I average 20 to 25 min of dictation in an hour ...
Posted By: Amy on 2005-07-04
In Reply to: Question on what the average time is to transcribe 1 minute of dictation? - Jill
so I'd say 3:1 for me...on AVERAGE.
Sometimes I can do better, sometimes worse. As long as I can average 3:1 for the day, I feel I've done okay.
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You are really not that far off the average of 20 mins per hour of dictation. NM
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The MT average is 20 minutes of dictation/hour
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Depends on the pay and account. My lowest average is $15.52 an hour (roughly 182.6 lines an hour) w
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How long on average does it take to type 30 min of dictation?
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I would say average is $15 per hour. sm
Watch out for QA positions that are paid by cpl QA'd. In some instances it may work out fine, but hourly (in my opinion) is the best way to be paid for QA/editing.
Average of 450 to 500 per hour
I average 190 to 200 per hour....
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I average 37-43/hour
It's not impossible. Some people are better at some jobs and some are better at others. I happened to fall into a great job. Mine is at a hospital and we get paid by the line. I lost about 5/hour when we went to a new platform of editing and transcription. I still can't make this anywhere else and no, it's not counting headers, footers, etc., it's just fast transcription and loving my job, makes all the difference in the world. I don't think it's gloating at all. There probably are a lot more transcriptionists who make this kind of money, it's just that no one is aware of it.
I average 300 lines per hour
for acute care, mostly OP notes, 65/char line, which would be 19,500 characters per hour.
Thought average is 15 min/1 hour.
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National average is $14.00/hour, so no-
I think someone with many years of experience (if the quality and skills are there, obviously) should make more than the national average. Then again, if you don't have to pay for health benefits or something like that it might be a more reasonable wage imo.
How is giving $-per-hour average vs
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Question on what the average time is to transcribe 1 minute of dictation?
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 is the average lines per hour for radiology?
A lot of companies are now paying per line now rather than by report or per page. I just wondered if it differed from other transcription as I do both but do not have a line counter for radiology in the system I type into.
I average 600 lines an hour on ES - editing, sm
transcribing 400 lph.
I have been working this platform for about 3 years now.
Using the shortcut keys and not the mouse helps tremendously in an awesome line count average.
Hope this information helps.
Also agree, but average 15-20 minutes an hour...nm
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I average 1800 lines per 8 hour day, but have
been doing this 20+ years and have zillions of expanders. I still do lots of research and add expansion asll the time.
I average 1700 - 1900 in an 8-hour day. I
have also been doing this for 25+ years and have hundreds of Expanders and bunches of normals/standards that I have created. I am also on only 2 accounts from the MTSO. I also find that Ops are my favorites, and can literally fly through those while maintaining a 99+% accurace rate. It takes time. 16 months is not a long time in this business to increase your speed. My goal is always 200 lines an hour and I usually take a 10 to 15 min. break every 2 hours just to get away from the computer. It can be done.
Hour of dictation
In an hour of dictation I get 800 to 1000 lines so I would say that $40 is quite low. When I did courts, council meetings, seminars, insurance interviews, it almost always averaged out to well over $100 per 60 minute large casette tape. Stop and think it takes 2 1/2 to 3 times to transcribe and so for that hour you would average 13 to 15 per hour. But it all depends on what the is on the tape, is it meetings, insurance interviews, seminars or what. I vowed after my last time to never do it again as the quality is bad, cannot get any speed because it is not repetitive use, etc. Good luck.
I usually average $25/hour paid by line so most places...
This is not possible. You'd have to average 300 lph and work a 12 hour day. This person is stre
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I'd figure out an average I make per hour, and charge that. -nm
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The least I do an hour is 10 minutes of dictation - sm
so in 7.5 hours you should be able to do 75 minutes with relative ease. But if you are new and somewhat slow, I'd start with 45 and work my way up to 60.
you can expect 12.00 - 15.00 hour average, pretty much nation wide.
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Line rate isn't the only factor -- your lines/hour average is key, too.
Even at 7 cpl, keeping about 275 lines/hour average keeps you at $19.25 an hour and that is $40,000 a year.
It is a myriad of factors involved. You have to have the knowledge, be decisive, self-sufficient and very focused. Then, you need to negotiate as high a base rate as you can and look toward the incentive plan to increase your paycheck.
With our incentive, it was not worth it if I couldn't hit high lines in a day. So, I changed my schedule to hit those lines.
I am tired after my work days but having the 4 days a week off and a good income makes it worth it for me. It allows me to spend my days off doing things I want to.
A bad day, I do 100 minutes of dictation and more like 130 to 140 on a decent day, an 8-hour day sm
but I have been doing this for a very long time and have a perfect expander.
A few years ago, Atlanta in-house average was about $12-$15/hour, plus good bennies. nm
By the way, as of about 5 years ago, Wellstar was with a service. They might not even have in-house MTs. Hope so for your sake :).
In the "old days" of dictation on vinyl belts, the quota was do to 15 minutes an hour. sm
To me, it seems realistic, but then again, each situation is different. On account I know, I can usually do 30 minutes an hour, although being money-oriented and paid by the line, I usually gauge things by lines. I do 250-300 lph, but those little dinky reports ARE an irritation -- no argument there -- hardly enter the header info and *poof* the dictation is over. Would be hard to make a decent line count that way.
But ... surely your employers understand there are variations on such things. Maybe you average 8.9 one month and 12 the next ... I would think it would even out.
Anyway, i'm into that gray zone where I know nothing about, but I wish you good luck. To me, in the days when I was supervisor, if I knew someone was doing the best they could do, that was all that mattered to me.
