OMIGOSH! This has been happening to us for MONTHS.
Posted By: sm on 2006-08-25
In Reply to: Keystroke lag problem. Please see message - Meditech/Citrix
and IS keeps saying, must be your ISP, must be this, must be that. Problem is keystroke lag doesn't hurt anyone but transcriptionists...everyone else can wait for the Keystrokes to catch up but not when you are trying to type at the speed of light. Anyway, we have screamed about it for months, but now our account told us they are trialing a voice recognition system. So see? It could be worse.
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I went on just yesterday and omigosh...
first I looked through the teens, then I did a search for men 35-45 - what a revelation. A bunch of self-centered, self absorbed, superficial, sad, sad people. Anything from a sicko who called himself wetpantywipe and who was looking for other men with bare bottoms to rub up against, to self-inflated egotists. Of course, every guy made $150-000-$200,000. One guy, in the section for My Places, actually posted his resume. He had worked 18 places in the last 9 years. No duh - kind of a red flag there, buddy! And then the "mail" these guys would get from their women "friends." All kinds of suggestive nearly nude pseudopaintings, the kind of things you see in the Harley shop, where they have a Barbie figure and a model's face and a horse's mane. Wearing a pearl necklace. That's all. With suggestive sayings about cherries, etc. From a bunch of old skanks who never looked like that even when they were 18. And you can also send a little video, so they send videos with (actual) nude women's breasts bouncing around. One skanky sweetheart trying to get a guy's attention sent a little video of a white woman at the edge of pool naked with a black man's face in her you-know-what and his free hand rubbing her breast - full frontal nudity and all.  "I thought THIS would get your attention! LOL" she writes. At 4:30, 'bout every profile lit up with "on line now!" "on line now!" What a waste of electricity. One peek was more than enough for me.
omigosh yes!!! I love my chair! sm
I bought my chair about 6 months ago or so.. My back was starting to bother me in my cheap $100 office chair. This Aeron chair is awesome! You can adjust it to what's comfortable for you. I will never use another chair. It is well worth the $500 to $1000 you spend. ebay is a great place to buy a used one, or even a new one for huge savings.
I'm sorry that' s happening to you. My doc
was sports medicine/rehab, and they are set up in their own office to do EMGs. Yes, I had them done, and it took 5 minutes, so in the same visit I got my injections. Maybe it depends on your area in the country and how up they are on sports meds and the like. Good luck to you. It nearly ruined my life. I couldn't even sleep at night due to the aching and pain and numbness. Sorry you have this.
It is happening right now
In the transcription field. We use to be a very well paid profession. Now it is getting hard to make ends meet. Everything else is going up and we are expected to work for less
OMG, I can so see that happening!
the doc mentioning it in his dictation. You poor thing!
If that is actually happening, then
I would suggest that is a company to run from.
I am sorry this is happening to you. I can
relate 100%, though not the schooling part. Go with the good company, forget the bad and get rid of that stress. Its a negative drain for you. Give a 2-week notice if you can, or a 1-week at best, as you, yourself, feel it is honorable for you. I did same at MQ, after decades, but I had absolutely had it as well. The end of the line - breaking point. It was the longest 2 weeks of my life, and many times I felt like tossing it in early and using my PTO time, but I hung in there, and now I do feel good about that. As unprofessional as they were, I was professional. But, if my new job had needed me to start earlier, or I was having anginal pain, I would have told them to stick it ASAP. Don't jeopardize your health at all. Maybe you'll feel a million times better once you hand in your notice and know you will be leaving. But if you still feel angina, etc., don't put your life at jeopardy. No company or bridge is worth that, please. Blessings to you! 
This is happening to me
Does anyone know why this happens?
Sometimes I can't bear the thought of having to go out ... even if I had been somewhere the day before and had a good time, suddenly this dread comes over me, and I can barely even answer my phone!
Since it is happening
to more than just me and we have two or three different ISPs between us (employees, I mean), it must be on their end.
