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Just got call from AT&T unlimited long distance and sm.... - Posted By: A lil worred!

even though I talked with them extensively about this over 1 month ago, they still don't understand why the "trigger alarm" keeps going off on my unlimited plan account since I wasn't using the phone line for "internet" usage. I dial into somewhere using a lanier and get the voice for dictation. I do all the transcription over DSL. They haven't put a block on me yet, but I guess what I am wondering here is....."IS THERE A TRICK" to keep the trigger alarm from going off?? What is everyone else doing about this because apparently they are not going away and I need a place to go if/when they cut me off. TIA

Memory problems... - Posted By: PAMT

In the last year or so, I have noticed I am having problems with my short-term memory. Not just the usual walking into a room and wondering, "Now, why did I come in here?"

although I do that, too. My work space is in my basement and unless I write something down as soon as I think of it, by the time I walk up the stairs, it's gone. I was at my GYN this spring and told her about it. She tested my blood sugar and did a thyroid panel and they were fine. I just turned 39, so I feel like I am too young for this. I have no trouble remembering medical terms for work or with remembering things from years ago, it's just the day-to-day stuff that I feel I should be able to remember and just can't. My husband just laughs but I am so frustrated!

Hey, Steelers fans! - Posted By: Fatty

Check out this link - wierd but cool

GO STEELERS!!!!!!!!!!

Looking for a medication website - Posted By: karen

I used to have a link to a website that if you only knew three letters to the medication it would give you options. My computer had since crashed and I lost that website and cannot find it. A lot of times I can hear only a few syllables of the med they are saying. Does anyone know a website that you can put a partial part in and get choices?

Hey editors..is 3cpl a fair rate for rad? - Posted By: (sm)

I know different factors play into this, but given the best case scenario (platform, etc) is that about what the going rate is? This company offers an increase to 4cpl in 90 days, so just curious if this is in the right neighborhood for editing. If you have some not so great MTs, you could spend more time editing and giving feedback than they did typing it to start with..and only getting paid 1/2 or 1/3 of what they are getting paid.

question - Posted By: question

After quitting a job, is there a time requirement for being paid your last check? Thank you.

Fleas and air conditioning...sm - Posted By: Been lucky so far. Hope my time hasn't ran out

Do you think that a flea would die if it were to come into a house that is really cold. We keep our air very, very cold and everyone around has had a horrible time with fleas. But we let our two cats come in and out as they wish and tonight is the first night I have noticed fleas on one of my cats. Let me tell you it was the whole flea family. So I rushed him in and bathed him with flea shampoo....It seems like I heard somewhere though that cold kills fleas (if they were to jump off the cat). Has anyone ever heard of this? I just hope that I got them before they became a problem in my home.....

how about 54 discharge meds?? - Posted By: sm

That's got to be a record, at least from my end -- i was thankful when he dictated that reader was referred to chart for most of them -- wow. how can a body handle all that really??

Programming C-phone - Posted By: Lost

Hi everyone,

I purchased a Dictaphone C-phone off of EBay; however, it did not come with a manual. I am totally lost. Are they all the same when it comes to signing a job off, leaving a job open, fasting forwarding a job, etc.? Is this something you have to program into the phone? If so, can someone tell me how to program my phone for these different requests?

New WAV Pedal for sale - Posted By: Ronnie MT

I have a new GearPlayer PC Wave Player with USB foot control and all software for sale. Got it from TranscriptionGear.Com. Virtually brand new, still with box with all paperwork. Used 1 hour to take a 5 exam test for a company I work for. Was was 199.95, sell for 150.00.

shorthand to DocQ - Posted By: janett

Is there any way to transfer from ShortHand to DocQ or to Auto correct in MS Word? Any help is appreciated.

ER reports - Posted By: me

Was there a posting on the boards recently about doing mostly ER reports? What was the name of the company? I cannot find it now. Thanks.

Word expander... hope for advice - Posted By: 1teriwh

can anyone tell me if it is worth purchasing word expanding software, or does the auto correct option in word do the same thing?

