No, they're talking about Internet phone calls, not FTP transfers.
Posted By: I doubt it on 2005-10-26
In Reply to: Court battle over Internet Calls - Snow Bunny
The physicians aren't actually calling you over the Internet to dictate. You're downloading sound files and uploading documents.
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Court battle over Internet Calls
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/10/26/internet.calls.wiretap.ap/index.html
For those MTs like myself who access their work over the Internet, would this consist of violating the HIPAA laws?
harrasing phone calls
my local phone company as most do, has a harrasement dept. you set it up that each and every time you get a call, you hit a certain numbe of keys and it "logs" the calls. After 5 such calls, you then report it to the police dept, they get the records and can go after the creeps! You never know the number, but the police will let you know who the offenders are. My sis had to use it because of an ex boyfriend of my nieces...his mother lost ALL phone service for a year!
wish you had it, it worked great to stop the 2am calls.
I remember 5 cent pay phone calls. nm
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Yup, and hate regular phone calls like that, too. Grrr....nm
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Certainly, I applied to that ad, and received 2 phone calls back.
I had no knowledge of them either. So, I asked if they are US based and what their plan entails. He told me they have a base in the Philippines and plan to send all of the transcription overseas. If I had a problem with that to tell him now. Of course, as candid as I am, I told I absolutely have a HUGE problem with that. I also told him that I am not the candidate for him!
What led me to believe it was an overseas operation was that I put that phone number in reverse look up and an Indian name came up, not the "American Name" that was listed. So, that was a huge red flag. I outright asked him what is his "real name".
I'd setup IM or similar instead of making phone calls. It
seems like the company is very disorganized. I personally would not make any phone calls that I am not reimbursed for.
If you have a cell phone, why not use that for your LD calls and CX the LD on the land line?
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I transfer my calls to cell phone during work. nm
nm
I definitely feel like we are dealing with the same person! I think I need to make some phone calls
and put a stop to her! I cannot stand the idea that she is out there still scamming people like she scammed me!
Happens all the time. Make phone calls for more definite action. nm
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What is the longest you have gone without service? Do they return phone calls promptly?
TIA
I agree. The silly phone calls just make the worries worse, if
nm
When the company asked me to start making long distance phone calls,
they offered to pay my long distance for the charges. I then got a cheap long distance plan to make the charges for them more reasonable.
You need to JUST SAY NO to making long distance calls for them. If they will pay for it then do it, otherwise no way.
PLEASE see my question regarding daily interruptions, phone calls, drop in guests/COMPANY BOARD
Assuming you are talking about wireless internet. nm
nm.
He calls me daily whining that he doesn't have any money. Then calls me names when I
a check. He hasn't looked for a job, hasn't even read the want ads, I'm sure. He told me he realizes he can't live without me. My paycheck is what he can't live without! I feel so humiliated and angry sometimes that I put up with him for as long as I did!
If you are talking about programming a c-phone
someone posted the directions a while back. I have the directions, I cannot find them at the momment but if you will look and the 3 gray buttons below the screen push the one that says progm. I believe from there it is self explanatory. HTH a little.
Broadband/Internet Phone - sm
Hi - I've been using USA DATANET (it's available in my area) without any problems on a Lanier and DVI (Like C-Phone). Mine is $24.95/mo for unlimited long distance. I can turn my Internet modem off at night, and therefore, can't use the phone if that is off. Otherise, no problems. Hope this helps.
It's just a phone. Not internet anything. Real SM
easy once you learn how to use it. It doesn't have anything to do with the internet, you could type the work on a typewriter or write it -- it's just a way to hear the dictation.
Is anyone using the new internet phone service through
your local cable company or Vonage or something like that. How do you like it? Any troubles we should be aware of? Thanks for any info.
RE: Is anyone using the new internet phone service through
I have internet services and digital phone service through Time-Warner, and it is great!
Anyone using VoIP (internet phone) with a
DVI or C-phone to transcribe, and does it work well? If so, what company do you use? Are those companies cracking down on transcription like the regular LD carriers?
for the internet, I use my local phone co...sm
www.bellsouth.net is my local internet provider and they have been my local phone company for 30 years......was on dialup for 8 years but switched to DSL light a yr ago and had 2 outages in this year for only a short time. With cable companies (they are your TV provider too, right?) - when they go out, so does your internet unfortunately and is why I didn't choose my cable company...my TV goes out at least 50-75 times a year (live in lightning capital of the USA *lol*)
if you already have cable/internet, you should get a deal for having the phone also.
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Internet service without land-line phone
I recently looked into this subject myself. If you have Verizon available in your area, you can purchase a plan at about $55.00 per month with a two-year contract. You will receive a card that you can insert into your laptop, which will provide you with unlimited Internet access at the speed of DSL. As far as I know, there are no other cell service providers that have come up with this type of card yet, but I'm sure it's bound to happen in the future. Another option is to purchase a satellite telephone and phone cards as you go along, but the cards are really outrageous in price. One last thing that I would suggest is that you phone cell providers in your area to see if they have any technical gadgets you could attach to the cell phone for Internet access. Many of the satellite phone companies have separate packages you can buy, which can be attached to laptops or PDAs. I also have a TracPhone, so I know it does not come with hardware that will do the trick.
