For pay? Ad search shows 7-10 cpl with and without spaces. No hourly pay for at-home MT

• What is the average line/hour for a 65 character line with spaces? NM - Lisa
  • There is no average. Fast typists, slow ones, newbies, software glitches, interruptions, etc. all ha - impact on your production. NM
  • Sorry, I didn't word that very well...sm - Lisa
    • Are you asking for VR or straight typing? - MT in MT
      • Straight typing please (nm) - Lisa
        • I average about 178. nm - MT in MT
    • Everyone is different, but average would be - about 150 lines/hour. NM Chickadee
  • For pay? Ad search shows 7-10 cpl with and without spaces. No hourly pay for at-home MT - unless you're QA. nm

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I sent in this info to an MT head hunter:

I am looking for a work-at-home MT position that is employee-based, not independent contractor, paying hourly instead of per line or per page, where I could work Tuesday through Friday, 32 hours a week, no weekends, no nights or holidays.

I was told this was a "TALL ORDER," and that I would never be able to find it.  I don't think that I am asking for too much, and that there has to be an MT company out there that is willing to pay highly skilled and experienced MTs what they are worth.  I know there are plenty of MTs out there who say, "Oh, if you work hard enough, you can make just as much per line as by hour,"   but it's been my experience, having worked three MT jobs from home, that that would entail cranking out btetween 1,500-2,000 lines per day...provided there is work available and provided you are getting paid more than 0.12 per line  I've been working 12 YEARS as an MT, but most companies still want to pay me between 0.05-0.12 cents per line.  FIVE CENTS A LINE FOR AN MT WITH 12 YEARS IN THE BUSINESS.  What is wrong with this picture???????? 

If there is a company willing to pay an experienced MT at least $16+ per hour to work at home, please e-mail me!

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Can someone tell me how big of a difference it makes if a company pays for spaces versus no spaces.  I have only every been paid without spaces.  I have been offered a position that pays for spaces, but the cpl is less than I am making now.  I am not sure if getting paid for spaces will make up for the pay cut.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I tried to get tickets to O but they were sold out.  Thank you all for your suggestions. 

I thought about it as I do quite a bit of transcribing different types of seminars but when I saw what they charge people for a transcription of the show I thought boy they must not pay much as it does not cost much to get a transcription of a show, less than $20.  So they must have some type of automated transcription as for a 8 hour seminar I get anywhere from $500 to $750 and for a three day seminar I get close to $2000.  Per line charge.  But is frustrating to do sometimes as the audio is not the greatest at time.

But that was my thoughts on the subject.

1. The Office


2. Oprah


3. Dr. Phil


4. Ellen (Loooove Ellen!)


5. Will & Grace


6. AI


7. Sopranos


8. Dateline

home.  She doesnt seem to have a personality either.  Oh well, when you're that gorgeous who needs a personality?  As far as men aging well, I think Al Pacino looks better now than he did back when he first came out.  He had those bags under his eyes, maybe he's gotten plastic surgery.  Other bad agers:  John Travolta (he looks like he ate the old John Travolta from Saturday night fever) and Nicolas Cage, an old crush of mine, awesome actor but seeming a bit hairless and bloated these days.

Two of my favories: Judging Amy and American Dreams, have both been cancelled. I'm down to ER now - can anybody point me at something that I should be watching? No HBO at our house, just regular satellite programming, broadcast channels. I started to get into Everwood last spring....