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Any ho t dirt y bitc hes here! - Posted By: MARIO BOSIO

i am on het wanna fuc k hard and deep so that my 12 inches long black rod reaches the thoroat of all the old MT bitc hes here.

Glo and staff at MTS. (sm) - Posted By: nm

Just wanted to thank you for your ultra-quick response to my plight of not being able to get to your job bank this morning!! Found it w/your help, was ready when the phone call came in and got an offer!! Yahoo!! Thanks again - you are the best!

I have a question about overflow..sm - Posted By: Becky

Does anyone working in an office use a service to send overflow work or work when you take vacation, etc? Any information or suggestions would be very helpful. Feel free to e-mail me. TIA

AAMT Website Address? - Posted By: Just me

I know this sounds silly, but.. can someone give me the website address of AAMT? I can't seem to find it anywhere... Thx

.055 per line for new mt - Posted By: Glenn Lister

I have just completed an MT training and have been offered a job for 5.5 cents per line. Is that good for a new person or should I take it for the experience and continue looking. I work at home.

wanting to go digital - Posted By: sunny

and I am totally clueless! Had a call from a cardio group today and they want to send me transcription via WAV files, guessing I need a WAV pedal?? HELP

Also, I am tired of the old tapes and want to "go digital" I have heard of 800#'s for a call in system, but dont know of any websites. Any help is much appreciated!!

TIA,

sunnyMT

Ediscript V8 upgrade and word 2007 - Posted By: MTmom

I need to upgrade and am hearing conflicting issues. Has anybody used the V8 of Editscript with the Home and Student edition office 2007? Two people from Microsoft themselves told me different answers, yes and no. One told me that word 2007 is word 2007 no matter what bundle it comes in and the other told me that I can't run 3rd party software on the home and student edition. Anybody have this answer?

EMR - Posted By: margo

Is Electronic Medical Records going to put human medical transcriptionists out of business? I'd like to know before I sign up for an MT school. It's very expensive.

name removal - Posted By: LH

How does one remove full name from posting??????

Job Hunting - Posted By: Amy

Hi-

Could someone offer up some information on aquiring a position Transcribing with little current experience. I seem to be hitting some walls.

ETransPlus - Posted By: me

Are there any other eTransPlus people on here? If so, have you had difficulty getting your insurance and bonus pay? I have been with them 10 months now and according to their paperwork, your insurance starts once you reach 10,000 lines per pay period, which was 9 months ago. I have emailed everybody and no answer. They promised a hiring bonus too, still nothing. Getting sick and tired of companies who offer all this and then go into hiding when you ask questions. What's with hiring the teeny-bopper supervisors???? Anybody else have problems with getting anything out of these people?

What I really hate . . . . - Posted By: Typingforpennies

A company contacted me last week about a job. I replied and said I would like to test. I was supposed to test today. I was supposed to E-mail the lady today about testing which I did early this a.m. I sat here all darn day long and I have heard nothing. I blew off my day off from my part-time gig to sit here and wait around for a test that never happened. These companies want work back in perfect form ASAP yet they cannot keep an appointment/promise! Ugh!

Hospial offering me 14.50 hour and benefits. - Posted By: Should I take it? I have 1 and 1/2 yr experience.

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Main Board - Posted By: Active Topics

Does the active topics selection at the top of the page show all active topics for each category at left or just certain ones? Thanks.l

Bayscribe help!! - Posted By: KC

I'm working on my daughter's computer today because I'm having tons of problems with mine. So, I had to download the productivity tools and kind of start from scratch. It's been so long since I've set up my tools that I cannot remember how to change my spellchecker options so that it doesn't automatically capitalize the next letter after a period. Example: Ecotrin 81 mg p.o. daily. It keeps wanting to capitalize the d in daily. Does anyone know how to change this?

Humdrum - Posted By: SM

Okay I give up. How do ya'll do it, those doing this for 30 and 40 years. I'm going on 15 and so bored out of my mind I am now looking into other fields. I have done every report type that exists and every accent around and even have had many different positions. I don't find it the least bit challening anymore but extremely boring. So is there a secret to keeping an interest in this humdrum and monotonous line of work? Maybe it is just me?

facial hair products-sm - Posted By: PM

I am post menopausal and deal with upper lip facial hair. I have tried several things such as creams and tweezing (ouch) and shaving. I'm not happy with any of them. What's a woman to do? I can't just leave it. It's too dark and too much. I can't afford expensive treatments. Isn't there a decent product out there for this problem?