Good luck to you in setting everything up. With the way that technology is moving, I'm sure there must be a way to accomplish what you want.
so, you have dial up for internet? plugged into your phone line.
and your foot pedal has a phone line plug too? Thats odd, cuz normally it would be a USB plug. but yes, you can by an outlet to install, i had to do the same thing a long time ago on a different computer. it was called something like an eathernet adapter....you should be able to take the foot pedal to radio shack adn they will give you exactly what you need.
Does anyone use laptop & cell phone/Internet Card for work?
I am not real computer literate but am wondering if I couldn't get unlimited Internet with a cell phone plan and use that for my on-line job/Internet connection exclusively. I have found plans for around $70/month.
If so, I was thinking too I could possibly give up my land line phone, Callwave, my dial-up ISP (as that is all we have available where live) and actually save a little money by doing so. I don't make/receive a lot of land line calls and I have a TracFone cell phone that I don't use much now. I get excellent reception with that where I live. We have a huge tower within walking distance of where I live but we live out in the "sticks". :D I know my connection would be dependent on the reception where I live and the cell phone service I would use. I am not sure which one truly has the best coverage and/or who may be using the tower by our home but TracFone apparently does. :)
TIA.
Dahhhh internet or Dahhhhh local phone book!
nm
All things being equal, do you prefer to work with a C-phone or use WAV files over the internet? sm
What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of each. I have only ever used a c-phone but think I may bet getting ready to use WAV files and foot pedal for an account and am a little anxious! TIA
MQ transfers
I worked for the Birmingham office until January 2005. I was transferred to the Atlanta office when Birmingham lost an account. While I miss the ladies in the Birmingham office, I have a very good supervisor in Atlanta, work on mainly 1 account with 1 backup account that I rarely type, and very, very seldom have I run out of work (I can think of one time since January). 
License transfers
When you buy software you buy the license to use it. You can use Instant Text on more than one computer if you are the only user.
You can transfer your Instant Text license to another person (sell the software) by notifying Textware Solutions - once you sold IT - that you are no longer using the software and that you transfer your software license (which includes tech support) to the new user providing name and email of the new user.
The new user should make sure she/he gets the media, the book, and the registration number which is necessary to receive tech support and Upgrade prices on later versions.
Version 1.11 came out in 1996. Nobody is using Windows 3.5 anymore. Why would you buy an obsolete version?
As for Version III Pro, you also will be buying a software that is 10 years old. I know, many Instant Text users are still very happy with it, but they have received the tech support when they needed it, and don't mind that it is not available anymore.
When you look for an expander, consider the quality/price and compatibility equation. You may have to pay more, but you get advanced technology, and compatibility won't be an issue.
I hope this information helps.
Marianne
Textware Solutions
I know what you're talking about...sm
but I don't know what it is. SD10 and DH have each had one. SD's was pretty bad at the top of her leg. DH wants to pop it, but I don't think he should. I left mine alone. I still have a scar, but it's gone after a month.
Wonder what kind of spider this could be. I'm so paranoid of brown recluse because I've transcribed surgery reports about them!
You just don't know what you're talking about -- well, SM
you know what you are talking about, but we're not talking about the same things. I know a lot of people who make more money than I do. I could make more too, but I'm just too darn lazy. I'd die if I had to work 8 hours. I've been at this job for 6 years.
you have no idea what you're talking about
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I guess we're probably talking $8-12 a day.
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No you don't know what you're talking about. The point is
no matter what you call it or how you slice it, the only difference in tax payment between an IC and an employee is the 7.5% self employment taxes and also, less the deductible expenses. I don't know who does your taxes but I bet it isn't you because you don't know the first thing about them. It only costs 7.5% more to be IC status. period.
You have no idea what you're talking about (sm)
Depending on the state, you can be evicted in as little as ONE WEEK if you haven't paid rent and your landlord is being hard-nosed.
To the original OP: What state are you in? Have you called your local Legal Aid? Have you looked eviction law up online?
If you're talking about the ESP file...
to temporarily suspend it from expanding hit the Cntrl button twice..the ESP file will pop up...then hit your "P" button, it will put the ESP function on pause..then hit escape and type what you need to without expansions. Whenever you're ready, repeat the process. Cntrl-Cntrl.....P....(to release the pause this time)...then just hit escape and go on typing.
Hope this helps...or...sorry if this wasn't what you were asking about lol
Can you be more specific about what you're talking about?
Without information about what peripheral you're talking about, it's hard to answer your question. If you're talking about a foot pedal, you should be able to switch between computers without problem. If you're talking about something that needs to be registered (like an iPod), it's not as easy but not impossible, either.
You're talking about two different things.
I never said it was okay for a company to pay their bill late or not at all. I did say it's not true that a company is responsible for a person's financial situation. There are many factors that result in personal financial hardships--illness and debt to name just two. Good financial planning means that you have enough cushion to handle the bumps in life, including a late paycheck. Sure, paying late is an inexcusable problem, without doubt. Projecting the blame for bad financial planning on the company is not appropriate.