I don't think I would get a very good reception from IT. That's why I asked on here.
Unfortunately, I feel it's better not to make waves at work. It seems things (that should not be a problem) are a problem for them.
happening???
 Anything can happen if all MTs stick together on a united front. You DON'T have to strike or walk out. You do have to STOP allowing the companies to pay you less and less to do offshore corrections and VR. I do not know all legal aspects here, but I do know that they can only get away with what MTs allow them to. Again, if they fire you or you lose your jobs, possibly unemployment.... I do not have all the answers. I am only trying to put some thought into possibly resolving a few issues, not make more. If they were to fire all the qualified MTs, where would they be. AND maybe, just maybe it would bring the rate of pay up a bit and benefits back into your arena.
Yes, that me.....have way to much crap happening....
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Well...heartening that I'm not the only one with this, but WHY is it happening to me?? I'm no
with MQ, with another mid-sized national and just starting using this via SpeechMachines. We've tried everything! The 9-pin pedal, the USB pedal, a new USB pedal, deleted some of the virus checkers, keep others closed, deleted programs I don't use anymore, switched the ports, switched the keyboards, redownloaded DQS...I'm the only one in the company having the voice and pedal freeze up and having the mouse and my typing freeze up. Speed and memory are great using XP; have plenty. Tested the CPU and that's fine. Things only freeze up while IN the DQS screen. I can still use my mouse on the periphery. Defragged, spychecked, kicked out the cookies, etc. I have the same software and spyware that the big kahunas have, too, nothing odd or unusual on my machine. If this last reboot doesn't help, they gave me DQS's own tech support to call. I'll keep ya posted! This really bites.... .Passing Thru
Just read about what's happening in...
placed like The Netherlands where some drugs are legal. I don't think it will EVER be legalized, and I certainly hope not. Before you call me an old fuddy duddy at the rip old age of 45, please know that as a teen in the 70s, I smoked more than my fair share of it. Know why I stopped? Because I realized at about age 18 that I was lazy, paranoid, and forgetful. In other words, it made me stupid. Should responsible parents be sitting around smoking dope with young children in their care? Or driving a car? I don't think so. We have enough trouble with people addicted to alcohol who have turned their lives into a train wreck. Don't ask me why one is legal and the other is not. I have no idea, but the last thing we need is another legal mind scrambler to deal with.
that's been happening for over 4 years now.
Yo-Man, Dude, What's happening?
I agree, Simon is more realistic. Chris did do great last night even though I am not into rock. It was tolerable though! He at least got into it and...was good. Paula LOVES those rockers. She loved Bo Bice also. I think a few girls are the best. Can't wait til tonight and then next Tuesday. It is my favorite show.
SAME THING HAPPENING TO ME
Hi Paulette, I am so sorry this is happening to you. I am going through the exact same thing, except none of my sibling has won any money. I am the youngest girl, I have 3 older sisters and one younger brother. He is the only one who is well off. He makes several hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. And he says that it is my mother's fault she didn't plan for her future. Never mind the fact that she paid for his college tuition and he has a master's degree, nevermind the fact that he, his wife and kid lived with my mom years ago rent and bill free. And she paid for his wedding, the birth of his kids, and other things. Then now that he has capitalized on his education, he will not help her. I send my mother $500 every month. She too has COPD and is 75 years old. The bad thing is I live in a different state than she does but I do more for her than my siblings who live in her neighborhood. I pay for someone to do her grocery shopping, clean her house, etc. My sisters could go over there and do those things but they don't. One of my sisters has finally kicked and started to help her but then she took over her checkbook and misuses the 500 a month I send her.
But like you said, I would work 5 jobs if I had to. In answer to your question, I think they might get it, but as long as I keep helping why should they? Then again, maybe they don't. I have tried to stop trying to figure them out. You know that you are doing the best you can to help your mom. In the end, that's what's important.
