It varies but for me it works about 10 lines per minute of dictation.
Posted By: Does that help? on 2006-08-05
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one minute of dictation = 10 lines?
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Lines per minute of dictation
Worked for a university medical center years ago when we were paid by the minute, and the average number of 65-character lines per minute was 10 lines. There were over 2000 dictating physicians, though, who made up the pool, so there were the slow dictators along with the speeders. I agree with other poster: Nothing less than $1.00 per minute. I charge for 800-number service and I would charge $2.00 per minute.
Pay by minute of dictation
I've been offered a position where the line count is calculated by multiplying the minutes of dictation transcribed by 12.5 (the assumed average number of lines in a minute of dictation). Has anyone had experience being paid in this manner, and how do you feel it compares to the 65-character line?
How long does a 60-minute dictation take you
nm
Oh man, I'm working on an 18-minute brief dictation.
JLG charges $3.00 per minute of dictation.
I was shocked to see that my hospital was paying $3.00 per dictated minute to JLG. As contractors, we only got $1.50 per minute.
paid by minute dictation
It is not a rip off. I work in-house in a hospital and that is what we use to count time, lines, and jobs. It is also used to tie in our production bonus. We have what we call "weighted" dictators - ESLs if you will. The docs are weighted as 1.1, 1.3, 1.5 with 1.5 being the bad dictators. You know the ones, they yawn, chew, and talk at the same time, they have a really thick accent, and talk and chew at the same time. They have more minutes than clear-speaking docs. Multiply your your hours worked (8) X 12.5 that equals 100. You then divide your minutes typed into that number. That gives you your production. Where I work you have to have 85% to be eligble for production bonus. It is not a rip off, it works quite well.
The norm is 1 minute = 10 lines; 10 min = 100 lines - sm
granted this varies per dictator. More lines if a fast talker, less if a slow talker.
I had a 30 minute dictation a few weeks ago - American doc - sm
who does that, talks super fast and mumbles to boot, we are told to do the best we can and turn in as is-- I counted 125 blanks in that report, nuts. Luckily it is not held against me as they know how awful this doc is. He has also been repeatedly told to slow down and speak clearly, but he does not care obviously and keeps doing it, so he cannot complain about poor work product.
I was paid by the dictation minute for almost 3 years. sm
Most general transcription is paid that way, but only a few MT. Some dictators are fast, others waste a lot of time hemming and hawing and shuffling papers. I though it evens out in the end.
I definitely wouldn't do it for less than $1.00/minute, a bit more if you have lots of experience.
Folks that I know usually charge by the dictation minute. sm
Depending on difficulty and turn around time, most charge about 90 cents to $1.20 per dictation minute.
Question on what the average time is to transcribe 1 minute of dictation?
I know this is going to vary widely but any sort of general idea would be helpful. I know this is a tough question! 
Thanks for your help!
So it doesn't matter if you got a 30 minute file and only 3 minutes of it is actually dictation,
nm
Lines per minute????
What is the average lines per minute? I know it is going to vary, but I just want what the average is.
TIA!
Lines per minute of dication
Any general rule of thumb for figuring how many lines per minute of dictation? I know it can depend on a number of factors, but just wondered if any of you had an approximate ballpark idea what you would expect for lines at the end of the day on say 125 minutes of dictation. 
lines per minute/hour?
I'm typing approximately 250 lines an hour of transcription. I'm not sure about dictation though. I am curious how much the going rate for a Transcriptionist by the line is these days. If anybody could help with this info, please do so!
Lines an hour to words a minute
Hello!
Does anyone know how to calculate words per minute from lines per hour? I'm curious to know how many words per minute I'm actually typing (even though it is with a word expander). Currently, I'm only averaging 140 lines per hour--is that good?
Would appreciate your help!
I do not know about words per minute, but lines per hour. And everything depends on the dictator.
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How many lines, roughly, in 1 min of dictation?
Im curious as to what the average line count per minute of dictation is? Does anyone have this information? Again, Im just looking for an average, not a set in stone amount. Also, if you type hospital transcription, roughly how many jobs do you need to type in 8 hours to meet the average line count required by most companies of 1200 lines in 8 hours? 25? 50? 75? 100? Yes, I know this will vary to, but again, just looking for an average #.
The Orator dictation system offered by Bytescribe also works with DocShuttle. I use it as well as th
I thought the price was reasonable. You can export the files into DocShuttle so that the docs can still use the electronic signature feature. I have one facility that uses the system this way. One doc uses the olympus DS-2300 and the other two use my call-in system.
Paid by the minute... new to me... does $1.14/minute sound reasonable?
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Gross line, also including blank lines because my line rate is so low. It all works out in the wash.
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varies
Relaxer $50
Wash and curly set $40 with 7 tip (I have extremely thick hair and its worth it)
Relaxer and rinse ($60) 10 tip for letting me be the first customer on Sat morning (6 am)
varies
I worked in house up until the year 2000. In the NE area of the US I only made 9.00 an hour. In Florida, I made 18.00 an hour plus 8 cpl per line bonus after 2000 lines per day.
Varies. 11p-7a, 12-8a, 9p-6a, somewhere in there. nm
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It varies
I have one account that uses a 60-character line (including spaces) but they only pay 8 cents a line.
I worked for another account that did 65 (with spaces) and paid 10 cents.
Depends on what the client is willing to pay and how much profit the MTSO wants to make. 
varies sm.
If you are with a company over 50 employees, have been there for 1 year, you are entitled to 12 weeks unpaid FMLA leave. Maternity leave is covered for 6+ weeks (depending on delivery method, complications, etc) by short term disability. Good luck!
It varies...