Looking for you - Posted By: Ronnie MT

Barbara Tice - I noticed you answered an add on this site and was thinking about you. I trained you 10 years ago and we certainly lost touch. Email me , the short little dark haired lady, at rnjob1@yahoo.com

Transcend services - Posted By: Mary

Has anyone heard of Transcend Services? Is this a good company to work for? I need to find a dependable reliable national co to work for. Thanks for any advice

OB/GYN sites - Posted By: MTOhio

Can someone tell me of some good OB/GYN sites out there? For that matter, any good specialty sites. I'm fairly new to transcription and still gathering good reference sites.

Thanks in advance!

MTOhio

What's the best way to take an online - Posted By: transcription test? sm

I have 4 pretty long transcription tests to take from an online site and am tearing my hair out!!! I can't figure out Express Scribe (and I'm told it probably won't work), but using manual controls on these voice files s going to take me all night. Is there a trick to it?

what kind of electronic spell checker to you use? sm - Posted By: radmt

i'm thinking of getting an electronic spell checker, where it will automatically correct your words as you type. is there such a program?

thanks

Anyone ever tried Dual Action Cleanse or any other colon cleansing products? sm - Posted By: MTheaded

The infomercial was not pretty, and this guy focused way too much on BMs and such, but said that John Wayne died with 42 pounds of undigested material in his colon ... yuck! Supposedly, you use this product and feel tons of energy and all that ... wondered if it was just more hype or maybe someone had actually tried it. ?

What does FTP site mean? - Posted By: me

Thanks!

How can you tell if you're being assigned certain jobs or not? sm - Posted By: suspiciousMT

It seems to be as if I've been getting mostly the yucky dictators for a while now, with some good ones being thrown in here and there. I know a while back with this company (been here 1-1/2 years), I noticed a good change with getting assigned same clinics (clinic acct., obviously). It was even brought up at a phone conference, and the VP acknowledged they'd changed tactics and were assigning accts. as opposed to just letting us all in the pool. Said it was a good change for the company, and we MTs agreed as well.

But, for the last couple of months or so, I've noticed a downward trend in my dictators, and the job numbers aren't in order, just here and there, even different clinics popping in and out. I emailed the Account Liason and asked her if there was something going on here, and she said she didn't know, she'd have to check with the MT supervisor. She then came back & said no, there's been no change or assignments (which I reminded her the VP herself had said there was), and that I was just getting the luck of the draw.

However, something I'd read on this board got me to thinking. If these people in the position to control these jobs, such as the AL and who all else, are also typing and getting paid by the line, naturally they could pull in all the good jobs themselves. If they do get paid by production, I don't think they should be able to control the ques at all.

I just don't know whether to pursue this line of questioning or not, since I'd already tried once, and I'm not 100% sure of myself, just suspicious. Like, the other accts. jobs that are thrown in between while working on one clinic is usually a bad one.

Any advice/suggestions would be appreciated.

Also, should I ask for a line-rate increase? I've been here 1-1/2 years and am making the same as I started, .08/line.

Any advice on the best anti-virus for home office?? - Posted By: Infected MT

I've got Norton 360 installed on my PC and kept getting a popup all day yesterday that said my PC was infected and that I should click "here" to download Personal Antivirus. Yeah right! I ran a Norton scan and it said my PC was clean, but this popup box came up over and over to the point, I had to call Dell because I couldn't download software from their site.

Anyway, I finally downloaded Malwarebytes (free version) and it found and removed 12 Trojans!!!

I'm definitely going to keep the Malwarebytes, but need a really good anti-virus. I've done my research, but have read good and bad about all of them. AVG 8.0 didn't have the good reviews that the 7.5 had, but I found out last night that AVG 8.5 is now out. Anyone use it?

Norton sucks! As soon as I find a decent AV program, it's gonesky!

