I think Lanier lasts the longest/best ones..sm
Posted By: they still have refurbished transcribers..*S* on 2006-09-28
In Reply to: I should add - (sm)
http://www.martelelectronics.com/Lanier%20Transcribers.htm
I also saw (if you Google used Lanier transcribers) ones going on ebay for $225 and that's cheap if they are in good condition. I remember when a Lanier transcriber cost $600. I use one of them but it's a long-term loaner *S*
I went through 2 Sanyo's and would not buy that brand again (one ate tapes from the outset) and I'm leery of Panasonic, had problems with other equipment of theirs that is non-MT-related.
Long-time Lanier lover here. 
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enjoy it while it lasts
i received letter from MQ stating all ASR work will now be paid at 80%. Yippee! Is the client paying less for ASR work? Is the cost of living going down 20%?
ready to retire
Be happy while it lasts...it won't..nm
Inhouse only lasts sooo long...
I bet if you asked around, the outsourcing rate is moving faster than we think.
There is always the nationals to go back to in case the inhouse job sends ya' packin'....
I have not found one yet. Tried a dozen of them - nothing really works well or lasts long. nm
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Hi, Deeni! I did Lanier for several years and was always told that Lanier....sm
would only work with/accept/interface with other Lanier products, that everything was proprietary, but that was a few years ago and do not know if anything there has changed, wish I was of more help! Have a good one!
Jess needed to go but I'll be more than miffed if Carissa lasts another show.
longest dictation.
Mine was probably around an hour and 15 minutes to an hour and a half. The doc was awesome, best dictator ever and his H&Ps and DS were anywhere from 30 minutes to 90 minutes long. Boy I sure miss him! He was at a local hospital I used to work at.
I was the opposite. I used my old way for the longest time
because I couldn't handle the new program and the new way both at once. Once I was comfortable with IT, then I started using expansion keys and actually increased my production from in almost 20%. It definitely was work making myself learn to use them!
Who has the longest-running account?
I have an account I have been transcribing since August 1997. How bout U?
Longest list of medications
For me personally it was 17 - at that point I changed doctors and finally got some relief for my fibromyalgia. I think I bought this doctor a car, put his kids through private school and probably financed his house. He saw me once a week for two years and very regularly after that. I often wondered why he wanted me to come in so often and how he always found something else wrong with me. Come to find out that I really didn't have all of the problems that he was diagnosing me with and all I really needed was help with my blood pressure and a pain management specialist (which he did not believe in prescribing narcotics). As for work - I can't remember the longest list of medications a patient was prescribed - but in doing acute care and with the elderly patients - it was always a high number.
I thought it was just me for the longest time
About 8 to 10 years ago, it was a piece of cake to make OVER 300 lines per hour after doing a bunch of doctors I'd gotten used to over a few weeks/months (depending on the difficulty of the docs).
For the past 2+ years, no matter where I work (and I've worked for a few), I'm finding that it's been a struggle to reach 200 lines (let along over 300!) an hour ... and I'm noticing that on message boards nowadays, it's considered average to transcribe 150-175 lines an hour (?).... Wow. Just wow. Didn't that used to be considered "newbie" range? Or am I mistaken?
Even when I mention to potential employers/MTSOs that my goal is to reach at least 300 lines per hour, they always sound taken aback or have a hesitancy in their voices as far as that being even a possibility!
I'm making 20% to 30% less than I did as a newbie 15 years ago. Now I know I'm getting older and perhaps slowing down, but I've been noticing line counts diminishing with using these proprietary programs these companies use for quite a while now.
I agree with hayseed and the OP of this thread.