Generally speaking, the standard these days is 65 characters per line including spaces. Some choose to bill by 55 characters per line, some by gross line, some 65 characters with no spaces, some by the page, and some by the minute.
It varies by county in NC
I live in Randolph County, NC and the high school kids here can miss no more than 10 days of school per year before they have to start making up time. The elementary kids can miss 20. If this kid has missed that much school, the school should be contacting social services or someone to get involved. In NC parents can be held responsible and even be put in jail for their children not attending school like they are supposed to. It is truancy and it is illegal.
Oregon -- really varies
11 t0 14 cpl small MTSO 12 to 18 large MTSO. Really varies around here and also depends on whether you deliver, print, or all by digital.
It varies greatly...
Where I work the range is from 6 cpl up to almost 12 cpl so you just don't know. I guess decent is 10 or more. Anything less is not too good in my opinion especially considering I made 8 cents per GROSS line 10 years ago which would equal I don't know maybe around 11 cents per 65 character line and again that was 10 years ago. The only profession I know of where the pay continues to go down! Thanks technology! :(
Varies with the expander
As far as I know, there is no universal shortcut. Each text Expander has a hotkey that you can use to temporarily disable the program without logging out of it.
It varies. 65 is not always the # used. Some places
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Varies by account
Not trying to make it completely confusing, but the BOS is a guideline and not really a hard and fast rule - at least that's what I've found. I work PT for one company on a large clinic account and they want me to put what the doctor dictates, whether it be b.i.d., etc., or COPD or the like. My FT job for another company has completely different guidelines - I have to expand b.i.d., a.m., etc. and expand all abbreviations unless very specifically told otherwise.
Generally, unless told otherwise I expand in the diagnosis and impression section and leave the rest verbatim.
Clear as mud, huh?
It varies. Newbies usually
start around 6 or 7, average experience around 8ish, and very experienced in everything can make anywhere from 9-11. (This would be as an employee with benes, spaces included. As an IC or without spaces, cpl would be more to make up for that.)
Time varies
I worked for a doctor like the one above, records kept for years because they were so slack and careless they'd lose their nose if not attached. The doctors in the group I am with presently, I keep the notes for 3 months out of courtesy, but they have never had to ask for one. It all depends on whether others do their job or not as to how long to keep the reports. Talk to the company/doctor you work for about how long they want you to keep records.
i dunno, maybe 20? it varies depending
on hot topics, mental duldrums, needing breaks from bad dictators, etc. Its usually very momentary.
I don't think FEDERAL varies whereas state...sm
I think states set their own regulations but I do believe that Federal is all one set of rules/regulations. The police might be able to tell you but I think you'd find out so much more via the internet if you know what state he is in. I found someone in jail recently. I put in her name and she is locked up and probably going to get the books slammed at her. Very young nonthinking girl too.
All states and even federales have websites. You can type in INMATE information and then the state and all kinds of links will come up. You can probably this way find his name at some institution and if paroled, call the institution he was paroled from and find out more details if possible.
BEST of luck on this!!! The internet is great for finding even old friends (I found several 30+ years after being in contact).
Forgot to say the income varies according to....sm
what company they are working for. Everybody doesn't make only 12-15 hr. Just like any job, depended on the person and who they worked for.
It varies but make between $12 and $16 an hour - nm
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It varies as to location and what docs currently pay in your area. nm
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It varies so much with your ESLs, how good you are with your shortcuts, macros, etc. but most jobs
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varies: clinic/acute, employee/IC, own accounts/pool.
nm
Full Word is in the Works "Suite," not plain Works.
Works saves files in a different format, but you can open them in Word if you have the correct filter installed.
RIGHT!!! Someone who works 16 hours and someone who works 60 will have a HUGE difference. NM
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Aaahhhh, now I get it. Gross lines vs. Character lines. I guess I've just been conditioned to
think in terms of character lines. One of the perils of working as an IC for somebody who defines what a line is versus owning your own company and defining it yourself. After working for someone else for 15 years, maybe it's time to bust out on my own.
That is a lot of work/lines for 2 people. I do 3000 lines per day sm
if you times that by 30 days that only comes to 90K lines a month, that is working 7 days a week including weekends. I don't think 2 people can handle that.
900 lines is below 1100 lines, where the bonus starts.
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Gross lines include all lines containing
printable characters, so a full line and a line with one word on it are charged equally. Straight lines are basically the same as gross lines, but with this method of counting the blank lines are counted as well (again, equally). I have only had one company pay this way, and they are a middle man. I would think the charge would be about the same as for gross lines, and that not too many offices will want their lines counted this way (the one I worked on was probably inherited from someone who had counted the lines that way, so just continued).
I went from 2400 lines to 1800 lines
a day when I switched from clinic (through an MTSO) to hospital work. Not only was the clinic work easier with more macros (and less providers to learn, 12 vs 300+), but I was typing in straight Word (as opposed to Softmed/Chart Script). So you see, it really varies depending upon the type of work as well as the platform used. That said, I am so much happier typing the 1800 lines per day (I make over $15 per hour plus an incentive for any lines in excess of 1200 per day) plus a great health package/benefits, AND approximately 5 weeks of paid time off per year. In my opinion, hospitals really are the best employers WHEN they appreciate the work we do.
My advice for you is not to judge a job by any one criterion but rather the entire picture. The 'extra's can really add up.
Good luck in your job!
Which is the one where they are sc*&ing us the standard lines or the qualified lines? SM
Mine show up as STD when I pull up my transcription log. But I see now there is STD/QT.... So which is the one where they are ripping us off, standard or qualified? Need to know. I am about to switch companies and I will not do if they are actually taking lines from me. Thanks guys.
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