Don't presume I am not doing my job

Posted By: sm on 2007-03-21
In Reply to: Decent QA will not give a quick read without listening - QA

as you don't know what my job entails. My company does not ask for 100% voice to text and they don't pay me for that either. I know what you are saying and I know what I would like it to be but I am a realist and that is how it is in this job. I don't like it either.

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How many others out there..... - earlybird
- My biggest irritant is the MT that leaves 20+ blanks in a report... SM - QALady
  - TO QA - JBMT 10years
  - The solution is simple - MOMT
  - I am not a new MT and I also do my own QA - MT or bust
    - Well said! We MT's have to take the good with the bad, as well! - Jurassic MT
  - A perfect exampled of why wages are so low in our profession currently. sm - mj
    - I think it's the other way around. - - sm - Sally
      - Other way around . . . - ERMT/Oncology MT2
    - When I started MT (30+ yrs ago) our "QA" were our senior (sm) - Jurassic MT
      - Well said. - typingforpennies
      - Hey, I never said that an MT shouldn't send anything to QA at all. SM - QALady
    - QA Lady - typingforpennies
      - This has nothing to do with being a "newbie." It has to do with not bothering... - QALady
        Good heavens! Where is this hostility - coming from? - sm - Sally
        So if MT 'incompetence' is job-security for you, then - what's your problem?
        Good lord, obviously you've never - QA also
        But you get DINERO for doing that! If it's the same mistake, - isn't that easier? No dictionary-diving?
        Gee...isn't that the profession YOU signed up for as well? - flimflam
        Um, no. Not the same ones from the same MTs. - QA also
        Exactly what I was thinking. We listen to and type the same stuff over and over all day... nm - NewBMT
        You are just full of compliments. - You need to get out of QA.
        Right on! - typingforpennies
      - I do QA too and happen to agree with above - sm
        I guess I'd be cranky too, if I had such an (sm) - Hardworking, yet still human/fallible MT
        BAJ? - QA2
        Harsh. I guess in your book, quality inspectors - QA also
        Huh?? - QArbouncinq
        How hard is it to type a word in a blank space? I'm afraid - my heard doesn't bleed for you.
        Yeah, we have no skills or intelligence whatsoever. We just fill in blanks! Geez! A monkey can le - QALady
        a monkey can learn to type (cut off) - QALady
        Has it ever occurred to you - flimflam
        I've never said "I'm better than the MTs." There are MTs out there that know... SM - QALady
        You have let your QA position - much more experience than you
        Crap. Try actually reading what she said. - QA also
        I agree with you! I do - earlybird
        HEART, not "heard" - U no wat I mean... - No bleeding heart, here.
        I personally will NOT spend too much time looking for a word. I listen 3-5 times if I still don' - NewBMT
        We DO listen to the dictation! How else would we fill in blanks? - QALady
        Decent QA will not give a quick read without listening - QA
        Not in all companies! - QA
        Sorry, didn't realize I used same name - different QA person here - QA also
        Don't presume I am not doing my job - sm
      - Please disregard the typo . . . - typingforpennies
    - I think you have it backwards - poco
      - I think there's a difference between going the extra mile - QA also
        thanks, but......... - earlybird

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at least I PRESUME that's the post...LOL..nm
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I presume you are slowing it down on your player - sm
when you transcribe, if not, obviously try that. If that does not help then either just to the best you can, alert whoever you are sending the work into of the blanks (and why), and just handle it that way. If you just don't want the hassle of them anymore then give them 2 weeks notice that you are dropping them since they cannot seem to follow a simple request and make it so you can turn into them a quality product. With my 1 puny account, I always email them while files have any blanks, and why. I am dealing with the Drs. personal asst. (not the office manager) and she loves that I do this (when I have to), the previous MT did not....just sent it in with the blanks with no heads up or explanation. Good luck!

I presume you reuse your nickel otherwise - sm
many here would need 200+ rolls of nickels a day to do this. I use a timer to increase my speed. I set it for 30 minutes and see how many minutes of work on a particular doctor I can get done in that time. I generally average 8-9 minutes in 30 minutes which for me is a good amount. I am trying to do it all the time now so I work smarter and faster.

If you're on Windows XP, as I presume you are....
...you need SP3, not an update to SP2. SP3 incorporates all prior updates, patches, etc.

Here's the link for you to paste into your browser:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsxp/sp3/default.mspx

Note that there's a link on this page "Steps to take before installing SP3" - read this.

Then skip over the part about setting up Windows Update to automatically take care of this (although afterward, you should) and go right down to the link for the download page.

Incidentally, in their inimitable arrogant way, Microsoft requires you to be running Internet Explorer to access the download page (not Firefox, Opera, etc.).