Thanks!

office lighting comparison - Posted By: frugal MT

Everyone's talking about the compact fluorescent lighting saving hundreds of per year in energy costs. That's swell, but I have tried using these bulbs in my office, and the lighting is not at all adequate. In my experience, the CFLs do not come close to light output of incandescent (standard) bulbs. I'd have to buy extra lamps with CFLs to equal the amount of light I need and can get through standard bulbs. I have my office lights on for 10+ hours a day. I turn them off when I take a break, of course, and at the end of the day. However, my power bill is through the roof already, as Ameren has dumped another rate increase on Illinois.

So: Need the best lighting option for the lowest price possible. Any ideas?

Does anyone know any good advice on how to - Posted By: Tracey

get rid of Office 97 when installing Editscript? If Editscript finds traces of Office 97, it won't install. I have talked with Escription and they gave me links to download Office registry removal and that didn't work. Thanks

Transcend - Posted By: MT

Transcend is by far the worst company I have ever worked for so I totally agree with the post above. They treat their employees absolutely horrible and I would never tell anyone to apply for a job there. A lot of promises that are never kept....

I guess I needed this and maybe others do too - Posted By: Need a break

Gratefulness, Not Hatefulness
Five things we can do to bring healing into our hearts.




Imagine a country whose citizens--maybe even its leaders--are brave, calm, and open towards each other; a country whose people realize that all human beings belong together as one family and must act accordingly; a country guided by common sense. To the extent to which we show ourselves not hateful but grateful, this becomes reality.

But gratefulness? The very word seems utterly out of place, even offensive, under the given circumstances. And yet, that we speak of �given� circumstances is significant. Whatever is given is a gift, and the appropriate response to any gift is gratitude. But what could be the gift in this case?

The gift we were given by the wake-up call of September 11 is an unprecedented opportunity: to wake up, wake up to the madness of violence and counter-violence. What happened to New York was as much and as little a first as what happened to Hiroshima. After all, we witnessed merely the most recent link in a chain of revenge for revenge. This recent retaliation is certainly not the first, but it gives us a unique opportunity to wake up and to make it the last.

Strange though it is, many of us were able to ignore the vicious circle of violence against violence--our own and that of others--as long as it was happening far away. We were asleep. September 11 was a rough awakening.

What now? We can show ourselves grateful for the wake-up call by staying awake, by acting wakefully. A danger recognized and faced is cut in half. The danger is violence regardless of who commits it, terrorists or legitimate governments. No rhetoric, no posturing can any longer obscure the fact that violence breeds violence. We must break that cycle of madness.

Violence has its roots in every heart. It is in my own heart that I must recognize fear, agitation, coldness, alienation, and the impulse to blind anger. Here in my heart, I can turn fear into courageous trust, agitation and confusion into stillness, isolation into a sense of belonging, alienation into love, and irrational reaction into common sense. The creative imagination of gratefulness will suggest to each one of us how to go about this task. I will list here five small gestures that have helped me personally to show my gratitude for the wake-up call and to stay awake.
But gratefulness? The very word seems utterly out of place, even offensive, under the given circumstances. And yet, that we speak of �given� circumstances is significant. Whatever is given is a gift, and the appropriate response to any gift is gratitude. But what could be the gift in this case?

The gift we were given by the wake-up call of September 11 is an unprecedented opportunity: to wake up, wake up to the madness of violence and counter-violence. What happened to New York was as much and as little a first as what happened to Hiroshima. After all, we witnessed merely the most recent link in a chain of revenge for revenge. This recent retaliation is certainly not the first, but it gives us a unique opportunity to wake up and to make it the last.

Strange though it is, many of us were able to ignore the vicious circle of violence against violence--our own and that of others--as long as it was happening far away. We were asleep. September 11 was a rough awakening.

What now? We can show ourselves grateful for the wake-up call by staying awake, by acting wakefully. A danger recognized and faced is cut in half. The danger is violence regardless of who commits it, terrorists or legitimate governments. No rhetoric, no posturing can any longer obscure the fact that violence breeds violence. We must break that cycle of madness.

