Every time I transcribe someone who has lost their spouse...(Sm)

or other family member and is having a hard time getting through it, my heart just sinks and I feel so bad for them.  It is amazing the empathy we can feel for people we don't know.  This pt is having a hard time today because it is the one-year anniversary of her father's and sister's death.  How very sad.

• Every time I transcribe someone who has lost their spouse...(Sm) - AzMT
  • I guess I'm not the only one....(nm) - AzMT
  • The worst one I had was an OB report... - PAMT
  • I know what you mean, I lost my dad to lung cancer....sm - Carly d

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I know this is going to vary widely but any sort of general idea would be helpful.  I know this is a tough question!

Thanks for your help!

What does everyone's husband/wife do for a living?  Who makes more money?  I know I am being nosy, just curious though. 

I work fulltime

Husband is starting an online travel company (which I will definitely let you all know when it is ready so you can book some vacations!!!!)  He has been working probably 12 total hours a day with that (day and night).  He quit a very high profile job so he could do something from home to be with the kiddies more. 

I obviously am making more money as of right now, but hopefully will be able to retire once his business soars!!!!

My hubby definitely makes more than me. He is also self-employed tri-axle truck on road construction.  works anywhere from 5 to 6 days a week, 8-10 hours a day.

I work a full time, part time plus 3 accounts of my own, 10-12 hours a day, 7 days a week and I earn in 2 weeks equals a little more than days pay for him. I'm thinking about joining him iin that business.

someone else read you the questions to make sure you understand them. another MT would be great since he/she would know if you're getting the gist of the question.

The written part's always been the easy part for me. It's the transcription I fret about, often making things wrong that I had right. It's hard, but I'm learning not to second guess myself so much and am doing much better. What's funny is I always make 98% or better with my current company - been there 10 years. Just nerves I guess.

Yes, I have talked to the police, but he was married before and living in NC and I believe he may have a record there.  He is a real slick one.  He put scratches all over himself to try and make it look like I hit him.   I have never had anyone do this before and he is a sick individual.  I am sure he has had prior incidences. 

We were only married for 6 months.  I refuse to let anyone hit me, no matter how much I love them.   

Thanks for your concern. 

I was wondering if anyone could tell me if there is a way to find out if someone has a previous record of spousal abuse. 

My husband hit me and I cant afford a lawyer but make too much money for Legal Aid.  I want to do this on my own.  I just need to know if there is a way to find out this information from a different state.  Are these files open to the public?  Or does a lawyer have to request these things?

Thanks so much for your help!.

You do not have to buy a gift for this and that and the other.  ONE GIFT.  No more.  Oh, and you have a full year from the official date of the wedding to get them something.

Shoot, I cut my brother off after his third wedding (to three different women).  I'm not buying him any more wedding presents ever.  LOL  Especially, now that he's on his third divorce.

You are entitled to coverage for 18 months...some of these responses just floor me!

*mask* things once (and ONLY once).  What a crock!  It's like trying to transcribe an auctioneer.  I always wondered how the accuracy couldn't suffer with this method.  (I guess I was right, considering the government is now using it.)  They make less money because there isn't much skill involved in doing it that way.  Legitimate court reporters go to school for quite some time and have to learn what's basically another form of shorthand.  (It's been years, and I might be wrong, but I believe, for example, the letters PB=N (or something like that.  LOL). 

I was around when the court reporters in my area went from straight dictation to *the computer.*  In fact, I did editing/scoping work for one court reporter who bought the new system, way back when the technology first became available.  (She also bought my computer for me to do her work and anything else I wanted to do on it, and part of her *offer* was that after two years, I would own the computer outright!)  It's a whole different world than transcribing.  I didn't like it then, and I don't like it now.  It's easier for the court reporter, who can pull his or her notes right up on the screen when something doesn't make sense and see where the *typo* was and figure out what it actually should have been.  So in order to be an Editor for a court reporter today, you basically not only have to know how to read their notes, but knowing how to read their TYPOS is the important thing.  This particular court reporter had the wisdom to know when her notes weren't that good, and rather than give me a very sloppy transcript to edit, she'd dictate it instead.  She was a great person, and I miss her a lot.

Scoping/editing for a court reporter is a great field to get into if that's your cup of tea.  If you're a typist, it's real difficult to get the "rhythm" that you can get when transcribing, and that's what I don't like about it.  (Very same thing with VR in medical transcription today.)  However, after doing this kind of work for 20 years, I might wake up tomorrow with carpal tunnel and might be forced to pursue it.

One thing about court reporters, from my own personal experience in my area:  They are the most generous, easy-going, NICEST people I've ever encountered, considering the enormous amount of stress they're always exposed to.  Back in the 1980s, I remember reading stats on suicide rates, and court reporters and DENTISTS were right at the top of the list!!

Is there a way to transcribe a church audio lecture from CD?  It is a .cda file.  I have "associated" the .cda with Start/Stop and ExpressScribe, but I still have no control with my foot pedal.  any suggestions? 

Thanks, Debbie

a minimum of 2000 lines per day x5 days a week for 8 hours a day, making 9 cpl which equals out to $180 per day. That comes out to $900 per week or $46,800 per year. That is just at 2000 lines per day. This is w/o shift differential and line differential added in. We get a bonus for going over a certain number of lines per pay period and we get a shift differential for working 2nd and 3rd shifts, which then works out to over 10 cpl. Transcribing 2000 lines per day works out to 250 lines per hour. W/o using an expander, I probably type about 100 words per minute and with my Expander it is a lot more. My pay stub shows how many lines per hour I average each paycheck. This week it was over 300 lph. I use my expander to its fullest. I have macros for everything and anything you can think of. I do radiology, oncology, and ER transcription - lots of phrases said over and over. I do not cherrypick. I cannot see what report or doctor I am going to get, the chart just pops up and I type it. Some days are all good docs, lots of days they are horrible but in this profession you take the good with the bad.

Everybody's work habit is different. Focus on what you can do instead of what person A or person B can do. When I first started I set goals for myself. I wanted to be typing 1000 lines by so and so date in 8 hours. When I reached that goal I made the goal higher by 100, 250 and then 500 lines. To me, it's all in the attitude you have for work. I look forward to work each day because every day there is something new to be learned.

Can someone please tell me the correct way to transcribe 10 to the fifth E. coli.

Thank you very much for your help.