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When was there an Ex-Text upgrade??

Posted By: TT2 on 2007-06-13
In Reply to: Lots of maintenance going on lately, plus - TT'r

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    Transcend has Escription and EX text. Medware has ex-text.

    Deventure I know has Escription but I am not sure if they hire PT or not. 


    Yes, I do. Was this upgrade something that I would (sm)
    have seen happening on my screen?  Because if so, I didn't see anything unusual anytime.  I'm really confused now.
    Upgrade equipment
    Upgrading your equipment, I cant make enough money to pay for upgrading the equipment!  I have been sitting here all day, since 7:30 this morning, trying to get a decent line count and Im still only at around 500 lines..hardly any work all day..just about the worst I have ever seen it.  If and when I decide to move on, Im gonna have to go with a company that supplies the equipment.  Right now, this pay check I probably will just about be able to pay my bills and I need new tires!  LOL!  Well, I will be sitting here tonight till about midnight, hopefully some work will build up in the system.
    what the heck is there to upgrade anyway on a DD?
    nm
    Well, this is a significant upgrade from SM
    previous--Keystrokes will definitely now be on my list for possible employers.  I think you've really opened yourselves to a much larger talent pool with the improvement!
    Spheris upgrade?
    I have been down for the past 2 days due to computer problems. I was wondering if anybody else has been down. Also, I doubt I will get any down time.
    Windows XP - do you have to do the Microscoft upgrade? (sm)

    I've heard it's flawed and am afraid to do the time change upgrade.  Will it show that all the reports I do are an hour ahead?  I work on Ex-Text.


    Transtech did ExText upgrade on 6/6/07.
    When we logged onto the system ExText did an automatic upgrade on that day.  You must work for Transtech?
    It is the companies that do not want to pay to upgrade to get compatible with it. nm
    m
    You say word 2003 upgrade. Is this

    I didn't have to upgrade because I had it already but if its the same company I think the QA person can use a class in learning how to deal with people without rudeness. 


    an upgrade? mean newer version?
    This should not be an end of the year thingee seems to me.  I would ask what exactly an upgrade means. No reason not to ask for the facts. Does it mean an upgraded version of MedRite or upgrade to a newer type platform or just what does it mean.
    Company Board Software Upgrade.
    All the previous messages are available within archives. Click the URL below.
    Nice people, but they need a major upgrade.
    :(
    It was slow before this last upgrade. Tech support is sm
    wonderful as well. I don't find it slow.
    Stinks, doesn't it? Seems like everytime they do an upgrade sm
    the lines get tougher to get.
    The solution center's memo of an upgrade to the system SM
    in the next couple of weeks (not on company computer right now so don't remember exact date) includes release notes that says the issue of the platform freezing will be corrected. I hope this fixes some of my own problems.
    Memo specifically said upgrade would address the platform freezing up.
    xx
    Supposedly new upgrade for WordClient is compatible with Vista, per our mgmt.

    We are about to do an upgrade, and they say it will be compatible with Vista with this new upgrade of WordClient.  Yipeeee


     


    PS about Ex-Text
    I don't think it is Ex-Text that makes it hard to get lines, it is the way the company has Dictaphone set up the line count on their web site. But why work for a company you have to contantly make copies of your reports and reverify the line counts to make sure they are not cheating you? We are not paid enough to spend another hour at the end of the day to double check your line counts. You can do that and then fight with them but believe me they are going to win because they hold all the horses.
    Ex Text
    You can get your line count counting by the Word program counter within the program itself by clicking on tools and then scrolling down to word count, however, this is not how ExText lines are counted. There is about a 20-30% difference per report LESS with their way of counting. The company sets the way they count lines and they don't match up. Also, the sessions function in the program is BLOCKED. You have to go to the Dictaphone website to get a total line count, but no break down of how many reports or how many lines it counted for each report. Even using a word Expander program and typing as fast as you can, I think the average person can probably only make 800-1000 lines or less per 8 hour day on this system, may even have to work longer to accomplish this much. I myself am worn out and totally disgusted that a company would call itself anything less than a big cheat and shame on them!! I am moving on out and believe me as soon as I find something else, I will blast this company on every board I can find.
    Ex-Text
    The company that I work for says that you cannot have two versions of Ex-Text on your computer.
    Text only
    Transciption Relief Services (TRS) does not do VR. They have decent accounts, no pay issues, good benefits except the medical insurance decuctible is a bit steep ($1000) good communication and grew a lot during the year I was there. I left recently over some personal issues. They were set for new accounts over the summer. When I left a month ago, they were a bit low on work, but not as bad as some. Still, I think it might be worthwhile to check out their website since they don't always advertise.
    Beyond Text
    Does anyone who has used Beyond test find that it is extremely slow, even the ASR is slow add to that an ESL and your almost at a dead stop? Please tell me how it is for the rest of you???????????????????




    Lee VR to TEXT
    Lee,

    I will be more than happy to tell you. I more than doubled my line count with VR and still did not come out ahead. I would rather type it myself using my ShortHand and templates (much slicker). VR cannot figure out what ESLs are saying any better than I can, in fact a lot worse! Also, the other day, I had a 33-minute report (most of it instrumental music). If you can believe this, the VR typed paragraphs of jibberish for the music, just unbelievable? If doctors knew what their reports looked like before we edit them, they would come unglued. Get all the doctors front-end machines and let them go to work - I would love to see it.javascript:editor_insertHTML('text','');
    Instant text and OSI
    When I was there about six months ago, I used IT and it worked fine. You need an expander to make any money there....and still not easy to make with the system/amount of demographics you have to enter.
    I use Instant Text sm

    I use Instant Text with EXText without a problem. 