Believe me, I understand fully your frustration. I want my mother to finish out her life with some sort of dignity, and the same pride she has lived her life with. I love her deeply and we are very close also. My husband doesn't understand their self centeredness and selfishness. I can only do what I feel is right!
Good luck to you and all of God's blessings to you.
Dee
Dee
The same thing is happening to me
I thought I was the only one.
That is already happening in my office no doubt about that. You are 100% right.
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First, NY office said no such deal happening; secondly,
the fact that I work for both companies is not why I'm not worried. In fact, that could be the end of my employment stent with either.
I'm not worried because I'll easily get another job or 2 and I can afford to not work for a while if I couldn't find another job immediately.
MT isn't the only thing I can do so I'm not worried.
Yep, very very quiet town. Not much happening there
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Yes, happening right where I live. I am in South
Jersey, and a local hospital here, along with ortho surgeons, has been using these nasty parts - supposedly unaware of their origin. Lots of local folk have been called in and given the news...Met a lady in a doctor's office the other day who has been sick for a long time - high fevers, shaking chills - goes to ID specialist, but still don't know what she has, but now they know the source - rotten cadaveric spine implants. In NJ, the source of all this mess is a funeral home up in North Jersey. I believe we are not to post identifying info - especially in NJ - I watch too much Sopranos, but the hospital is in South Jersey - the recipient - and the source was a funeral home in North Jersey. A Google search should give all details! Ya just never know...
This was happening to me yesterday. PleaseSM
I work with the DocQScribe platform. I was using my DocQScribe Expander as my license ran out with my SH. So, when I renewed my SH license and started using it again, the same exact thing was happening to me. I fixed it by hitting F4 to toggle my DocQScribe expander off. It was messing up because it was trying to use 2 Expanders at the same time. I have no idea if you are on DocQScribe, but I thought I'd share my experience just in case! Good luck!
Oh! Also, in SH I went into preferences and on the keystroke options I have (put) Pause 0 msec after every 999 keystrokes. That helped my expansions expand more quickly in the past.
Chickadee
OMH - This is unbelievable!!! What is happening to our country! nm
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Yes......same thing happening to me, after 25 years. sm
I am tired all the time.....I think I need a change or 2nd job doing something else, other than MT.
My butt hurts from sitting too long, day in and day out, even after exercising and walking daily.
I am burned out also.....I feel your pain.
It appears to be happening to all of us. How do you spell -
well, that sums it up as to what's happening in this profession! NM lol
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$32K/part time 6 months/full time 6 months
I have kept my child home with me half the year, but when pre-K started I began working full time. Helps to only have a main account and one backup account for the 2nd year now, so my abbreviation program rocks and rolls when I focus.
We had a weird happening after my father died...
He died in August and when we went to visit his grave just before Christmas, the grass was still growing back over the plot. The grass had grown in the shape of a Christmas tree inside the rectangular plot of dirt over the grave. We got some bulbs and decorations and laid them in the grass and took pictures. Guess what, the pictures didn't turn out. "dodo do do" (twilight zone tune)
Check out my post above about schooling and what I think is happening. sm
Like I said, newbies cannot do VR effectively. They just don't have the experience. They need to do about 5,000 clinic and/or acute care MTs with extensive notes, books, the ability to do their own research via google, etc., in order to do VR.
There are negative things happening in the MT field that's why
if you've been watching the field evolve over the past 20 years like I have you would know that. If wages were going up, and work was coming FROM other countries, there would be no what-you-call-negativity and what other people call reality. It's the elephant in the living room syndrome. Some people are in denial that there is anything "negative" going on in the MT field, other people prefer to face it head on and discuss it openly. Feel free to skip posts you don't like. Ya know "take what you need and leave the rest."
I understand your frustration but this is happening in all fields.
It affects every work situation as technology advances, etc.
The fact is one cannot expect to have a lifelong career in any one line of work without experiencing some times of either changing with the flow or stepping into another line of work.
Doesn't matter, right or wrong, it's been happening.