They're talking about working for sm
a company doing VR, not doing VR on their own. Those are the "editing" jobs you see.
I know what company you're talking about.
Congratulations and welcome aboard!!
I've done what you're talking about
You will need a laptop (of course) and a USB broadband connection card. You can get one of those from pretty much every cell phone provider out there: Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Cricket, USCellular, etc. Cricket is the only one that offers no-contract service without charging an arm and a leg. Verizon's daily rate is $15/24 hours. Cricket's monthly rate is $40. The rest of the monthly rates are usually around $60 but include a 2-year contract. Unfortunately, Cricket is not available nationwide, just certain metropolitan areas, so it would depend on where you're traveling whether Cricket would work or not for you. Verizon and AT&T cover MOST of the USA, but at higher prices.
Anyway, you can also recharge your laptop through your car's cigarette lighter. You would need an adapter that would cost about $30 from Wal-Mart. Doing it that way requires that you idle your car (or drive around) for however long it takes to fully charge your laptop.
For length of typing time, you might want to buy a 6-cell or 8-cell laptop battery instead of the 4-cell that laptops often come with. That will extend your battery life from 2 hours to perhaps 4-5 hours, depending on your laptop size. Those little netbooks for $350 sometimes come with a 6-cell battery and claim to last 5-6 hours on a single charge. The keyboards on those are tiny though - you'll probably want to hook up a USB keyboard if you go that route.
For the sake of privacy, you WILL want to get some form of USB broadband through a cell phone carrier if you're traveling. Free WiFi just isn't secure enough for HIPAA compliance. When I'm working with my USB card while traveling, I also turn off the wireless signal on my laptop, so that others on whatever wireless network is available do not have the option of trying to view my computer contents. Also, I set my settings as private as I can to prevent sharing of files across networks, but I do that at home too.
If you're going to be typing in front of other people, you'll also want to get a 3M privacy screen for your laptop's screen. That prevents people from viewing your screen from a side angle, and means that if you're in front of your screen then you're the only one who can see its contents.
I just googled a little bit and see what you're talking about...
and I downloaded the zip file myself to see. Are you sure you extracted them to the correct place? I got 2 dll's and 1 ini that, according to the Readme, are supposed to go in the C:Program FilesNCH Swift SoundSCRIBE folder.
I guess if you did all that and it still doesn't work, the next step would be to contact NCH.
http://www.nch.com.au/support/supportcontact.html?software=Scribe&support=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nch.com.au%2Fscribe%2Fsupport.html&pty=6&free=1
It sounds like you may have already been that route, and/or through the forums, though.
If you're calling me an idiot, you must be one of the ones I'm talking about.
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who said anything about daisy dukes? We're talking
Are elderly people supposed to cover up from head to toe just because the rest of society do not want to see wrinkles? Come on now, we're all headed there anyways and there are more seniors than ever. Get used to it.
I say if you look in the mirror at yourself before you leave the house and you're okay with it, then its all that matters. DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK!
Look who's talking. You're telling us what to post.
You evidently think you're perfect by your condescending posts. Here's why I won't help any more. There have been others, too.
Posted By: Jeanne on 2005-08-10
I posted a message yesterday and NO ONE answered it. I'm sure I'll get answers to THIS post though. Thanks a lot for your help (or should I say lack of!) URGH!
this is too funny when you're probably talking to people
who have a lot more weight to lose than you must have and will probably NEVER see the size 8 that you started at. only a dream for me, that's for sure!
No, they don't know what they're talking about. The California bill was
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Are you sure you're not talking about e-Trans Plus? e-Tranz
e-Tranz does not offer benefits and have no employees, all ICs.
The owner has a habit of not paying the NEW MTs whom she hires just to get back into TAT but then does not to pay them. I was an MT for that company, and it was an awful and terribly stressful experience, and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. When I would email her (at first) and practically plead with her to pay me, she shot back some very sadistic and unprofessional emails, sounding as if she was getting joy from what she was doing. It was the worst experience I'd ever had with any MTSO. She blocked my emails, and I couldn't ever reach her by phone.
She ended up paying me eventually after 2 months had passed since that last invoice, but that was only after I informed her via a third party that I would definitely be paying her a visit in person for a little face-to-face, one-on-one "discussion" about our little problem.
Please, please don't ever work there, especially if you live paycheck to paycheck and need that money to survive each month.
They're not talking about format "style"
The AAMT BOS is not a format guide. It talks about the proper way to transcribe numbers, grades, classifications, how to write out titles, just many, many, many useful tools like that. It is a way to try to regulate the transcription business to a degree. Many don't agree with it, but it is one way and at least it is one way that is comprehensive. If you don't have an AAMT BOS 2nd edition, I highly recommend you purchase one. Not only will you need it for your job, but you will be surprised at what you will learn just perusing the book. I had been an MT for 25 years when I "discovered" the 1st edition. It taught me that I had been writing a lot of things incorrectly. At any rate, the BOS 2nd edition is a good addition to any MT library. Good luck to you.
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