8 years total, longest was 4 yrs for the Q...
what is the longest you are willing to wait for check? sm
Background - been typing for a Chicagoland MTSO for over seven years now. Invoices are sent 15th and end of month and paid 30 days later. For the most part, invoices are received on a pretty regular basis, but there have been notable delays explained away by the Chicago Post Office is the worst in the nation. Fast forward to today; in the past two months I have received exactly ONE invoice - the rest have been delayed because of the Chicago PO or lost in the mail so stop payment (supposedly) on the oldest check and reissuance. It was supposedly mailed 08/15 and now seven mailing days later I still do not have it. I have sent polite e-mails to the accounting person but I keep being told to wait 10 business days before a new check can be cut. In the meantime, college tuition is due and bank account is dwindling. I am in the process of looking for another MTSO but in the meantime, general consensus on how long you would wait for a check. I have a long history with this MTSO and don't really want to go the labor and wage board route but I am getting kind of fed up...I can't work for free!
Okay, let's do a poll...what's the longest dictation you've done?
I'm talking about a single dictation on one patient. Mine was three hours and around 13 minutes I think (psychology).
Longest ER exam on record! My funny for the day.
"She states she has had right-sided abdominal pain and she points to her right lower quadrant for approximately three days."
I wonder if her pointy finger got tired!!!
Bullfeathers. Americans work the longest hours.
We average 1960+ hours worked per year. Google "Americans work the longest hours". Nobody else can touch us. Provide us with a link proving your theory that Americans don't want to work. Young people want to work as well. Every young person I know of is working on top of going to school fulltime. Maybe it's just the people you know who don't want to work, because I can tell you that everyone in my family has a good work ethic. Google "American youth don't want to work". Oopsy, no hits. Guess that blows your theory.
What is the longest you have gone without service? Do they return phone calls promptly?
TIA
32 years, longest was 28 years at same co. (nm)
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Lanier
Yes Transcend uses the voice writer on certain accounts. Just started using it.
Lanier VXP??
Anybody use Lanier VPX? I can't get my wav pedal to play these files. Any suggestions?
Lanier VXP
These can only be played with a Lanier footpedal. They have a proprietorial header on the voice file and cannot be opened without the appropriate footpedal.
I have a lanier - sm
I would like to know more too. Thanks.
lanier
Does anyone use a lanier voice writer and looking for extra work? Thanks!
lanier
I know this may be redundant, but try unplugging everything and then start over. I have had this happen and it corrected it. Good luck!
Lanier LX-219-1
Can someone tell me what the VVI board underneath the Lanier machine is used for?? Does the Lanier machine with the phone attachment work the same way even though it does not have that VVI board???
I NEED HELP with this Lanier LX-219-1
Please help...I am ready to pull out my hair....
I need to set up my Lanier LX-219-1 system into a vonage modem
and I am TOTALLY lost...have tried all kinds of different connections
to no avail....Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated...
Thank you...
HELP WITH LANIER LX-230
My Lanier LX-230 will NOT turn on when I push on/off button  . I tried *99 1 to see which buttons are programmed, and the on/off button did not light up  . Does anyone know what (if there is one) the code is for on/off button for the LX-230. To check, pls. try *99 then 1 while your LX-230 is off, then push the on/off button once - the code should be displyed...PLEASE reply to me with the code.
WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR HELP!!! 
Lanier
Lanier
If you use a calling card to dial into the hospital system using a Lanier, do your phone card minutes start to decrease immediately or only when you have the foot pedal down and are listening to the dictation? I hope this question makes sense? Tx
lanier
 On mine assign job is on the right side 5th one down - good luck!
IC Lanier
Check out MDI-MD.
Could someone tell me what a Lanier is.
I know I heard of it but not sure exactly what it is.
Lanier
It is a device that hooks into a phone line and you hook in your headphones and receive the dictation through there. Expensive peice of equipment. You have to dial into where ever your dictation is coming from. Does that help you at all?
I currently use it.
Lanier
Looking for an affordable digital system that would allow at least 4 people to dictate at the same time. Since they dial into the server with Lanier, is it possible for more than one person to be dictating at the same time? Would you need more than one phone line to allow for this? (Not sure if this system would allow for that or not). Any suggestions?
