If acct pays for spaces, do 2. Every little bit

• I feel dumb asking this question, but here goes - I space or two after the end of a sentence? nm - Shelley
  • One Space Requipred - Ellen S.
    • Dang - I Can't Even Spell - Ellen S.
  • Are you all serious?!? sm - Bella
    • But it isn't a "rule of thumb" anymore...Carla is right...sm - Dani
      • Your exactly correct, schools are teaching (sm) - MTing
        • we aren't even putting periods after... - AnnaPhylaxis
    • Bella - Unhappy Camper
      • If the account specifies that is different. If they don't specify isn't 2 then the norm? nm - Bella
        • Well, I use 2 spaces..... - Unhappy Camper
      • LOL! "Coast", not "coats". Too many hours today. NM - Unhappy Camper
    • There ARE companies that don't pay for 2 spaces after - a period. It needs to be asked! NM
      • I understand some don't pay for spaces, but that one key stroke isn't a big deal IMO. - Bella
    • sry that should be c'mon, my shorthand was on and added the th. nm - Bella
  • Depends on what word program you are using - Carla
    • OMG - romey
  • I've always been told to put 2. Even if not paid for - sm - Flibertygibbit
  • If acct pays for spaces, do 2. Every little bit - adds up. nm
  • Here's how I decide (sm) - MTing
  • I meant "One space or two", not "l space or two" nm - Shelley
  • i only do one. just got in the habit of it (sm) - mandy
    • I do 2 spaces - stacey
      • Don't most accounts - Soxfan
        • If your account doesn't stipulate...sm - OldTimer

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Can someone tell me how big of a difference it makes if a company pays for spaces versus no spaces.  I have only every been paid without spaces.  I have been offered a position that pays for spaces, but the cpl is less than I am making now.  I am not sure if getting paid for spaces will make up for the pay cut.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!

so who exactly is getting cheated?  And just who are you talking about when you talk about whether it is "fair" or not.  I don't give a crap how much taxes my neighbor pays.  It's none of my business.  And if I found out they were paying less in taxes than me, I would ask them how they heck are they doing it so I can do it too!

I just want ask, is it necessary to get personal and insult?  You disagree with me, fine.  But I've been called a liar, a cheat, a no-ingetrity thief, my intelligence has been insulted, and I have had my parenting skills questioned.  That is a little over the top.  If you cannot debate an issue without resulting to personal attacks, then YOU are the stunted one!

It is a very good thing that some of you work at home, ALONE!  You are sorely lacking in people skills and diplomacy.  Let me guess, when you worked in the office you were one of those girls who didn't like to share her desk, griped if someone dropped a crumb on your desk, and kept track of everyone's breaks, lunches, and line counts just so you could tattle to the supervisor!  I've worked women like you, it was like working with kindergarteners.  That's why I came home to work.  Do us all a favor, looking in the mirror, count your wrinkles, and realize that this isn't high school anymore!

The above is a good recommendation.  I have a binder with the account specifics and when I first started with them I would bring it out, review what their specifics were and so on to refresh my memory.  Now after years of managing five accounts it is an automatic switch of font, margins, set-ups, etc.   After a time you will be doing the same but until then, just make a binder, cards or folder and prior to starting the account bring it out and refresh your memory and keep it handy to refer to when needed.   Good luck.  

Patti

my aunt just asked me if i'd be interested in doing some work for the doc she works for.  i currently work for somebody else, so all of that legwork is done for me.  i simply download from her system, type and return. 

how do i go about setting up something so a doc can dictate digitally and get it to me.  i don't know the first thing about it or where to start!  he currently does not do digital, but is considering looking into it, so i can't really turn to them for help on this one!

suggestions greatly appreciated!

MTSOs are always complaining about the shortage of good MTs.  Your MTSO, I am sure, would rather have you working for her on all your other accrts than risk losing you because of one bad dictator.  A good MT is worth more than the sum of lines of one bad dictator. She knows he is bad and to this point, she knows you will muddle through with him.  Put a stop to it. She will not quit giving you work over one doctor. I have been in similar positions and have always been taken of acct/dictator that I requested because I could not make money. MTSO is it this for money, she shouldnt expect any different from you.

Hello Patty,

I lost an acct about two yrs ago and it hurt, but I wasn't backing down.  The OM of one clinic knew the OM of another clinic I typed for and they mentioned to each other how much they were paying me per line.  The OM from the higher paying clinic called me and asked why I was charging her clinic more.  I told her first of all it wasn't really any of her business, but the other acct I had had for 10 yrs and I billed them 50,000 lines/mth, plus I picked up tapes every day.  Her particular clinic I only had about 6 mth., billed about 3000 - 5000 lines/mth, and didn't get tapes every day.  Needless to say, I never picked up another tape from that clinic, but that's the way it goes sometimes. 

yet.  My company assigns us an e-mail but in 5 years I've never used it and don't even remember what it is.  Some MTs choose to use it.  

As far as the e-mails sent only to you, maybe they are just updating you with all the info, or you could be doing something incorrectly and they have these e-mails in a file and pull them up and send as appropriate.

Maybe they have their e-mail setup so that it sends to each person on the list separately.  I don't know how this is done if even it could be done.  I get e-mails from my company that don't show any addresses in the To: section that go out to every MT on my account.  I like it this way so my e-mail addy (my personal one) isn't being published.  I don't have anything to hide, just don't like my e-mail on forwards for everyone to see and possibly harvest. 

Call your supervisor or the tech department if you have concerns instead of worrying about something that really is no big deal. 

Just curious.  I have had this account for almost 4 years and have never gone up on my charge to them.  Is it appropriate to go up for standard "cost of living" increases in medical transcription?  I don't have to do anything except email their work to them when I'm finished with it, but used to print it out and deliver it, but recently finally got them to accepting it via email.  What is the standard procedure for charging a bit of a higher rate as time goes by?  Thanks very much for any advice.

How did you deal with it?  I mean the docs like your work and insist on giving you work, but the in house MT who coordinates your work is a Wicked Witch of the West and blocks the docs' attempts.  I'm talking small $ here.

I also think it is important to start off with people who know the account, follow the specs for the VR to learn the specs correctly.  In time with everybody on the same page it should improve, but if you are using all the shortcuts and have experience in the account I can't help but wonder if it may be worth looking into another account.  My line count is actually down now from the account that made me really start like the Escription platform.  I had a mostly ER account with other basic 4 reports in it that would allow me up to almost consistently 800 lines edited lines per hour.  The work was very inconsistent and the company was not reliable so I moved on making less money but much less stress.  The accounts do make a difference but until you try another account you may not know what your potential really is. 

In answering the other question regarding hot keys, I learned just like mentioned above.  Learn them one at a time.  Start with Alt k, then Alt Shift K, Alt ., Alt ,, Alt :, etc.  Use you jump keys, which are very easy to learn and you'll use them all the time, ctrl arrows, ctrl shift arrow, ctrl backspace, etc.  All of them used together really are a time saver.  Get in the habit of using alt 2 and alt 1 too to adjust speed of playback.  For the nice easy ones go ahead and alt 2 to your content and get the report knocked out, for the tougher ones alt 1 and slow down.  I do this throughout the reports as I find it easier to listen quickly to some parts, and slower with others that need more changes.  Any bit of time saved makes a difference. 

Also, in my first report I mentioned working with kids, etc.  This is a biggy for me.  Working 3rd allows me to actually work without distractions.  Small distractions make big difference.