I have fond memories of transcribing on sm

Selectric typewriters with 6 carbons, all of which had to be erased if there was a typo or, more likely, a dictator's changes.  If a doc's dictation stumped us, he (very few females then) would get a tug on his sleeve, asked to listen to what he said and explain.  Having worked in a teaching institution, these doctors were more than happy to impart their knowledge to anyone who would listen. 

Then came the mag card machines, then computers. 

The dictation I listened to on IBM belts, then tapes, was a lot clearer than most of the digital dictation I'm subjected to now. 

And no MTs worked on Sundays and holidays, and certainly not every Saturday.

• What was it like? - kyradmt
  • The nationals were the undoing of transcription. nm - Becky
  • WONDERFUL POST - anna
  • The good days started unraveling when - sm
  • I started my "career" in 1966... - andromeda
  • There wasn't job insecurity, unanswered questioned, behind the scene events that could have major - on your life (nm)
    • detrimenal impact on your life. Loyalty is gone. Almighty dollar has taken its place. - Worrying constantly.
  • We had the best time (sm) - Granny
  • Let's put it this way... - SM
  • My version of the Good Old Days - MTinVA
  • Good old days - Ohio MT
  • Way back - mt
    • I remember bonuses. We would get 10% - of our yearly gross as
  • We were considered a valuable - part of the team
  • There were no nationals - The good old days
    • I have fond memories of transcribing on sm - CL
    • Actually, there was outsourcing. I worked for a service - as early as 1977 and it
  • WAY BACK WHEN - Old Timer
  • RE: What was it like? - Shelly Hendrix
    • Actually the good old days - Dano
      • Yes, they could pay us better back then - see msg
        • Exactly sm - Dano
      • I remember being beside the morque LOL nm - Midwest MT
        • Morgue right nextdoor - we would hear the saws all day - yuk - me too
    • In the beginning ........... there were NO - nss
    • There were in-house parties, donuts, 40 work week. - Benefit/Good wages (NM)
      • I sure enjoyed the old days. - see msg
      • Xmas parties where the Prez gets silly, - sm

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	One whose head is so far up their rear end it could pass for a hat; used to describe a person who is stubborn, cruel, or otherwise unpleasant to be around. Leave 'em alone, asshat! by Iceburg124 Dec 22, 2004 email it permalink: del.icio.us Send to a friend your email: Google Toolbar can fill this in for you. Select AutoFill" style=BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffa0" size=30 name=yours> their email: send me the word of the day (it's free)
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	1)one who retains ass-like qualities or pratices ass-hatery 2)a device used to compress or hold extreme amounts of feces in the caranium see @55 H47 "You ass-hat put that staple-gun down!" by DonkeyThunder Feb 22, 2003 email it
3.	ass-hat	4 thumbs up
	A general term for someone who carries out actions with such stupidity that they might as well wear their ass as a hat. Pete begins looking for his sunglasses, unknowing to the fact that they are on his head. He asks Ed where his glasses are. Ed takes them off his head saying, "You are such a f*cking ass-hat."

Mine was silver with a black vinyl roof.  I paid more for the wheels and tires then I did for the car!!!  Had it re-painted and LOVED it.  Only girl who could drive a stick and was proud of it.  teehee!  Them were the days!

Remember mickey mouse ice cream bars?  They were shaped like mickey's head and the face was vanilla ice creame with chocolate ice cream for eyes and mouth.  His ears were chocolate covered.  I don't think they make them anymore.  What treats do you miss that you can no longer find? 

I will type a word out of nowhere, it's like my fingers are typing without any thought behind it. 

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Does anyone have any experience with this?  My family is involved in different activities that involve traveling two or three times a week with at least an hour's commute one way or more.  I hate to sit and twiddle my thumbs while traveling when there is work that could be done.  Is it possible?  Have to download internet files from my national.  Could I do that with a cell phone?  Any help at all would be much appreciated!

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to transcribe from a CD and use a USB foot pedal to play back?  I have been asked to transcribe a documentary and I am not very savvy when it comes to things like this (applications), so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

your transcription skills will most certainly qualify you for an Administrative Assistant/secretary position for the Military. I started as a GS-4 in Aug 04. Got promoted to a GS-5 in Aug 05 and now am lead secretary in an office of 50 people. I get an automatic promotion to a GS-6 in Aug 06. On top of the all the benefits, they are going to pay for my degree too. I know a lot of people complain about Federal jobs, but mine has been a blessing all the way around.

Moving to Idaho soon, would like to type for doctor's office..Any idea how I can find out how to go about this.  Where would I look to find out particulars.  Working for outsource now but do NOT want to get into that situation again..Too many confusing signals.

You know how they say sometimes your dreams are your brain's way of finding solutions to problems?  I find that when I am transcribing my brain does the best thinking.  Yes, I am focused on what I am typing but I find that all sorts of ideas/solutions just pop in my head while I am transcribing--things that have absolutely nothing about what I am typing.  Can't tell you how many times I think about what to plan for dinner, etc.  I wonder if it is because I slow down enough and am still in one spot that my brain is finally able to focus.  Or maybe it is because I am so focused on my typing that my brain has room to think of other things too. Does anyone else do that? 

Whenever I am working I think of cooking and cleaning. Then when dinner time rolls around I have already cooked and done all my housework (in my mind only) and am ready for bed.  I call this mind-cooking, or mind-cleaning.  Sometimes it is only place where I can find peace.  Isthat how you feel?

Someone's life is placed in my hands when I sit down to transcribe. One letter out of the way such as an "a" could change the meaning of someone's medical diagnosis. One slip of a wrong medication or dosage and the patient could die. We all know when docs get used to us getting things right, they don't even read what they sign. One pass-over of a word that we don't want to take the time to look up could kill a patient. Don't tell me to lighten up, please. That's your excuse! I have had an anaphylactic reaction to a medication. If someone decided to skip over this or whatever  - I could die, yes, DIE! I would no more drink and transcribe than play Russian roulette with an infant. Sorry, it's probably what you don't want to hear, but I would not want you NEAR my medical history. I once had a student skip over an allergic reaction and instead of looking up the name of it she just typed "the dye". When I caught her on it, she shrugged her shoulders as if it didn't mean a thing. She just wanted to get her line count in, looking things up took away from her $$$.

Please take me seriously, it's worse than drinking and driving. It's a serious, serious thing to do. Alcohol definitely affects judgement and makes you sloppy. Slop and medical transcription do not go together. I don't want to kill anyone tonight, do you? If you want to drink, that's your business, but don't drink and type someone's medical record! Don't bother responding for me to "lighten up" because anyone with half a brain knows I'm right! If you drink constantly, then you're still "drunk" when you get up in the morning, coffee does NOT sober you up. That's BS.

 Put the plug in the jug!

ever. I'm doing a stat transfer summary and I'm going along as fast as I can and all of a sudden as I proof this is what I read-I have to imagine that you would have to be pretty sick of listening to people just flip pages all the time, I'm sorry about that.  I wish there was a better way around it. Now, isn't that sweet of him?