • it is hard - stephanie
    • I often feel the same way...(sm) - But I WANNA MT!
  • we will always be needed....nm - as long as there are AWFUL (most) dictators
    • hey nm - long-time MT
      • To *HEY NM*......want to tell me where...sm - as long as there are AWFUL (most) dictators
    • we will always be needed... - long-time MT
      • Now THAT's the ticket...*S*.....nm - as long as there are AWFUL (most) dictators

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From my own experience, you can make more typing.  The pay for editing is usually pretty low, by the line, and because the recognition is so bad, you might as well type the reports. The companies that market SR basically tell their prospective clients what they want to hear, e.g. that their SR can understand bad dictators and ESLs, that their SR isn't thrown off by background noise and that the doctors can dictate from anywhere (like their car in heavey traffic), and the SR will understand them.  I myself use SR to transcribe due to bad hands and wrists and I know what it can and cannot do.  I spent a lot of time training mine so I get around 98% accuracy.  Very few doctors will put in that kind of time.  The worst SR program that I have edited is Dictaphone and it is just terrible.  E-Scription is better and more user friendly.  Medquist's program isn't bad either, but it still boils down to how good the dictator is and if he/she is willing to change his/her dictation habits and where they dictate from, and most importantly, use a headset when they dictate.  Once a mumbler always a mumbler and if they are used to dictating their reports right after they see a patient, in the hall with phones ringing, nurses talking, etc., it is a lost cause as far as SR is concerned.  You might want to search the archives for messages from other people who have tried editing SR.  Good luck.

Thinking about testing for them.  I checked the archives and can't find anything.  This is all voice recognition work. I worked on editing voices files for the previous company I worked for.  I like doing this work, but didn't like the fact that it was less money.  I'm thinking I may be able to produce more to make up for the decrease in line rate.  Any thoughts on this company?

I keep seeing people post about this horrific company and I thought I would share my experience with them:

1.  I still haven't received payment for work that I completed in November!! The owner (initials J.L.) keeps giving me different excuses of why she hasn't paid me. The one check I did receive from them was a month late.

2.  After one of my many emails about the money owed to me and how much exactly is past due, she sent me an email saying the amount wasn't right and that we had agreed on a lower rate for one of the clients!! Absolutely NOT true!! So, after I completed this work, she apparently decided that I would be paid 0.045 and not the 0.06/line as promised (VR editing acct.).

3.  I actually ended up quitting because J.L. went off on a rant saying that I had made an unacceptable mistake in one of the reports. Later, after I proved that I was right, she apologized and said that she had a temper because of a three day migraine.

Now, I only worked for this company for two months (thank goodness it wasn't longer). If you're okay with being treated like this and not getting paid for work that you complete and her changing your rate, then go for it, but I would highly advise against it!! For those of you below that stated you had not been contacted after testing, just thank your lucky stars that you aren't working for her and hopefully you'll take my advice and never work for her.

Speech recognition.  Here are some rates.  This is not a guarantee, just what I know first-hand, and what I've been told from others as well.  It's just an average.

Cents per Line.

Sten-Tel - transcribe - 7.5, edit - 3

MDI - transcribe 8-8.5, edit 4-4.5

QT Medical - transcribe 8, edit 4

Focus - transcribe 7.5, edit 3

Is there is such a company?  Must pay on time.  Don't need insurance.

Would consider clinic work after 15 years of acute care experience.

Don't like my pay cut in half -- cannot make up for $$$$.   DQS was the only VR platform that was good to me $$$  wise.

nm

went to this company.  Pay is based on experience, like anywhere else.  You get adjustments based on quality score.  I got a raise the first quarter.  Regarding the negative comments about demographics, they were time consuming to me at first but CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE to eliminate a lot of the data entry on the unpaid screen.  I don't spend any more time on demogs now than I did at any other company. 

As I mentioned before, I am struggling with speed.

I am curious what most people start out typing (LPH) and how quickly you increased to your max (many mentioned they are 200-300+) lph.  Anyone who will share on this?

I appreciate it!

I know with the economy the way it is, I should probably just keep quiet and be thankful I have an income.  I realize there are many here that are without jobs and my heart goes out to you.

I have 18+ years of experience working in this field.  Six months ago I was hired by a national to cover a cardiology clinic account at .08 cpl.  I'd say at least 70% to 75% of the dictators are either ESL or mumbling/speedy Americans on a good day.  Today I have 100% ESLs!.  There are probably only two or three decent dictators in the whole lot if you can find one in the queue.  Turnover on this particular account has been so bad that cherry picking is actually permitted!

I've already applied for a other accounts within the company (that were advertized on various job boards) and haven't had any luck yet.  I probably won't get the opportunity to move because they can't keep this account covered.

With that being said, would it be unreasonable to ask for an increase to at least .09 to stay on this account?  The only other way I have a chance of making any money is to type for 10 hours a day.

Sorry I couldn't give you the short version! TIA!

I don't think the original poster meant a 30% increase in pay, but a 30% increase in productivity! 

Interesting, working the same but lines have increased by about 200 per day.

in production.  

To break even in this picture, you would have to have a much greater increase in production. IF you currently do 2000 lines a day at 8 cpl, and your new "blended" rate pays 4.8 cpl, you would have to do 3,334 lines to break even, or at least a 67% increase in production.  Do you all really think you can do it?