What is the average line/hour for a 65 character line with spaces? NM
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What average line count do you type per pay period. what is considered above average and how long
how long, on average, average a knee replacement would one be on Oxycontin?(sm)
My DH recently had knee replacement surgery a month and a half ago. The doctor has been prescribing oxycontin 30 mg this entire time. Husband has been trying to wean off of it and is down to 10 mg. He asked the doctor if he could come off it completely and the doc said to "just keep taking it." His next visit is in two months. With all the discussion lately about pain medication addiction, is it normal to be on this medication for this long and for the doctor to say "just keep taking it?" How long should one be on this med?
1850 lines per 8 hour shift. 15.00 hour - no real requirement
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if it is feasable, split that 6-hour shift into two 3-hour shifts. sm
i work a split shift and find that i am much better able to stay focused and get more work done that way. also, being 3 months pregnant you have gone through the very tiring time of pregnancy and you should start seeing an energy perk before long.
I start an hour or 2 early and then take an hour or 2 for dinner -nm
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At 200 lines a day for 6 cents, you are making $1.20 a day or 0.15 hour for an 8 hour day!!!--cm
Did you mean 2,000? Even then you would only be making $1.50 if you work 8 hours a day.
$32/hour? You said $36/hour on an earlier post. Either way would be great. n/m
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10 reports/hour or 25 markers/hour
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I appreciate your responses. I had an option of line vs hour ($14/hour) but if line pays more...nm
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65 to 75 an hour comes to $15 an hour if u are fast
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average...
I never heard double - I've been doing this almost 30 years and even back when the dictators were educated and spoke intelligently, it was not possible to do 1 min of dictation in 2 minutes. I was always told the ratio was 3 or 4:1. With some of these inarticulate dictators, and not just the ESL, it is probably more like 5 o 6:1 on my primary account.
on average....
How many reports do you type per day, lets say average being 5 min. per report or acute care hospital, which is what I do, and how many average do you send to QA?
Per day I do on average about 35 reports, average 3 QA'd reports, rarely get one day without sending at least one, and on a really bad day I send around 6 to QA. This is usually the worst of the worst, bad phone lines, very hurried/slurring/mumbling dictators, or the thick ESLs, and even listening to twice. 
I would say above the average.
Would definitely depend on the accounts and hours worked each day. But 0.3 cpl would be a safe average.
I average around 300-325 lph.
It depends on the account, the dictator, and the skill of the transcriptionist. I'm sure you are emphasizing quality over quantity at first. I can go fast because I almost never have to look anything up anymore. When I first started, I was much slower because I had to stop and verify what I was hearing. When I get a new doc for the first time, my production does go down to around 250 lph for awhile until I'm familiar with his/her style, preferred vocabulary, cadence, peculiarities, etc. I don't think students should be concerned about line count at first. Speed and productivity come with time, knowledge, and practice.
I average...
$45,000/year. MQ does offer fairly decent benefits, I think.
Above average MTs ....
should all consider editing, in my opinion. That seems to be where the more secure positions are. Larger MTSOs who outsource overseas need editors. (I don't agree with offshoring, but let's face it--it's not going to change either). MTSOs who are using VR need editors. That's not to say we, as editors, will not be replaced at some point, but it seems that our security will last a little longer than production-based MTs. We also must be willing to adapt with technology changes. Just a few short years ago we all went kicking and screaming fighting every step of the way when WP51 was replaced with MS Word. None of us likes change. All of us wish it could be the way it used to be. The sad fact is, it will never be the same. If we want to stay employed, we must learn to adapt with the changes.
What is the average IQ, if any one knows?
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I would say about 300 lph is about average to
what I have done and what most QA folks tell me they do. That's why I would never work per line pay. You just cannot do everything and expect to earn money. As QA, you HAVE to do what is necessary to get that report right and feedback the MT. My conscience will not allow me to let something go by without checking it out if I see it looks wrong. I am paid $16.50 an hour. Our co goes by reports per hour BUT that is just a statistic and we all know that these things vary. Some days you will have more, some less. Your company sounds like most--that they are trying to get you to do more and you will be able to do it--it is my guess. I think about 300 is about right. You will get there. If you have just started QAing then it is my guess that it will take you a little longer to get over the "newness" of it, but you sound like you are doing things the right way. That speed will come though I have talked to some editors who say they can do 500 or 600 lph and I just do not see how when you have to do all we have to do. I question the integrity of those reports.
That's about average...
the MTSO's can't even bid a job at 12 anymore - get undercut. So IC prices tend to run about 7 to 8.5...of course, some lucky folks will post exceptions, but I still find that's about average
is it really? 800% above nat'l average?..sm
I hung out there in 1973, and while the *street* was always *the street* - where one has to be careful, like in any bigger city, I don't think it was that bad then.
800% above, wow...
well, poverty WILL GET to people......sad.....
sad that we are one of the richest countries around and have so many in poverty, homeless (not by choice as ALL homeless don't necessarily choose to be homeless - rather catastrophic events lead some to that situation), and all the other BAD things we have got going on now in the 21st century here.
I'm terribly afraid we are becoming a third-world country and this is not a racist statement and I love all people of all colors, and to me it's all one people/one God no matter how ya pray or color of skin, but I think over-population yields all this stuff......and while there is open land in the country of the USA - the cities are OVER-BOGGED down, stretched beyond their limits....
I don't have the answers - I just ponder it all my entire life - all of these kinds of issues....
Stay safe....
MY average is about 265 lph. nm
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for me, 140 min would be average
on acute care, with some not so-familiar accounts, for 7-1/2 hours. However, when i worked in the hospitals, with more cumbersome equipment/program, and interruptions, i only averaged about 60 min/day.
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