    I believe the EXText software is better than some, and certainly better than DocQScribe. 


    I think the pay is fair -- the more difficult accounts are paid at a higher rate. 


    The real problem with OSi is running out of work due to overstaffing, even with backup accounts.  The flip side is the bonus program for high production when the account falls behind.  Seems like am employee stability problem for some reason I can't figure out. 


    INSTANT TEXT
    Does anyone know if Intant Text has a trial version to use to decide if you like it before you buy it?
    Instant Text

    Instant Text
    All I can say is that I have Instant Text and it has interfaced with every kind of platform I've ever connected it with. Never have had any trouble with it whatsoever.
    Question about Beyond Text

    At first I had a pedal that was a 15-pin that I hooked to a game controller adapter to make it a USB.  It worked okay for about 2 days.  Then I lost my sound so MDI sends me another 15-pin pedal and a sound card to install so I wouldn't have to use the adapter.  Well I get the sound card in and install drivers after cutting off my onboard sound card.  I have sound okay until I open up the DA player that Beyond Text uses.  Then I lose sound and have to reinstall drivers.  It happens every time the DA player is opened up.  Anyone else experienced this problem?  I don't know what to do now.  Technical support couldn't seem to get the sound back the other day before they sent the sound card and I have put in a ticket but was just wondering if I am the only one with this problem. 


    Is this similar to Ex Text
    .
    Can Instant Text be used with
    TIA!
    Your text looks totally cut off to me. nm
    x
    Rapid Text
    Very good
    I'm trying to use Instant Text.

    I also have the the Saving Keystrokes book, but am so busy, don't have time to check it all out. I used to do macros back before Windows was born, but now cannot, for the life of me, figure out how to do any that work.


    Hopefully, when the work is a bit more caught up, I can spend some time with the book.


    Does anyone know if Instant Text
    TIA
    Ex-Text question, please. If you have to keep it at 100% (sm)

    how do you get past the point that the print is a little smaller than you are used to.  I do wear trifocals with the middle part set for computer screen usage, now I feel strained to see this print.  These glasses are about 3 months old.  Don't really want to have them replaced for that. 



    Everything else I access on the computer is fine, it is just the document on there.  If I change it to higher than the 100% it is great, but then you have to remember to change it back.



    Any ideas?


    i do outpatient text
    and I really do love it. The only thing I have ever typed before were tapes and a Dictatphone system over the phone with a local hospital group. I like the dictators for the most part, they have weeded out the extremely difficult ones and given them to people trained on those so even if I don't know the speciality I can still type the accounts with no problem. I was told that if I wanted to I could train on speech recognition in the future. I understand not wanting to switch to another account, it was just a thought. Have a great day!
    outpatient text

    Hi, I work on the MGH account but I do outpatient as opposed to inpatient and it is the EXText platform. 


    Again, I wasn't trying to get anyone upset about suggesting crosstraining, I was just wondering.  What do you work on ?


    Have you tried Instant Text?
    I tried that with Dragon, too. Major waste of time and money. If only I had bought Instant Text then, instead of Dragon. The best way to make money in this business is to become the absolute master of Instant Text. In less time than it takes to INSTALL Dragon, you will be using Instant Text with ease. My productivity increased massively the very first hour! It's a great investment. I really, really need to reduce the mileage on my wrists, so I decided to give IT a shot, and it's working!
    Instant Text
    Does anyone here use Instant Text along with Extext Word Client? Thanks.
    Any MDI-MD MTs using Instant Text? I need help (sm)
    Okay, when I use Instant Text in Bayscribe, it will not capitalize after the colons, and this is so irritating.  Does this do this to you? Also, for some reason, sometimes it will capitalize after a period and sometimes not.  There seems to be a glitch.  I called tech support at Instant Text and I updated with the latest revision but it is still sporadically not capitalizing after the periods.  I have both Bayscribe and Instant Text set to capitalize after a period.  Are any of you having this problem?  It is costing me a bunch of time and not to mention causing a lot of frustration. 
    Instant Text
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    I like IT because most of the macros (glossaries) are already pre-loaded, versus having to make every one yourself. It will also continue sentences and you pick the right phrase, or you can customize your glossaries. It takes a little time to learn it all because it does so much, but it is worth the investment, in my opinion.
    Instant Text
    InstantText has a forum you can go to to address this problem as I have just recently had this very same thing happen to me. I only resolved it when I went to the link provided in the form to download a revision of IT Pro.
    text expanders
    anything you have saved in MS word version 2003 is completely compatible.  Instant Text version 3 and 5 are compatible.  i believe that smart type version 4 is compatible as well.  any version of pc ShortHand also works well. 
    Who are the companies who use Ex-Text? TIA
    nm
    Sounds like you are on Beyond Text - It's
    xx
    Ruby at beyond text
    Ruby,

    That is exactly what I thought. I work hard and I am making so much less money of course I do hard ESLs most of the time. The platform is easy but I find it is extremely slow and hard to get more than 1200 lines in an 8 hour shift. At other places, I was over 2000-2600. I'm not sure exactly why that is? Thank you for validating me!
    Text to Speech
    I still have not heard from anybody who was very productive in text making more money in speech.   If the clients are going to save money on speech recognition, somebody has to lose, don't they? 
    That s/b local OR 800#. no text
     
    instant text
    Are you on the email group for Instant Text? If so I just sent out an email today with some commands. You can reply to that so I know your email at work. I think since you are on Chartmatrix, you might not be in that email group. You can do reply by email here but I actually have an older email on here-- but tell me you are emailing me and I will check that one. Just trying to get around putting my email on the board here, know what I mean?