i don't think the spellchecker is lacking much more than any other
Posted By: sm on 2007-10-10
In Reply to: bayscribe - med3
but the bayscribe is not near as comprehensive as dqs, ie, not as many features. but it is also way quicker to learn. Awesome to get a lost report back, no having to call in. easy to see how you were QA'd. Even with less features, i like it better.
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Lacking work
I have barely had work for weeks now, and my one account has been slow for months, in spite of being promised that people would be moved off my accounts to the new ones. It's very frustrating because I have 3 accounts and the daily emails for weeks now on each account will suggest that the MTs go to the other accounts for work, with none of them having much work. My paychecks have been very short several in a row now and it's really starting to hurt our finances.
I would like to ask anyone who is having this problem, what type of accounts do you have? Lanier, C-phone, or internet? I am just curious if it's a particular type of account. I have internet accounts. I was very surprised when the email came out last week from Dorothy saying they were short so many lines and really needed help, because I can barely get work. I don't know where the busy accounts are. I would be happy to move to one of the busy accounts to get work, but the only info I have really received is to be patient, they are moving MTs around and it should get better. It was worse this week, not better, having barely any work at all this week.
I don't want to say anything negative about MDI because I have been very happy there and love the company, but I am very frustrated and concerned. I don't have a way to make up the money we are lacking week after week. I also am wondering why they are hiring new MTs rather than moving those of us lacking work to the new accounts. I just don't get it.
Not really lacking in work, but ---sm
I would like to run across a dictation where I didn't have to wonder what language they were dictating in. Just give me 25% of my present work, cut my line rate by 25% as well, but give me something I can work with. 99% ESLs or native-speaking train-catchers, sleep-walkers, belchers, Uh -- uh .. hmmm ... the patient ...uh ....the patient .... well, they don't pay the rent or feed my kids.
If, by some miracle, an actual UNDERSTANDABLE job pops up in an MT's queue, 1 of 2 things happen: Dictator's cell phone will ring throughout most of the dictation or, if a halfway decent report shows up in the queue ... it's snatched up STAT by the one who has the capacity to do so, wants to get her own lines in on top of a salary, and which dictation job is promptly replaced in the regular MT's queue by a piece of manure.Well they say they have a right to do it just because they can.
Something greatly lacking in this industry is
It's like nothing I have ever seen in my life, and I have had a lot of exposure to many corporate, medical, legal, restaurant jobs in all parts of the United States. This job gets you less respect than a chambermaid job. I did that in college. Yes, this MT industry is the pits. What a shame! It used to be so good.
I'm not being rude. The OP is stating she is lacking
work, and you give her a lecture related to your problems. Again, apples and oranges. That means opposite! So you slacked off and caused the company problems, etc. Unless you know the OP personally and are accusing her of same, your post is irrelevant. Are you helping her get work? Are you answering her question why there is no work for her? No, you turned her post into your own post! Help the lady out and answer her questions - she didn't ask for your work history, etc. Nothing said negative about the company, so you're rather protective. Unless, as often happens here, a whole thread was deleted by now and I missed it! Peace to you! Just trying to point out that your post is not helpful or on topic of the original questions!
Management of supervisors is lacking
There is something wrong when an obvious nut case is a supervisor. What is a nut case? A person who lies.
I formally request that upper management across the board consider reviewing their supervisors by way of anonymous feedback from the MTs under them.
Scum rises to the top with the cream - regulation keeps the scum from staying in power. Could we please have some regulations from upper management as the supervisors I am on occasion dealing with show clean signs of not having leadership qualities - I am witness to grown women, grandmothers, professionals who are lying and playing games, and it is not my imagination.
And this should wake you up because favoritism is taking place and the criteria to be given the best work has nothing to do with an MTs' ability to perform.
Not addressing this will cost you in the end - as the time and energy one utilize when they decide to chose the low road is money lost. Morale suffers and just like a pyramid, your company will crumble. India, you say? Scum is rising to the top there as well. Comcast has just returned.
Has everyone in leadership sold out to The Man and The Money? This is the true sign of decline - When integrity is lacking, word of mouth will wipe you off the map - complacency and true lack of desire to do a good job is the collateral damage when you allow cheaters, liars and thieves to supervisor (lead) us.
spellchecker
I am confused by you stating that you can't find the spellchecker. what do you mean by that? If the dictionary loads, then that is all you need. it runs in the background. you don't see it. it is not visible. it is just basically an addition to your dictionary. when you type in word, type in a specific medical term and if it is not underlined in red, then the spellchecker is working, but pick a hard one that a regular dictionary does not have. if the word is underlined in red, then try to reload, but make sure all other programs are closed, including your email. make sure your dictionary is set to accept an expanded dictionary.
spellchecker
Since it is a demo, that may be most of the problem right there. but, it also sounds like your Word program is not set to recognize it, either. Open a word document...go up to the tools menu...when it opens, there is a tab called spelling and grammar. click on that. another window will open with some settings in it. about the middle of that window is a button called dictionaries. click on that and make sure that it is set for CUSTOM.DIC (default). otherwise it will not recognize that there is another dictionary to be used other than what Word has supplied. I hope this helps. If not, I would contact Stedmans and maybe they have a suggestion for you. good luck.
If they're lacking in skills as you say, maybe they should apply for
They're already qualified for that, especially if they have 7 kids and no experience at MT any further back than 2003.
And how about that awful spellchecker?
More incorrectly spelled words than I have ever seen. Word is by far 100% better.
I thought exactly the same thing! Tech department must be lacking
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Newbie bud is working for them and she's lacking several payments right now. Time
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Bayscribe and Stedman's spellchecker
Does anyone know if you can use the Stedman's spellchecker with Bayscribe?
Have to provide your own spellchecker and expander
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I'm a midwest MT too (Kansas) ... but my gourd painting skills are definitely lacking too. :( n
It DID have a spellchecker, but a really poor one, if I remember correctly. nm
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as others have said, increase dictation speed, let spellchecker do it's job
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Vianeta also bad spellchecker. Were told to type
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I found Bayscribe to be rather ancient and the spellchecker is outdated. nm
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Dorland's makes a spellchecker? Thought just Stedman's
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Basic word books, spellchecker, expansion software...$450/500?? nm
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I found their software to be clunky & slow. A spellchecker is to be integrated into it down the
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