I too do a big 'sigh' when I get a long straight

• I have to vent! ASR is driving me up the wall! - Old and tired MT
  • You are so right... - cindyoh
  • I don't think I could be an MT now, sigh...sm - Ella (retired)
    • It can be profitable if you have - sm
      • And don't forget avoiding carpal tunnel syndrome! nm - Ella (retired)
        • Not all related to repetative movements - sm
          • Boy, I sure did! sm - Ella (retired)
      • or a big pay cut when it looks like this - sa
        • Oh Lord, I'd be depressed again too! :D nm - Ella (retired)
        • This is a good one compared to what I get - Old and tired MT
          • control shift - other sa
          • Control-shift sux. Death throes? sm - Ella (retired)
            • Just experiencing acute care dictation, for the first time in years - Me too!!!!
            • I was out there too Ella and also sm - MT30+
              • This has been a theme of mine for some time - sm
          • VR - sa
            • I feel better now... - cindyoh
              • Had a friend who was on VR - sm
                • Exactly... - cindyoh
            • Tried using those shortcuts - Gracie
              • There is little or no incentive to learn and use - sa
          • Oh, my, again I will state - sm
  • SR - Lilly
    • I like VR, too and also resent getting - Backwards typist
      • I too do a big 'sigh' when I get a long straight - typing job....sm
        • Typing and backwards, what systems do you use? - sm
          • Dictaphone Enterprise Express Editor - It has served me well.
  • Told same thing, immediately went to - another mt
    • SR - Lilly
    • Same here - Old and tired MT
      • People here are NOT listening - sm
        • can only judge from own experience - another mt
          • Do you have any idea how - sm
            • sounds old, does not mean it is not true - anonamous
              • Get ready for yours to - sm
                • don't get your point - anon
                  • Hey, you can stay and change until - sm
                    • I agree with you - anon
                      • How long have you - sm
                        • I don't know - anon
  • You probably are working for a company that - sm
    • ASR - Old and tired MT
      • I don’t know about other companies - sm

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or what is a straight line???

Can you fax it straight from your computer so that you don't have to print and then put in fax machine? If not, how long does it take?  My charge would depend on the time it takes you to do this and how many a day you fax over.  Keep track of how many you do per month and see what you feel it is worth.     If it just takes a couple of minutes and is only one or two per week, I would do a minimal charge but if it becomes more often or ends up taking more time, figure at a rate of $30 per hour and divide that into the time it takes to do one fax and charge that per fax.  

I have faxed over some things and not charged anything as I can just fax from my computer and all I do is go to print and select fax, the page number, put in the number and send.  So it is not that time comsuming for me.  But if it were a daily thing, I would charge something.  

You said above:  Morally, especially the "f" word, I can't bring myself to even type it out.

Now you claim you were just asking the question because you were curious.  Our point is, if it's part of the medical record you need to type it.  As someone else said, if you are bothered by just typing the F word, does it also bother you to type abortions, etc.? You are in the wrong line of work if typing a word bothers you so much that you "can't bring yourself to type it".

I had emailed you and asked you to contact me for information regarding a manual. You can download it at Dictaphone's website, but since it has been a week or two since I emailed you I can't remember exactly where on their website. I guess just do some looking around. I think it was in frequently asked questions or something like that.

You purchased an IN-155 foot pedal for compatiblility with DVI VoiceWav.  (We have sold nearly 1,000 of these with zero returns.)

When you called our toll free 800 number for support we told you that the problem was not the pedal and was either the software you were using or your computer.  Reluctantly, we agreed to do an exchange for you.  (FYI, when your first pedal came back to us it worked absolutely perfectly and still does.  In fact it is plugged into the same computer I am typing on at this moment.  It has been tested daily since it came back with no problems).

Now, you voice incorrect information on MTStars.  Your problem is in your computer.   

Please feel free to call us yet again if this is not clear to you.

Tom Wilkes

President

Executive Communication Systems

(800) 644-9525, ext. 101

Snagged this straight from the Escription site.  Hope it helps.

We have had success configuring both the Belkin USB/Serial Adaptor and the Dynex USB PDA/Serial Adaptor to work properly with a serial Foot Pedal and EditScript MT. Other adaptors may also work using this setup, however we cannot guarantee that they will.

1. To set up the Belkin USB/Serial Adaptor:
   
2. Install the USB/Serial adaptor per the instructions included with the device.
   
3. After installation, open the Windows Device Manager:
   
   
   
   1. Right-Click on My Computer, choose Properties.
      
   2. From the Hardware tab, cick Device Manager.
      
   3. In the Device Manager window, click the + sign next to Ports (COM & LPT). You should see the USB/Serial Adaptor listed there with a COM port next to it.
      
   4. Right click on the Adaptor and choose Properties.
      
   5. From the Port Settings tab, click Advanced.
      
   6. From the COM Port Number drop-down, set the device to COM6. (Any COM device higher than COM4 should also work; be sure to remember what you set this to.)
      
   7. Click OK to close the Advanced window, then OK to close the Properties window.
   
   
4. Close the Device Manager
   
5. Now open EditScript and log in.
   
6. Once you have logged in, click on the Options button in the EditScript toolbar:
   
7. From the Foot Pedal tab, change the CommPort setting to COM6 (or whichever port it was set to above).
   
8. Click OK to close the Options dialog.

Your Foot Pedal should now work properly through the Serial/USB adaptor.

My company set me up to work from home - - - I am new at this and confused and am need of imput from others in the field. Currently I get pain 8 cents per line.  I have a quota of 7,000+ lines a week - -however the computer I have been set up with does not enable me to add programs (if I wanted to add a word expansion program) and, interestingly, the ability to set up macros in MS Word has been disabled.

With that said - - - For example, I will type a new consult on a patient that ends up being 4 pages in length.  I want to "work smarter and not harder" (who doesn't) so I incorporate word Expanders that I have in MS Word Auto Text as well as an Auto Text "intial office visit" outline which includes the doctor's "normal" exam.  All I have to do are make any necessary changes with each individual patient.  We use a nationally known dictation program/softwear which enables me to go to a "statistics" screen to see the line count for each document I have typed.  I have been finding, however, that on these 4 page consults, I am only being credited for 60 lines or so - - - aren't there 65 lines PER PAGE - - -why is it not 4 times that amount??  Looks like I am only getting paid for STRAIGHT TYPING, not for the total line count of the end product.