I average 300 lines per hour
Posted By: sm on 2006-05-27
In Reply to: How much can you type in an hour.... - Tami
for acute care, mostly OP notes, 65/char line, which would be 19,500 characters per 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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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.
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.
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.
1850 lines per 8 hour shift. 15.00 hour - no real requirement
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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.
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 20 to 25 min of dictation in an hour ...
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.
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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Also agree, but average 15-20 minutes an hour...nm
nm
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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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.
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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I don't - try to average 500 lines a day - I'd have too much - sm
going on to try to do more -- though some days I do about 800 between my 2 jobs, varies from week to week.
Average lines/day
How many lines do you average a day or how many lines do you need to type in a day? Just curious to see what everyone types. Thanks. Happy typing!!
Average lines
Where do all you guys work ? I am looking for a good company.
you can expect 12.00 - 15.00 hour average, pretty much nation wide.
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that is an average of 9 lines a report, were
they that short? I'd be moving on too!
The average lines per day at most companies (SM)
is 1200 lines (or 150 lines per hour). So, I respectfully disagree with the poster below.
I think about 75 lines per hour would be more realistic for an MT student. Don't forget, they need to look up a lot of words and their ears are not trained yet.
Good luck to you and your students.
Chickadee
For my work, it seems to average out to about 10-11 lines per
I can very safely do 20 minutes of dictation in an hour, sometimes 25-30 minutes of dictation in an hour.
There are times it is slower but not often.
Now many lines are there in an average page?
M
I average only 1100 lines per day (sm)
Does anyone know some ways I can increase my productivity. I have many expansions...maybe not enough. I do a variety of clinics, so there are not many norms or standards (which would help).
Thanks for any info. Have a great day!
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 :).
If gross lines average is 1500 nm
nn
Average about 2300 lines in 6 hours but
this is a mixed bag of editing and straight typing. The split is usually about 75% editing and 25% typing, If that helps any.
What is an average amount of lines to edit per day?
I am new to editing. I have done straight typing for 2 years in general surgery clinic work. I was canned and put on overflow work because my computer messed up twice in one month. It put them in a bind, which I really had no control over, and they took me off the account as lead MT and put me on overflow only. Well anyway, I got another job doing editing on the Editscript platform. It is acute care. I am not used to acute care that much. I only did it for a few months before. I am not used to editing either so I was wondering if someone could tell me what is an average amount of lines to expect once I get used to it? I have heard nobody gets double the line count editing. So is it one and a half times the line count or what? What is your experience with lines editing versus typing straight?
Calling all ICs. Just curious. How many lines and reports do you average per day at
whatever company you are working at currently? I'm wondering because it seems like I work A LOT (I should actually start counting hours, but I don't) and at the end of the evening my line count is so low and it will say 8 or 9 reports, even though it feels like I have done about 20 or so (this is DQS, but you can answer with whatever co. you work for).
Thanks so much! 
About how many lines are expected to be typed each day, minimum, on average? NM
Psychiatric transcription - average # of lines/page
I had an interview with a local MT firm that specializes in psychiatric transcription. The pay rate is .05/line for the initial training period (no timeframe given - training ends when owner feels employee is ready to work independently at home - could be 3 months) & .06/line after that. The owner mentioned that reports sometimes average 10-15 pages, but didn't mention how many lines the average page includes.
I'm trying to figure out what my pay would be. During the training period, the owner wants employees to train out of her house (20 miles from where I live/one way). With the price of gas, I'm trying to figure out if this is a good move financially. The psychiatric transcription definitely interests me, but I'm trying to figure out what my pay would be like. I'm guessing that while I'm in training, I won't receive large reports. The employer is supposed to make her decision within the week, so it's not like I've been offered the job. I just want to educate myself as to:
How many lines the average page of psychiatric transcription might have.
Does 10-15 pages sound right for the average psych report?
Does .05/line during training & .06/line after training sound fair. The owner doesn't give out pay raises or paid time off (I would be an employee, not an IC).
Does it sound reasonable to be in training for 3 months & then be able to work from home after that?