Drug called Spineral lack tone, I looked everywhere????? - Posted By: Help Please !!! emergency

HELP

Ablescribe... Does anyone out there work for them? - Posted By: stargazer

Any info is greatly appreciated!

EMDAT/InScribe foot pedal issues - Posted By: CB

I have an Infinity foot pedal that I am using with EMDAT/InScribe. The pedal works, just not very well. There is a 2-3 second delay and sometimes it will not stop the audio. I cannot play the audio file at all if I am not in the InScribe program window. Sometimes I will lose the audio all together if I am on the web researching things. It is very frustrating! I have tried every suggestion on the support page. I have updated everything on my computer and ran every scan possible. I do not want to buy a new pedal as this one works. I hope there is some kind of "fix" for this. Any suggestions would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!

I am running Windows XP professional with Service Pack 3, DSL, Trend antivirus, and the latest versions of Windows Media Player, IE, InScribe, etc.

Thank you Thank You THANK YOU in advance!

Editing 3rd world work - Posted By: sm

I just edited two jobs that were typed in the Middle East. There is NO WAY anyone can truthfully claim these people will make fair MTs, never mind good ones and to say nothing of great one. And the foreign owned companies think it will be possible to send this type of work straight to the facility without US ED??

Simply leave out the language. Goldbird

question about Word 2003 - Posted By: Kathy

I use Auto Correct for my shortcuts. Does anybody know how to print the list? TIA.

MT ANNIVERSARY - Posted By: Julie

Just wanted to say hello to all and say that I have reached my first year in the MT profession. I had always thought about doing this, worked in retail, which I hated, and wanted to be more available for my kids. I have to say I do love it. I have always loved typing, weird I know, so this is obviously perfect! To everyone out there going to school, good luck and hang in there. To those newbies still looking for a job, keep testing...something will come along!! It is hard for me to believe that just a year ago, I was so slowwww and so nervous, it seems like forever ago. I remember thinking how does anyone make a living at this! While I only work part time, it has become a great second income to our home. Again hang in there newbies!

Dictaphone EXText - Posted By: Pollyanna

Can someone tell me about Dictaphone EXText. Do you like it?

employees w/o timeclocks - Posted By: do you ever

just hop on for a few minutes outside your shift to get a few lines? or do you type strictly within your shift hours?

sound booster anyone? sm - Posted By: LMT

i was using my headphones plugged into my speakers because it helped my sound be louder. this weekend the speakers starting making a buzzing noise and i couldn't tolerate that so i am back to headphones directly into front of computer. cord isn't long enough to attach to back of computer. it just isn't loud enough even with the sound all the way up. i speed up my docs and thus it makes the volume level lower as well. does anyone have any sort of sound booster program installed and if so, where did you get it?

concha bullitis..need help word board please.nm - Posted By: helppp...

please see word board...really appreciate it

Is the whole net slow or just these boards?? Taking pages - Posted By: a long time to load. nm

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hearing - Posted By: janett

Have a hearing problem, anyone know if or where I can get a headset specifically for hearing deficit.

new MT - Posted By: jill dains

Hi, I am new to the MT world (finished schooling) and am now wondering how to go about getting a job. I would like to work at hoe for a service via the internet. But I don't know the first thing about how to get started. I've been perusing some sites online. Some give options of which type of report to take for their test. Are they timed? Will the dictation come over my current dial-up modem well? How would I know if I sign up with a good/bad company? Any "getting started" help is appreciated. Thanks

Dictionaries and expanders, sm - Posted By: Thanks in advance

I have a few questions on dictionaries and expanders. I have been working for MQ for the past two years. I have added a lot of words to the spell checker dictionary, and I have a lot of shortcuts, does anyone know if there is a program that I can use with MS Word that will allow me to import these. The files are .tlx, .aco and .ocx. I am going IC and will be using my own computer. I was just trying to find a program to get set up on (even if I cannot use what I have already saved), that will be the most benefit for me in the future. I also have a laptop, so I would like a program I can use on both computers without having to pay a fortune to do so.

TIA

Would you give a dictator "neuts" if he dictated it? - Posted By: me

How about polys, lymphs, ect. Do you give them what they say or are these considered slang and spelled out?

HELP!! How do add a new dictionary to shorthand. I just downloaded it and want to use the free one - Posted By: jill kay

they have but I am doing something wrong!!!

I have maxed out AutoCorrect and love it--any - Posted By: L Beilstein

suggestions? I want something SIMPLE like AutoCorrect, which I just love and wish I could get more in there, but apparently I cannot.

Need something fast and easy, easy to add to while typing, etc. Fast and easy and that blips out really fast, like AutoCorrect.

