I think average MT is intelligent
Posted By: Bunion on 2009-02-03
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And we are not now being paid for what we have in our little heads, along with the common sense decisions we have to make on a daily basis.
On the other hand, I am so ANNOYED with these people in so called Govt positions, insurance positions, etc. that we have to deal with, no matter where or what situation in my life, I feel they are being paid more than myself and are really not intelligent. I have to constantly correct, especially situations after I have gone to a doctor and my insurance company or billing screws up, and we know how long that takes getting tied up in the voice recognition of the insurance companies, etc.
Anyhow today, called a Govt office that asked for donations over the holiday of unused cell phones to send in to recieve $5 a piece for recycling. Once she finally answered her phone at 9:22 a.m., yes they are still collecting. I was asking exactly where she was located. She told me. Then I asked on the north or south side of street, and she said it depends on which way you are coming from. NOT, I said, excuse me, but north and south do not change. She was dumbfounded. Just a moment of silence, and changed her answer to right or left. In her position in this company if can bet she is probably being paid somewhere bettween 40K and 50K. Go figure. This is just one example of many unintelligent people making more than myself and that burns my big butt.
I swear for some jobs you have to take a stupid test and pass to be hired.
Not looking forward to job hunting. 
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Clinton is intelligent??? If he was intelligent he wouldn't have gotten caught!
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What average line count do you type per pay period. what is considered above average and how long
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If you can't think of anything intelligent to say
Please don't say anything at all.
Very well said, Intelligent MT
That kind of post didn't do a thing for the original poster except to reinforce what she was feeling at that time. She might be one of the Intelligent MTs who made one STUPID mistake and received a ranting email from her editor. Add that to a bad day in general and that just might be the final straw. I noticed that she didn't rant and rave about THE editor or editors in GENERAL. I think she was just blowing off steam, I didn't hear any whining. I know the GOOD editors work hard for their GOOD MTs and even cover their backside on occasion. Then there are those editors who think they are much smarter than any MT and they want to let the MTs know they are the "boss." I don't think that kind last very long, the Intelligent MTs will get 'em every time.
Cute but not really intelligent
anyway, I have to work 2nd and 3rd shift because all the MTs are busy crying and complaining on this forum instead of doing the work they are supposed to do. Oh boo hoo, I have work oh boo hoo I ACTUALLY have to sit and type. They expect me to actually WORK for the money they give me. BOOO HOOOOOOOOOO. By the way, at least I HAVE a personality.
That was intelligent AND helpful. Duh!
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That is very intelligent. Makes...
PERFECT sense!
I was asking for intelligent answers....
as to what others do and are expected to do. I am not expected to work, in fact am the age if I wanted to could retire instead of having to scrape and beg for what most of the companies are paying now days. Like I said in the beginning, I have absolutely no problem. I am way past the time of having to worry about where the next check is coming from....Working now because I want to, not because I have to. Thanks and Merry Christmas and Happy New Years to you.
You got intelligent answer as to what other ICs do.
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Yah it proves how HIGHLY intelligent she is.
was for adults? You go girl? What are you 17? Sounds like something my daughter says.
This intelligent MT sees you for what you are, a jerk.
Wow, what an attitude you have. I wonder what you were like as an MT? Mean? Sniping? Backstabbing? Intelligent MTs do appreciate their QA people. Intelligent QA people don't go off like bottle rockets in public like you have. You need the attitude adjustment, not the MT.
Couldn't think of anything intelligent to say, so you edit?
What a dimwit!
Not only is he gorgeous, but eccentric, intelligent, and seems non "Hollywood"
Okay, I need a really astounding, intelligent remark for a quick
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Yes, and Elisabeth was incapable of an intelligent response. sm
All she could muster was a flustered "don't honey me!" Brilliant, that Elisabeth.
Oh, that explains your open-minded, intelligent demeanor
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You were just snotty, rude, and added nothing intelligent to the thread.
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for 'Seeking intelligent life': Are you frustrated and unsatisfied?
Looking in vain for intelligence in your brain?
Honestly that is the most intelligent thing I've heard from an MT co. in a long time. Completely
You have to be able to retain knowledge.
You have to know how to reserach effectively.
You have to be able to use deductive reasoning.
You have to have confidence in your decisions and not constantly "need assurance."
You have to be able to separate sounds in your head that are both internal and from multiple external forces.
Some of these can be taught, some are innate, some take years to develop, some either you got it or you don't.
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.
I don't believe this is average at all.
Here is a calculator formula
225 hr equal 1800 lines/day
9000 lines based on 5 days
6.42 pages/hour (35 lines/pg)
3.75 lines each minute
1.87 lines each 30 seconds.
This is NOT a typical aveage MT. There are too many variables like dictators who dictate attending live football games and WHISPERS.
This is a terrible way to make a living at 98% accuracy and dictator who take in one deep breath and see if they can do the whole report speaking as fast as they can before breath ends.
So you 6000 per week would be (5 days)
1200 lines a day
150 lines an hour
about 4.29 pg (based on 35 lintes per page.
2.5 lines per minute
1.25 lines each second
There is the BIG picture
on average, 17 here. nm
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I average about the same; sometimes more, but never less than 600 lph. nm
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I average
over 3000 per day VR and straight combined.
Everyone is different, but average would be
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I average about 178. nm
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Average cpl?
What is the average cpl that you charge? A doc has contacted me wanting me to do some work but I have never had my own accounts and do not know how much is fair to charge. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
The Average Seems to be
Four hours for 60 minutes of tape, so 8-10 hours for 2 tapes is not bad at all. If you feel you're slow, convert it to lph and see how many lph you come up with . You may be surprised!
What is the average CPL for
I hear lows and highs, but am wondering what the average or most common rate is for an experienced MT, say with 7+ years of experience and proficient in the basic 4.
Average it out
Figure up what you would be making for an average report by doing a line count on it. This should give you an idea if $2.00 per report would be fair to you or not (I'll bet not).
I personally would do it for a couple of days on each report, then compare to what I would earn with the current arrangement versus what I would earn with a per line charge. It will probably be a jaw-dropping difference.
I average about
1900 - 2000
Tons of shortcuts and I don't move.
average 150-200 lph
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re: Average pay
Good inheritance, the way things are now, 12 cpl is very good. Hang on to it.
Average Pay
Just curious as to everyone's personal opinion on this . . . what do you consider to be a fair/average cpl and what do you consider to be a poor cpl?
I keep running across ads for companies (and I'm assuming their outsourcing to somewhere other than the U.S.) that offer 7cpl to the client and I'm sure that, in that case, the MTs aren't getting anything. So, just assuming that they have SOMEONE working for them, I was wondering who would consider anything less than 7cpl to be a fair wage? I wouldn't, but maybe that's just me.
There is no way you can get an average
of number of reports sent to QA. There are too many variables. However, don't beat yourself up. New accounts take time to learn and you will send more in the beginning.
Average MT pay
What would you say the average MT with one year experience should be making right now?
Thanks,
Abby
average pay...
i was making 7.5 cpl at 1 year out of school... ;-/
average
i read some where that 12 mins is about an 1 hour worth of dictation. 
I average between 80% and 81%
Just keep adding to it. I have over 86,000 entries in my Shorthand, and it has increased my production TREMENDOUSLY because of putting in everything that I can think of. I also purchased the Saving Keystrokes book a couple of months ago, and since applying some of the tips from it, my production has increased, and I have not even gotten through the whole book yet. I was at 60% to 65% before purchasing the book. It has opened my eyes to a lot of shortcuts that I had not even thought of and reinforced others that I have used.
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