Violence has its roots in every heart. It is in my own heart that I must recognize fear, agitation, coldness, alienation, and the impulse to blind anger. Here in my heart, I can turn fear into courageous trust, agitation and confusion into stillness, isolation into a sense of belonging, alienation into love, and irrational reaction into common sense. The creative imagination of gratefulness will suggest to each one of us how to go about this task. I will list here five small gestures that have helped me personally to show my gratitude for the wake-up call and to stay awake.
All gratitude expresses trust. Suspicion will not even recognize a gift as gift: Who can prove that it isn�t a lure, a bribe, a trap? Gratefulness has the courage to trust and so overcomes fear. The air has been electrified by fearfulness these days, a fearfulness fostered and manipulated by politicians and the media. There lies our greatest danger: Fear perpetuates violence. Mobilize the courage of your heart, as the truly awake ones are doing. Say one word today that gives a fearful person courage.

Because gratitude expresses courage, it spreads calm. Calm of this kind is quite compatible with deep emotions. In fact, the mass hysteria rampant all around betrays confusion rather than deep feeling--superficial agitation rather than a deep current of compassion. Join the truly compassionate ones who are calm and strong. From the stillness of your heart�s core reach out. Calmly hold someone�s hand today and spread calm.

When you are grateful, your heart is open--open towards others, open for surprise. In the days since the wake-up call we have seen remarkable examples of this openness: strangers helping strangers often in heroic ways. Others turn away, isolate themselves, dare even less than at other times to look at each other. Violence begins with isolation. Break this pattern. Make contact with people whom you normally ignore--eye-contact at least--with the agent at the toll booth, the parking lot attendant, someone on the elevator. Look a stranger in the eyes today and realize that there are no strangers.

You can feel either grateful or alienated, but never both at the same time. Gratefulness drives out alienation; there is no room for both in the same heart. When you are grateful, you know that you belong to a network of give-and-take and you say "yes" to that belonging. This "yes" is the essence of love. You need no words to express it; a smile will do to put your "yes" into action. Don�t let it matter to you whether or not the other one smiles back. Give someone an unexpected smile today and so contribute your share to peace on earth.

What your gratefulness does for you is as important as what it does for others. Gratefulness boosts your sense of belonging; your sense of belonging in turn boosts your common sense. Your "yes" to belonging attunes you to the common concerns shared by all human beings. After the wake-up call, nothing else makes sense but common sense. We have only one enemy, our common enemy: violence. Common sense tells us that we can stop violence only by stopping to act violently; war is no way to peace. Listen to the news today and put at least one item to the test of common sense.

The five steps I am suggesting here are small, but they work. It helps that they are small; anyone can take them. Yet, if we do so, calm, courage, and common sense--a growing circle of light--will radiate all around us. Who would have foreseen that gratitude could shine forth with new brightness in these dark days? May it light our way.

Bro. David Steindl-Rast

I've been shopping around for some fingerless gloves to wear while typing. My hands get very SM - Posted By: MissouriMT

VERY when I'm typing, especially in the fall and winter months. I've tried the the carpal tunnel gloves an they just drive me nuts. I really just need something soft and warm so my hands stay warm. Any suggestions? I've been looking at the Wristies website and I've about decided to buy a pair, but I wanted to get some opinions. Anyone use Wristies? How do like them?

Any other suggestions would be appreciated. I have to take numerous breaks throughout the day to warm up my hands and it's really irritating.

Thanks!

RE: Need help with jump codes - sm - Posted By: Kris

Hi. I'm use control for my jump code and works fine. BUT....... I am using Chartscript so have headings like:<Name:>

Only problem - when I jump to the , it deletes the as it should but leaves an extra space between the : and the > so I always have to backspace - any suggestions??? TIA!!

Help, has anyone heard of or dealt with Deborah's Touch - Posted By: anna

Has anyone heard of Deborah's Touch in Arizona? I bought her course and finished it but cannot get her to okay my homework so I can test, and get a completion certificate. Has anyone been able to get results from this agency? Very frustrating and not what I was told when I paid for the course! Any ideas or guidance?

spell check - Posted By: Janie

Have to purchase a new spell check. Hard drive on my computer had to be replaced and with that lost the spell check.

