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How many of you who work with ExText can make a living?  This is my second job using ExText and I'm very upset at how it counts lines.  I've worked several hours today, not all day, but several hours and I made....are you ready???....$12.35.  That's absurd.  I can't make a living like this. 

Do you just have to work twice as hard with less than half the pay?  The line count on MSWord is significantly higher than what it is for the same document on ExText and I'm not sure how to make this work.

The doctor I currently work for is going to electronic medical records. They are installing MediChart. After reading info in the internet this is a voice recognition system, although the doctor has told me that he will still have me transcribing. 

Any thoughts on this - Should I start looking for another job????

Thanks

This probably seems like a silly question, but do any of you know if there is anyway in Word 2003 to turn on "keyboard sound?"  I know some programs you can do this to but have never thought about it for word. 

I just downloaded a new e-mail program and it has sound on it.  To tell you the truth, to me its relaxing and I thought if there were a way to put sound on the keyboard it might break up some of the monotony.  My last IBM "clacker keyboard" (all you "oldtimers" know what I am talking about") broke and I don't like the silent keyboards.

Just wondering if anyone has any ideas!

Thanks!

Kathy, thank your for e-mailing me.  I am unable to respond to you through the e-mail though.   Could you please contact me again with your e-mail address? 

Here is the basic structure:

All work kept in the United States.  Recent graduates of either a 2-year community college program or one of the better distance learning courses. 

We are thinking of opening a combination office/training center.  Half will be recent grads.  Half will be seasoned MTs who like to mentor.

The seasoned MTs will get an hourly with a line incentive as there will be time taken away to be second ear for the newbies, more in the beginning, less as time goes on. 

The newbies will have to be in-house at the company for one year on either 1st, 2nd or 3rd shift.

The newbies will receive either by the line or by the hour, have not decided.

What do you think would be a fair hourly for the new grad?  For the seasoned MT who will be transcribing their own work and mentoring. 

We want to be generous without going bankrupt.

Do you all think the idea is a good one? 

If you could work in house at a company with good benefits would you prefer that to working at home?

Just looking for some input.  It looks good to us, but outside opinions really can be eye-openers.

This is an established company, so there would be plenty of work.  All of our MTs are home-based now, but not sure if everyone really wants to be home-based.  We are near a major metropolitan area, so finding the MTs should not be a problem. 

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

I have been working for an office for 2 years now at the same line rate. I would like to increase my per line rate, but want to know how I should go about doing that.

I feel that I do good work for them and need some type of raise since I am an independent contractor and do not get bonuses, etc.

Thanks for your input.

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Which sentence is correct:    20 units of Pitocin WERE given - or 20 units of Pitocin WAS given????

also - I thought regarding dangerous abbreviations that in an op report  under anesthesia/meds  - correct would be   Demerol 10 mg intravenously and not Demerol 10 mg IV.

I'm either getting old or just sick of this. 

I have been using Instant Text for quite a few years, but wanted to switch to Stedman's Smart Type.  My co-worker uses it on the same account and is doing on average 50 lines per hour more than me.  She and I type about the same speed so I'd at least like to give it a try. 

Does anyone know if it is possible to convert my IT glossary into Smart Type?  I guess I'm an old dog, but I just can't bring myself to  start from scratch with a new glossary.  Thank you!

in a moderate amount of distress secondary to these corrheal like movements with spasms of his extremities. 

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.

For, say, an orthopedic surgeon, or  a family practice doctor.  Or, maybe, how many minutes of transcription on average per day. 

THANKS.

Does any one know what you have to do when your macros no longer retain their info even when you re-do them.  It seemed to go little by little.  For a long time it would not retain the font size.   This week, it decided not to keep the font chosen. and now today, it is not keeping the margins.  I am frustrated!   Please help!!!!

My company set me up to work from home - - - I am new at this and confused and am need of imput from others in the field. Currently I get pain 8 cents per line.  I have a quota of 7,000+ lines a week - -however the computer I have been set up with does not enable me to add programs (if I wanted to add a word expansion program) and, interestingly, the ability to set up macros in MS Word has been disabled.

With that said - - - For example, I will type a new consult on a patient that ends up being 4 pages in length.  I want to "work smarter and not harder" (who doesn't) so I incorporate word Expanders that I have in MS Word Auto Text as well as an Auto Text "intial office visit" outline which includes the doctor's "normal" exam.  All I have to do are make any necessary changes with each individual patient.  We use a nationally known dictation program/softwear which enables me to go to a "statistics" screen to see the line count for each document I have typed.  I have been finding, however, that on these 4 page consults, I am only being credited for 60 lines or so - - - aren't there 65 lines PER PAGE - - -why is it not 4 times that amount??  Looks like I am only getting paid for STRAIGHT TYPING, not for the total line count of the end product.

Hello all:

I was wondering if maybe some of you might have some pointers for me.  I have been doing transcription for almost 3 years, and I have days where I have "fumble fingers."  This really gets on my nerves as on the days I have fumble fingers it seems it takes me forever with my documents.  I was just wondering if anyone else has days like these? Any ideas on what to do?  I can typically type 80-85 words per minute, but when I have finger fumble days, of course it makes me type slower because I am having to continually backspace!!

Thank you :)

Is it possible to add a text file word/phrase list to Smartype? If so, how do you do this?

Thanks! 

my aunt just asked me if i'd be interested in doing some work for the doc she works for.  i currently work for somebody else, so all of that legwork is done for me.  i simply download from her system, type and return. 

how do i go about setting up something so a doc can dictate digitally and get it to me.  i don't know the first thing about it or where to start!  he currently does not do digital, but is considering looking into it, so i can't really turn to them for help on this one!

suggestions greatly appreciated!

Which is preferred, Notebook or Desktop for working 8+ hours per day doing MT?  Any specifics you'd like to share about processor/memory would be helpful.  Upgrading my computer and deciding which would work best for me.

Does anyone sit on an exercise ball while working?  I am wondering if it would be too difficult to balance because of the foot movement and the typing. 

Also, about running enrichment (from previous posts) ... can anything similar be done in MedRite?  That would be awesome if I could search out the common phrases used!

Thanks for any input! 

I have been working for a company at home for six months - no problems with voice files.   I have had ExpressScribe for at least that long as well.   Last week, I was testing for a new job, downloaded some voice files through Express Scribe and now ALL voice files  have a terrible annoying echo sound to them...sounds like dictators are sitting in a metal room.    Anyone have any ideas what may have happened, or any  suggestions to fix this - I can barely stand to wear my headphones to listen to dictation.     Thanks in advance  

If I change computers how do I get that back into the new computer as I dont have a disc or anything I just do it over the internet. I have the original disc that I purchase 2 years ago but have since upgraded over the internet as I said.

I am wondering about how much transcribing is expected to be done a day.  Number of reports, lines or maybe pages.  I only have my students two times a week for one hour at a time.  I don't want to give them too much or too little.  Thank you.

I personally would expect the same quality of work from either.  Just curious if others expect better quality from an IC or an employee.  For example, should an IC send in less blanks to QA verus an employee and overall have a better quality work?

Thanks for your opinions.  I have never thought about this until it was recently brought to my attention. 

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