Question - Posted By: from MQ to another company

Have any of you who have gone from MQ to a dif company noticed an increase in your line count without doing anything differently?

TASK and others... - Posted By: Need a little...no, alot of help!

Hello,

I am really hoping to get some detailed information about anyone's RECENT experience with TASK as a transcriptionist. Are you working steadily? How long does it take to get on board with them -- I returned the contract to them recently with no results yet. Just a little concerned. Also, I only found posts here on them from 2003 and 2004 which didn't sound great...how are they handling the growth spurt now? Have the checks been submitted in a more timely manner? Sorry about all of the questions, but I really want to start working on a full-time basis and want to know who/what companies to contact that will get me started and paid as soon as possible. Thanks for any help everyone!

Who hires with 2 years' experience? - Posted By: carla

I want to get back into MT work, but everything seems to be acute care/hospital dictation. I have some experience in that area but not 2-3 years' worth. Anyone have ideas?

RHIT...anyone?! - Posted By: justME

Are there any RHIT's out there that could give me any imput. Is it better to go ahead and go for your RHIT then decide if you would like to get a specialization afterwards, such as MT, or CPC(coding), etc. What home based/online programs exist that offer RHIT. Anyone heard of Penn Foster?

C-phone to tapes.... - Posted By: Don't know

I know this has probably been discussed before, but can someone explain to me the process and equipment needed to record transcription for a C-phone to cassette tapes? I have a Dictaphone C-phone and Lanier microcassette player. Thanks for any help.

template lines - Posted By: craZmom

I'm applying for jobs, and I received an offer for one job that says they pay 8.5 cpl and 3 cpl for template lines. It goes on to say that a template is defined as a group of words or phrases that is automatically inserted into a report after an abbreviation has been dictated.

Does this mean that anything I put out through my word Expander is going to be counted at 3 cpl? Is this a common practice with more companies - it never used to be??

How can MQ take away the insurance - Posted By: Curious

when the MT is paying for it also? Does that not count for anything?

Administrator: Can you remove the link for me? - Posted By: waningMT

I put the link for the Spheris article below, without realizing how long it was! Can you remove it as it is distorting my page?! Thanks!!

ESL Doctor Suggestions - Posted By: luv2type

I don't know if this will help or not, but.... in my experience I've had two occasions where: 1) I told physician to please "spell" drug names, as I was having a hard time - and he did. 2) We asked another doctor to please say his numbers, ex. 2.0 (2-O) or ejection fraction 50% (5 -O-%). If you are already familiar with the dictator, but are just having trouble with certain things, then sometimes the physician is willing to help. I hope this makes sense. It is sometimes worth a try to explain to your superiors that if the physician could do just one small thing, they could then pass it on to the physician in a kind way.

PayPal question - Posted By: Penny

I have looked on the PayPal website and can't figure out how to do this...don't know where else to ask this question, so perhaps one of you might know the answer. I have an existing account that I use for PayPal when I win items from E-Bay, but I have recently gotten a job with a small MTSO who actually uses PayPal to pay transcriptionists. She informed me it doesn't cost anything to utilize this service, but my first check I got charged $10 to transfer it from PayPal account to my bank account. She tells me you have to set it up differently to get this to work. I have gone on my PayPal account and read everything I can find but nothing that states how you set this up. Anyone have a clue? If so, thanks for sharing.

Do you find editing VR monotonous? Do you or can you make as much - Posted By: ?? for those who edit VR

money editing VR as you can doing straight transcription? I've been offered an editing position doing 100% edit for a company that offshores and declined it, but needing a break from typing and wondering about VR.

Anyone know of any good exercises for....sm - Posted By: Chubs

losing fat in the mid-section...right below breasts but above belly button? I have gained a lot of weight there over the past 6 months where I have to buy larger clothes just to fit over that area. I am so disgusted about it and sitting in one spot typing all day is not helping...Well, I think the chips aren't helping either...Wondering if anyone else out there is having this problem, conquered it and willing to give advice on this particular type of fat. I know fat in this area is the most dangerous - so please, anyone with any good information let me know...Thanks!

I can't believe I missed Dancing with the Stars last night. - Posted By: Drew fan

Fill me in. How did my favorite Drew do?

( I don't want to hear anything too bad about Drew.) What about the others. HELP! I need a rerun.

Is it harder to reach your daily line count on acute care or clinic? - Posted By: Seems to me it would be easier on clinics. nm

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Does anyone know of a free program that will completely remove Starware - nm - Posted By: nn

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