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Work was getting a little low for the national that I have been with for 2 years now so I thought I'd put my feelers out and tested with another company.

"Hi this is no name from company X. We have received your inquiry and your test results and would like to speak with you as soon as possible regarding a position that we have available with our company that suits your needs."

First I didn't like her tone of voice, second I didn't like the fact that she left a message about this on my answering machine that has the generic message "hello, nobody is available to take your call"

In the meantime, work picked up and I really don't want to start over someplace new so I just erased the message and moved on. TWO days later I get an email from the same woman who left the message that said: "Thank you for your application. We have reviewed your test results and have found that we have candidates that are more suitable to our needs."

I'm just being nosy because I'd like examples. I feel like I'm drowning in "stuff". I've been decluttering and trying to get organized for years now, but it doesn't seem to be helping. I got rid of all the stuff I was saving for "some day it might be worth something". I feel like just going through the house and chucking everything because I'm tired of looking at the piles of crap everywhere. It's not like it's a pigsty either, but there's just too much of it. I've sold stuff on ebay and in yard sales, but it's all piling up again. I hate it. I'm not a packrat. Anybody else feel like this?

And finances. Do you have a checkbook or do you operate on a cash basis? Do you track every single penny every month using a home accounting program? I've been really anal about our finances for years now, too. I'm just tired of the stress of it. It seems like life would be so much easier if we just lived life instead of trying to remember where it all went. Honestly, why do I need to keep track of it all? It's not like I'm a wasteful spender.

I am being paid 4 cpl for editing reports produced by voice recognition software (eScription). Is 4 cpl the norm? Are other companies paying more to edit voice recognition reports?

I currenlty have one account of my own and am an IC through a very small local transcription company. However, I want more of my own accounts. I have sent letters and am willing to do more. Does anyone have any idea on what it takes to "land" an account? Thanks so much for any ideas/help/suggestions!!

I hate when this happens! They cry for backlog to be caught up, yet we can't get to it to do it. Meanwhile, ANOTHER holiday wasted in front of the PC waiting for work.

MedRemote wants 4 cpl, and as it usually takes a while to be paid for new work, I need to start out with a lower cost. Their web site says they start out at 1.7 cpl and it goes down from there depending on how many lines you do. Just wondering if anybody could share their experience, good or bad. I do not have money to buy equipment outright at this time so am looking into this alternative.

Anyone know of a good doctor lookup without the thing where you have to type in one of those codes before viewing.

Come to work for Soft Script. If you are a "newbie" transcriptionist, do not mind us stealing your lines, enjoy rude, threatening, and hateful e mails, and among numerous other things - you like to work for less than minimum wage, then we have the perfect position for you.

Yes folks, this is what you will get when you go to work for Soft Script, it is a lot of fun, everyone should try it.

Advice from any of you PROS----I have been editing for three months now. I have 3 kids under 5-years-old and I can't seem to get a thing done. I feel like all I do is work (alittle her and a little there) between the kids and before I know it, it's 11pm.

How did any of you do this and stay home with the kids. PLEASE any advice will help---I am seriuosly thinking about going back to the office!

Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have announced today the discovery of eight previously unknown, ancient animal species within "a new and unique underground ecosystem in a cave near Ramle, Israel.

In a press conference on the Mt. Scopus campus of the Hebrew University, the researchers said the discovery came about when a small opening was found, leading to a cave extending to a depth of 100 meters beneath the surface of a quarry in the vicinity of Ramle, between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The quarry is operated by cement manufacturer Nesher Industries.

The cave, which has been dubbed the Ayalon Cave, is "unique in the world", said Prof. Amos Frumkin of the Hebrew University Department of Geography. This is due mainly to its isolation from the outside world, since the cave's surface is situated under a layer of chalk that is impenetrable to water. The cave, with its branches, extends over some 2� kilometers, making it Israel's second largest limestone cave. It is to remain closed to the public to permit further scientific research.