Asking all the experienced MTs out there to advise which is best, Spellex, Sylvans or something else.

Price is also factor.

Thank you!

phone rage - Posted By: Snow Bunny

If you've ever been frustrated by those automated phone menus, there�s an easy solution. Find out how to talk to an actual person right away.

http://paulenglish.com/ivr/

C-phone help, please... - Posted By: mtinmt

Subject: C-phone help, please...

I am supposed to start training for my new job at MDI and was told I would need to use my C-phone. I have not used one of these in years. How do I know I have it hooked up correctly??

What is the best player for digital files? - Posted By: Patty

I have used Express Scribe for years but ever since I restored my computer it will not play .dss files any more. I have downloaded every codec out there, etc. I have Gearplayer also but cannot stand it. What does everyone else use? Thanks

crockpot turkey breast question - Posted By: sandy54

I just got a crockpot, have not really used one much. I want to cook a boneless turkey breast. Have looked at recipes online, most have no liquid added. The idea of leaving it on low at home, while I'm a work, (with no liquid) makes me a little nervous. Comments? TIA

Has anyone used a credit counseling service to consolidate credit cards? - Posted By: Credit cards are out of control!!

What was your experience? Was it worth it? Which ones are credible?

Laptops and foot pedals - Posted By: Julia

I just discovered that the foot pedal I use with Bayscribe does not fit into my laptop! The foot pedal has a 9-pin connection and the laptop has mostly only USB portals. I don't want to buy a new foot pedal. Is there any sort of adapters or some other way to make this work?

Is this legal or just not very smart? (sm) - Posted By: Don't like it, but....

I have a cardiologist who dictates from a template. Even if he does not mention things from the template, they are to be left in (negatives and positives). This includes in the PE a respiratory rate of 12. He never mentions it, but I have been told to leave it in. The odds of every patient he sees having a respiratory rate of 12 are pretty astronomical, and I think a lawyer could have fun with this if pressed. My supervisor agrees but feels we should give the client what they want.

Does anyone have experience with FusionVoice by Dobley dictation system?? sm - Posted By: Thanks!!

The hospital I work for is looking for a new dictation system and was looking into this system.

Warning about MTSO in Scottsdale, AZ sm - Posted By: MT

There is a lady by the name of Cynde Burchell who owes friends of mine over 400.00 for work that was done. she is not answering her phone, she is off of the IM and she pretty much is MIA right now. She lost a huge account and she would rob Peter to pay Paul with all of her MTs, I know, she did it to me twice and I should have quit the first time. My friends did some work for her. It is almost 2 months now, and no pay for them. They have been contacting her, phoning her, emailing her.....they are getting nothing. If any of you MTs see an ad posted by a Jeanette...she is posting for Cynde Burchell. DO NOT GO THERE!!! She owes one MT over 600.00 from about almost 6 months ago. I don't usually state names, but this is ridiculous. She stiffed so many people, I don't care anymore. So, I am warning people on various boards about this one.

EMDAT, INSCRIBE - Posted By: nn

If anyone uses this program...could you please let me know what text Expander program you can use...If this question has been answered before...sorry...I don't get on here every day, and have been using Inscribe without any text expander because the one I have does not work with it...so I thought I would get some input as to which ones are able to be used with this software.

Thanks!

Question, can anyone help me? - Posted By: justme

I have two computers, work for two companies. I have DSL on one computer, nothing yet on the other. Can I download my DSL account on my second computer too? Same account, two computers? It isnt networking, as only one computer will be on at a time..It is just unplugging one computer from the modem and plugging in the other.