Can anyone help me or direct me to where I might be able to figure this out. I'm currently going thru MT training, so I don't currently have MT work experience. I do have 11 years administrative work experience & 7 years technical writing work experience, so I'm pretty proficient on the keyboard.
Thanks for your assistance.
On average 1000 minutes equals how many lines?
nm
Our department does 1200+ reports a day. They average 11 lines. nm
This is for 2-3 line normal chests to MRIs. They look longer, but if you take 65 characters with spaces, you will be surpised. Here's an example:
CHEST:
INDICATION: Chest pain.
FINDINGS: Heart size within normal limits. Lungs are clear.
IMPRESSION: Normal chest.
This is 116 characters with spaces, which is 3 lines (if you round up - actually 2.55 lines). If by the line, you would make $0.30.
Something to think about.
Do the same with an MRI of the knee. Copy and paste it into word and count it. A very long one I had was only 15 lines.
I did 400 lines in an hour once sm
working for HS and was put on an account for just a while. This was a surgery center with colonoscopies and ophthalmologic procedures. There were normals out the *&#)@ and 400 an hour was very easy. I ended up quiting HS due to the fact they took that account and gave it to a girl that had been caught cherrypicking.. The work was "sporadic" and later found out why...she was taking the best dictators with the most canned text and grabbing them before anyone else.
So, it can be done, but I think only with extensive use of normals and expanders.
lines per hour
what is the average amt of lines per hour that MTs type, approx?
Are you really only getting 100 lines an hour?
That's not good. I think I'd rather go to McDonald's and work then instead of sitting at home for that or less. I couldn't survive on that. Sorry for you.
100 lines at .07 is $7.00 an hour, not $14 - nm
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lines an hour
I would say that a good average to shoot for an hour would be 200-250. 140 would be on the low average side.
MORE LINES PER HOUR.
Okay, I have a doctors account and he is an ESL, but I have been been on his account for a few month and have no problem understanding him. His files are all usually fairly short 1-2 minutes, and I have lots of normals for him. I just cant seem to pull in many lines per hour on him. I feel like I zoom through them, but I am always amazed to see what I am pulling for lines after an hours work. Do you think my problem could be the short files? Is it easier to pull in more lines on longer dictations, since you dont have to keep switching to the next dictation? He does talk SLOW as well.
Thanks in advance for taking the time to answer.
lines per hour
Evidently you are only averaging about 100 lines per hour, if I can't do 300 lines per hour it isn't worth my time. Especially if you are using templates, expanders, etc. you need to up towards 200 to 300 llines per hour. So that is not a fast typist to me.
LINES PER HOUR
Most companies are looking for people who do 1200 lines per 8-hour shift, which is the equivalent of 150 lines per hour. A line is usually equal to 65 characters, therefore 150 lines is equal to 9750 characters.
lines per hour
anybody work for a company that does not allow you to count your own lines?
lines/hour
On a repetitive account I had in the past for two years, I was able to type 175 lines per hour, was simple account where I knew what the doctors were going to say before they said and had it typed before they said it....was 65 characters including spaces..but, all good things come to an end, and now am on an account where no matter what, I cannot get more than 125 lines per hour, it also happens to be one that is 70 characters per line with spaces which does not help. Would have to agree withl the other responses on this one...lots of depending factors involved.
Lines Per Hour
I hope someone can help me on this one. I have a neighbor whom I've known for about a year and she has been doing transcription for about 5 years--I've been doing it for 8. I can type about 95 wpm and average about 350 lph. However, she says that she is able to do about 600-800 lph with the help of her expansion software (no voice recognition). I don't want to insult her intelligence by asking to see her paycheck, but is this high of a line count even possible??
She and I both work for small transcription companies (not the same ones), so we both have the advantage of having our own accounts that we share with no one else (same dictators all day, every day). Because of this, I know that we do share the ability to get higher line counts than most. (And no voice recognition.)
I have not yet installed my expansion software that I have had for months, so I've only been using what is built into Microsoft Word. My neighbor was trying to convince me how important it is that I start using one immediately. I agree that I need to start using it, but I just find it really hard to believe that she can hit anywhere near 800 lines per hour!
Has anyone else experienced this phenomenon? Is it possible? Should I now set my goals a little higher??
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