The invertebrate animals found in the cave � four seawater and freshwater crustaceans and four terrestial species � are related to but different from other, similar life forms known to scientists. The species have been sent to biological experts in both Israel and abroad for further analysis and dating. It is estimated that these species are millions of years old. Also found in the cave were bacteria that serve as the basic food source in the ecosystem.

The animals found there were all discovered live, except for a blind species of scorpion, although Dr. Dimentman is certain that live scorpions will be discovered in further explorations and also probably an animal or animals which feed on the scorpions.

The underground cave includes an underground lake, in which the crustaceans were found. The lake is part of the Yarkon-Taninim aquifer, one of Israel's two aquifers, yet is different in temperature and chemical composition from the main waters of the aquifer. The lake's temperature and salinity indicates that its source is deep underground.

Among the interesting features of the discoveries thus far in the cave is that two of the crustaceans are seawater species and two others are of a types found in fresh or brackish water.

This can provide insights into events occurring millions of years ago regarding the history of ancient bodies of water in the region.

In your opinion what is the most popular method in which clinic Radiologists dictate.....handheld recorder, over the phone or through PC.

I am interested in any information about Northeast Transcription.. How are they to work for?

Hello, I was just wanting some advice on obtaining some accounts. I have 3, which all came by word of mouth/referrals. Does calling offices, sending out fliers or faxing info seem to work best? I really need more work and am interested in getting some tips from other IC's.

I recently began using an ergonomic split keyboard. I hated the first ergo boards that came out (where your hands were almost facing each other when you typed. However, these new split keyboards are so comfortable to use and I completely adapted to it after two days...EXCEPT for the '6' key. They put the '6' on the left side of the keyboard instead of the right. This means I would have to retrain myself to type it with the left index finger rather than the right one. This would be no easier than moving the 'r' key over to the right side of the keyboard and trying to retrain my brain to hit it with the right hand. It also is difficult to feel or see the error when it pertains to a number.

If anyone has any advice or information as to where I could find a split keyboard with the 1-2-3-4-5 on the left and 6-7-8-9-0 on the right, I would owe you big time!

There is a new website that has a few job postings. I am not sure if i am allowed to post the link or not but check out: www.medicaltranscriptionmatch.com

I have a few questions and would like to be able to e-mail with someone who may be able to help. I'm using EXText and Smartype. The smartline will not allow me to see what is underneath the text, such as headings within the document. I have to keep hitting the ESC key to turn ST off so I can see where I am at in the document to be able to type under the heading.

Another issue I have is that my document is running off the page and not wrapping around. In Word under VIEW, if I select Web Layout, it's a nice view and everything is on the page; however, when I do anything else, like Ctrl J to get back to the demographic screen in EXText, it jumps back and I have to start all over again. Any help would truly be appreciated. I hope that I have made my questions clear for someone to understand them. Thanks for any help.

Hello, I found this blog today, it's absolutely great. I think we need to take up a campaign for all physicians to visit. It's a blog about teaching physicians how to dictate better. This guy is my new hero. They even have a store to buy funny reminders for doctors about bad dictating. Funny, funny.

Download Google Earth and you will have a blast. You can basically fly anywhere on earth that you want via satellite pictures and then zoom in from above. If you fiddle with the controls at the bottom you can actually tilt the view so that you actually feel like you're flying over at a low altitude. You can type in the address of your childhood home and fly right over. Also, check out some of the wonders of the world. Flying over Rome and the ruins is pretty good. The only problem is that if you're flying over a really green area or if the ground colors are a certain hue, it's blurry. I actually found a backyard swimming pool in Karachi, Pakistan. Whodathunk? I saw mention of it in an online newspaper and it's really fun.

Anyone familiar with this platform? Is it user friendly, easy to learn and do you get a good line count with it? Any info is appreciated. Thanks.

tomorrow and i only have 2 eggs and recipe on box calls for 3. Does anyone know what will happen if I use the 2? I live in the country and the store is way too far to get eggs. No neighbors either! :)

What would you do? Go ahead and try it or ditch it altogether? I was in the middle of mixing when I saw I needed 3 eggs!!!! Thanks so much!

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