SOS! Any iType iPlayer users - Posted By: In the house?...sm

I am starting a new job with this platform which I have never used before. For reasons I don't care to get into (don't get me started) I am without a foot pedal until next week, so I am trying to use audio hot keys. The hot keys on my laptop quick launch buttons only work with iTunes. I tried to use the "help" button on the iPlayer but it does not display (it drives me crazy when I find out that for whatever reason, MTs are blocked from using help features!). Does anybody know if iPlayer has audio hot keys or if there is someplace on the web I can find help with iPlayer? I am looking at the FutureNet website at the moment, but so far, no luck.

Our Military People - Posted By: This holiday season

I want to share something my family does in case you're interested in doing something similar. We live near a military base and every year I call and get the names of a couple of soldiers to invite into our home for Christmas Day. These are soldiers who are very far from home and not scheduled for leave on Christmas. We been doing this for several years and it has been such a wonderful experience. We have made friends that we'll keep in contact with until ...

We pick up these soldiers up at a set time and set gate on the base. They have dinner with us and we always give them some small gifts -- phone cards, note cards, stamps, restaurant gift certificates, etc. The guys love it when they get a box of all occasion cards with stamps, as most of them say they aren't very good at picking out cards to send back home. We end the evening by driving around showing them Christmas lights, etc.

Yes, it is generally a bit awkward for them at first, but they always end up getting "comfortable" and enjoying themselves.

You usually need to call early - they do have to make sure you aren't a serial killer or terrorist. Often times, they have an office set up where you fill out a form for "adopting a soldier" and that simplifies matters a great deal.

Merry Christmas to all of you!

Who had fun shopping on "Black Friday"? - I did - sm - Posted By: Laura E.

but I go without a "toy" agenda (did my toy shopping Monday and Tuesday so I had everything I wanted already), just go to get my kids and husband clothes mainly at great prices and to have fun with the kids--continuing the "tradition" that I had with my mom. Got myself a 1 GB Verbatin "Store 'n Go" since my zip disks are dying, $40 (reg. price $90), another great deal! I bought my DH 4 good dress shirts normally $136, for $62, can't beat that. Kohl's was packed so unfortunately did not get anything there like I would have liked to, the line was halfway to the back of the store but Sears and Penney's were fine, stood in line for 10 minutes tops, can live with that. Well off to do some work now......luckily not too tired to bang out 40 minutes or so. Have a good weekend!

MT with broken wrist-need advice - Posted By: crispycritterMT

I'm a single MT IC. I broke my wrist 12/31, had surgery and now have a cast. I worked a few days, but very painful and slow. Typing with one hand now. Haven't worked for 8 days. No work. No pay. Anyone else been in this situation? Did you apply for disability?

We MTs get NO respect. - Posted By: sick and tired

We're a dime a dozen. We're not paid what we're worth, we're expected to sit and wait for work, and we're expected to adjust our schedules according to the work. What about our families? What about any semblance of a social life that we (used to!) have? I'm looking to get out of this field altogether. Those of you who still love it, I envy you. I've fallen out of love with this industry long ago, but kept chugging along because I thought there was nothing else I was qualified to do that would make me any money. Well, I'm at the point that I'll work 2 jobs if I have to, as long as I enjoy them and they pay well. I need benefits, so 1 job will have to provide health insurance....other than that, I'm open to new horizons.

Anybody know if Shortcut for Windows works with Chartscript? nm - Posted By: MT in GA

x

I will not post nasty messages - Posted By: anon

about ESL. I will not post nasty mesages about ESLs. I will not post nasty messages about ESL.

Okay, done. I did not post a nasty message about ESLs.

Informatix - Posted By: Deb

A doctor's office is using Informatix program for their electronic record program. Does any IC use this program and how is the pay rate determined? Thanks!

2975 lines yesterday! (sm) - Posted By: Exhausted

Yes, I'm bragging. I'm rather proud of myself with that. Would have been more, but my foot pedal unplugged itself 1/2 hour before day's end!

Stupid nonholiday means there's no more work.

Speaking of nonholidays, my children did come up with a nice Rosa Parks Day tradition -- meatloaf, since that's what Ms. Parks was planning for dinner that night.