Thanks.
lanier
if you know job #, use the assign by job # key and reassign it to yourself. if you don't have that key, holler and I'll give you programming directions.
lanier
Try unplugging the phone lines from the modem (flat box) for about 10 minutes and then plug back in.
I need some help. I have a Lanier LX-219-1 with VTI. sm
I need a terminal block, power source and pedal. Can anyone tell me where I can get these. I have checked Executive Communications and they have them new. I would like to buy used if at all possible. Thanks!
Lanier P-145
Hello,
Does anyone know how to use the Lanier P-145(An old telephone 4 tape recording system)? Or does anyone know of a manual I can get my hands on? I just purchased a used one and I have tried everything and I can not get it to work!!! It does power on, but I am not sure if I am hooking everything up correctly.
Thank you very much.
Kimberly
Lanier
Agree. Lanier the best, but expensive. $600-700 for mine 12 years ago. Lasts forever, and you can spend the same $600-700 on cheaper models that will need to be replaced with new on a regular basis. Have tried Olympus, Panasonic, Sony - all lasted less than a year.
Lanier 219
Any one here know ths machine like the back of their hand? I have a few questions about functions of some of the keys.
Lanier
Sometimes they get sensitive and can do that, or also not give a full visual read-out in the window. When that happens, the tech tells us to fully power it down, totally unplug from its power source (from the wall, etc.) and let it sit for a full 5 minutes. This cools the unit down and since they are preprogramed which also includes programming of your footpedal, this allows the preprogramming to come back to its original state. Mine does stuff like that about every month or so. Most of them are pretty old. Also, you may have to get technical support if powering down does not work, to check your pedal settings. Hope this helps. I know these "old dinosaurs" get fussy sometimes.
Lanier
I am trying to find out what are the advantages/disadvantages of Lanier versus other platforms?
Harder/easier?
Outdated/up-to-date?
Lanier is the best
Any transcription product with Lanier on the name is #1 in my book.
Lanier
Lanier is one of the oldest, slowest, clunkiest systems around. I actually quit a job that was paying me 11 cpl on Lanier and took one for 9-3/4 on WAV and am making waaaay more on the WAV account. Lanier stinks.
Lanier help
I need the command prompts to use to access a Lanier system with non-Lanier equipment.
I access 2 other Lanier systems with the same equipment with NO problem at all. But this one is recognizing me as a "dictator" and not a "transcriber".
The prompts I do have, don't work. They are "call in, wait for beep, enter #6" I should hear "welcome" then enter my ID and should be good to go.
I've spent almost 3 hours searching for the solution on the internet and I need help fast. There are a ton of jobs waiting for me on this new system - so I'm losing $$$
thanks in advance for any help or suggestions,
Lanier
Is it possible to get Lanier voice files with anything other than a Lanier? I tried calling in on a Dictaphone, but it doesn't work. Seems like I remember someone posting about this, but I can't remember how she said it was done.
Thanks.
Lanier
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Lanier
Good morning grasshopper... luv that name LOL
Thanks so much. Other than the color being black, it looks the same as my old faithful friend that was white or beige, but not black. I will try it. Thanks again...happy listening and typing to ya grasshopper.
Lanier
Good morning grasshopper... luv that name LOL
Thanks so much. Other than the color being black, it looks the same as my old faithful friend that was white or beige, but not black. I will try it. Thanks again...happy listening and typing to ya grasshopper.
Questions on Lanier 219 or 230
Could some MTs that use either of these systems please email me. I have a ton of questions concerning these machines and don't know where to look. Looking at working on an account that requires one of these machines and have been looking on ebay. Asked a few questions to one seller and I don't think he knows what he has. Any help would be really appreciated.
Tabatha in Charleston, SC
Lanier.....TransNet???
Hi Everyone!
Do you know if Lanier makes a sofware package similar to TransNet in which you can sign onto their system, download your voice files, and then sign off? If so, what is the name of that software?
Thanks!!!
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