Evenutally, the only need for US MTs will be for editing and ASR. If I remember AAMT even changed their name. Everyone but the MTs are profiting from this. My salary has decreased so much over the last 5 years it's a joke. This has been going on for years already and the reality is, it's just getting worse. As long as there is money to be made the big guys are going to go where they can get it and laugh all the way to the bank.
I notice today, the same thing is happening
to me. I log on and EVERY SINGLE piece of dictation is ESL. The account I'm on, only has a handful of ESL dictators and so I don't usually mind when they're scattered amongst the rest, even though all but 1 of them completely sucks. Then I get on today and here every single one of them is in the system, all having dictated numerous reports and NONE of them are done. No American dictators whatsoever. Like that's not totally obvious? I was so livid when I got on I was seconds away from sending an email to my supervisor. I thought better and just did a handful, then logged off and took a nice LONG break and went bowling with the family. When I got back on tonight, a lot of them were gone, but still, there are more than 15 left (goes to show you how many there were to begin with). So much for getting any kind of decent line count today. Thanks for listening.
own contracts versus what is happening with transcription field
can any of you out there who do transcription for local clients give me some insight here. Is it still worth it today to try to go out and get local clients versus working for a national or even in house? I am so tired of working my you know what off and struggling just to make $12 an hour. When I first started my per hour was not so bad and then other changes came a few years later and I just cannot go on like this and waiting for the good to happen because I am just not feeling it with my company even though they say "those who stick it out will be glad" I am sooo tired and worn out. Any info regarding on this would be helpful or any advice at all for that matter. Thanks all. I need a break now.
that is the same thing that was happening on this board too, not a virus, server problem. that's
if you check your vault - there is probably nothing in there.
The article is old but bares all. the woman did devious things that brought the house down on her and she lost this site.
Now she pulled her junk on Google and she is in trouble with them...so stirs up trouble here.
you can ignor it or research her through all other MT boards. Not quite a legend, must say.
Don't get weird stuff happening when using ShortHand. Easy to use; not like Instant Text. nm
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I have been doing VR for 6-7 months.
The system has not improved in that time and it is much more time consuming to edit VR than to transcribe. I believe the companies are selling VR to the doctors saying it will eventually be perfected and dictation will be done cheaper and quicker. Right now that is definitely not the case at this point in time. On the other hand, VR for banking and other services seems to be working well. I do believe it's the future of transcription but for now it leaves a lot to be desired and is very, very tedious and kind of nerve wracking if you are used to transcribing. 
On the other hand, for someone who cannot transcribe but has medical terminology course, you may be able to make some money on VR and I suspect that is exactly what companies have in mind when they push VR. Eventually all MTs will be replaced by MEs (medical editors) at a lower line rate. I have seen as low as 4 cpl posted for editing so for someone who wants to work at home, I guess that's good enough especially if you can't transcribe all that well utilizing expanders, etc.
I have been there 5 months and have never (sm)
been happier. They are great!!
Sure! It took me 3 months to get (sm)
good at MT (no formal training, just science background); like you, I sort of fell into it -- was getting divorced and leaving grad school, needed a job, had done transcription at temp jobs, so saw an ad and jumped -- made a grand total of $300 the first month, 10x that after 3 months. There is only one other job I've ever had that kept me as interested as MT -- working as a paralegal doing insurance defense work. I love the challenge of researching a new piece of equipment, I love hearing people's stories, and I adore working at home and avoiding all the politics and other garbage of a worksite. I love working all night when the work is plentiful and breaking my days up how I like. What's not to like?
I like it. I have used it for a few months
and it is very easy to get used to. The only thing I don't like is it doesn't spell check your work until the end, I'd prefer to have it checked as I go along, like in MS Word.
About 2 1/2 months here
My biggest problem is in the evenings. I am so sick that all I want to do is lay down and sleep until it passes. I work two jobs, so I am having the difficulties you are talking about. I am moody, too. This is my first experience with this while being an MT, so I'm right there with you on not knowing what to do. Good luck!
