Won't see that. They were bought out by Nuance. NM

• Focus Infomatics? - MTinTX
  • Focus offshores 80% of their work to India. And I heard they are headed - for Bankruptcy! Fingers Crossed!
    • Won't see that. They were bought out by Nuance. NM - I highly doubt it
      • Do we really have to go through all this again?!?!?! - SM
        • focus - cmuller
        • major transition - Sue
          • Yeah, that's what they told me when I was hired... - THEY LIE
            • confusing... - Sue
  • Also, does Focus have paid training - & how much? NM

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I think Nuance owns Dictaphone now too. When I was looking for a C-phone manual it took me to their site. Maybe not so bad a deal, time will telleth.

Anyone working for this company?  Any input would be appreciated....

Does anyone have any info about this company?

I was sure I had read previously posts but I am unable to find.

Maybe I am just looking for the wrong word  combination or on the wrong board?

Any information appreciated!

Does Nuance own Dictaphone?   Is Ex-Text solely a Dictaphone platform?   Is Nuance also an MTSO--do they hire MT's directly? 

nm

It is no longer a mystery to me as to why or where our worktypes (especially ER) are slowly disappearing from accounts at Focus Infomatics/Nuance.  On their website, Nuance has stated that their goal is to totally automate transcription.  I wonder if that goal includes the eradication of MTs?

Anyway, here's a peek into the future with Focus Infomatics/Nuance:

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=9978&fromRSS=true

There's more information on page 2 as well.

http://dockets.justia.com/search?q=Nuance+Communications%2C+Inc.

I ran across the above Federal Case Dockets while searching for something else entirely.  Anyone know why Nuance Corp. is involved in so many and what they are about?  One of the complaints is racketering.  What is going on?

I would avoid this company completely.  After much emailing back and forth with Janeen Neale, who led me to believe there was an account for me, I was advised yesterday that there was a hiring freeze for my intended account.  No mention of this was ever made to me before.  Also, she advised me that Vista and Word 2007 would work just fine -- then in yesterday's email telling me about the hiring freeze, she also added that the account didn't work with Vista/Word 2007 -- only XP/Word 2003.  To add insult to injury, she even got my name wrong!!!, lol.  Avoid this company.

Hello,

Whenever an employer requires you to work a certain schedule or attend a mandatory training, they are are absolutely required to pay you a minimum wage.  Period.

Long story short, I was in the same boat and contacted DOL a few months back.  With regards to Nuance/Focus, a company located near Boston, MA, here is the DOL office to contact regarding the issue of not getting paid properly:

US DEPT OF LABOR
WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION
JFK FEDERAL BUILDING
Room 525
Boston, MA  02203

Phone:  617-624-6715 or 617-624-6700

Persons to speak to:
Mr. Paul Sullivan (not sure of his title)

Mr. Robert Lang, ( I think his title is Assistant District Director).

I really don't think eScription is going to like the fact that Dictaphone/Nuance is going to be working on their platform and learning their secrets to their software.........do you?

This is so interesting to me as I am an eScription editor.  Maybe it is time I start my own business again and contact all of the eScription hospital accounts or contact eScription and get their input on this.

In reading Nuance's press release, Bringham Women's Hospital is an eScription account not a dictaphone account.   Very interesting......Don't you think?  Would love to hear opinions on this.

that explains why the downhill slide.

TT uses Dictaphone's WordClient and ExSpeech platforms. 

Dictaphone (the company) contracts with MTSO's to use their equipment and they (Dictaphone/Nuance) *divide* out the work each MTSO gets.  That is one of the reasons for OUR VERY LOW WORKLOAD anymore !!!!  We would be better off if we worked for a company who is not Dictaphone/Nuance-dependent for work. 

The very few accounts Transtech has -- mostly  overflow accounts -- are Dictaphone/Nuance accounts.  We TransTech MT's wait for Dictaphone/Nuance to throw a few jobs our way, which is NOT happening.  All of TransTech MT's are making LESS than ever day-by-day, paycheck-by-paycheck.  Heads up ! ! ! ! ! ! !

out seeking work for all the MT's that they have recently hired on.  That is not a good thing when Dictaphone has control of how much work TT gets, when we can have some work from them, etc.  They have other MTSO's who want work for their MT's, too, so Dictaphone/Nuance has to share with all MTSO's who have contracted with them to use their equipment; thus, doling out jobs as Dictaphone/Nuance sees fit for their good.