At the very least 6 months
It is absolutely overwhelming in the beginning. Worked in-office and tried to quit my first day after a half hour! How lucky I was to have a patient supervisor and kind co-workers. (Plus good references that actually showed sample reports--so helpful to see what the ''finished product'' should look like.) I hated my former job so I just kept coming back, reading everything available, and taking terminology classes. Maybe I was a ''slow study'' but after around 10 months, things started to make sense.
As a new MT myself, not quite 6 months
on the job yet, I take any and all feedback with a grain of salt. The tone of the e-mail does not bother me as long as useful information is being given. I did not graduate from one of the top 3 schools either, so I appreciate the opportunity to work and learn at the same time. Feedback often makes you feel degraded and dumb to a degree, but let us face it, we are. We are ignorant to the world of MTing. We do not know everything. We learn daily. Once you begin implementing the advice given you will probably find that critical e-mail will lessen. Also, trainers often do not have the time or resources to be "sweet" to everyone they train. Their primary responsibility is to make you the best MT you can possibly be. Learn, grow, and do not take it all to heart. Good luck.
I did for 6 months sm
a loooonnnnngggg time ago when my kids were tiny. I started out pouring the models but had to leave due to babysitter issues. There is very good money to be made there. Based on production but I believe they pay by the hour. Go for it. Not any more boring than MT can be at times. Around here if you can paint the porcelain teeth, the pay is close to $20 an hour.
about 7 months
they have been using it on my account.
it really depends on the voice.
I just learned that "lungs are clear to sedation"
and parentheses do not know if they want to be princesses or impressions.
took over 2 months for me
I worked for them last year. It took over two months for them to get it together and then I finally had typing to do. They do not go by their contract. In it, it says you would have so many (50 maybe?) typings before they got out out of training (which has less pay of course) and it was over 200 and then it was only after I asked about it when they moved me to an actual account. After that, I worked for about 3 months and every time I would be put on an account and start making decent money, they would switch me to another account and I'd have to start all over getting used to....thus not making money. I finally resigned and explained why and the owner sent me an email, saying she didn't bother to read my email....but she didn't understand what the problem was....duh...if you had read the email, you might understand. It was a mess and not worth my time at all. There were actually hours where I could have made more money at McDonald's. Oh, and when they fax you back any corrections, they charge for fax time......even when they're having problems with their fax...they charge you the time!!!....they charged me nearly 1/2 hour once because they were having problems with the fax and they were faxing MY work.....just not worth it to me....I'm sticking to my own accounts.
Gee, my 'E' is okay after a few months, it's my
a,c.v.b.k.l. and the period that are worn on this new keyboard.
I wish I would have known about the clear nail polish before I started using this. I would have tried it. I have gone through 3 keyboards in as many years and my first keyboard keys were worn down to nothing. 
2 months before they pay you?
I would explain that to them, that this is not ONE month, but it is TWO months before you will see a dime for work done, and that you have MTs that depend on paychecks much more often than that. Ask them if there can't be some kind of negotiation. I really don't see how they are even requesting that set up. NO one pays just every 2 months. If I paid my bills only every two months, I'd be sitting in the dark, for sure. I wish you the best on figuring this out. It's an awful situation for you.
when I was very new, about 2 months ago actually
the doc said to avoid NSAIDs and I typed incense!
Ot maybe this is the first time in six months that the
account has been out of work because ALL medical providers are slow this time of year.
All you need to do is stay there for 3-6 months to get the
We all start out in really crappy jobs, but stay there because it looks good on the resume for a better company. My first place I worked with, I had to work with a guy who had no idea what he was doing, would type just about anything he wanted just to get paid (at that time 7 bucks an hour was big bucks) and when i'd correct him, because it would look bad on me too (there were only two of us per shift in the small room connected to the ER), he'd flip me off behind my back and make faces. It was complete nonsense, but it got me into a better company.
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