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Am I the only one who finds it very difficult to transcribe using hot keys instead of the foot pedal?  I guess I'm just not coordinated enough.  I recently was about to accept a job with a company who uses Emdat.  I have used Emdat before and used Express Scribe with my foot pedal, no problems.  However, this company told me that I was not allowed to do that with them and that I had to use the hot keys or buy a foot pedal especially designed for Emdat.  I told the recruiter "no way."  She acted as if I was crazy for not being able to do it that way. 

How in the world do you control the dictation with your keyboard and try to be productive at the same time?  I just see it as being impossible.

no different than your desktop.  I wouldn't have anything less than 512 RAM.  You may have a low MHz computer, which is why it is slow.  The higher the better, but at least 700.  You don't need a huge hard drive.  You can't plug your laptop into your tower. 

Defrag, run msconfig and unselect everything, run virus scan, run Spyware scan and see if that helps.  if your MHz is low you are just going to be slow. 

I just tried my new laptop with all my peripherals; everything works except the footpedal.  Laptop is Toshiba; foot pedal is an Infinity IN-USB-1.  I plugged it in cold (as the others) and have no clue what to do or if it needs replaced, what to replace it with.  Can anyone help?

thanks a whole lot.

computer so you can transcribe wav files.  There are many other formats such as DSS, but they are all digital voice files. 

I don't think brand of foot pedal is important, but need to know if it is game port, serial port, or USB and how many pins it has.   The majority of them are made by Infinity in some foreign country, but sold by many companies. 

PLEASE HELP! Are wav pedals and USB port foot pedals one in the same?  I've only transcribed from audio tapes, and all this is new to me.  Thank you for your help.

will I need a 9-pin or a 15-pin.  Also, which transcription software for playing back audio files is the best?  I've used one that was a fee download, I think it was called Bytescribe or somethingl ike that.  Does that work for most all files or should I look into purchasing something like Start/Stop or GearPlayer?

Oh and does anyone know where I can get Microsoft Word or Office Suite for a reasonable (I'd say cheap, but cheap usually means bootleg) price? 

Sorry to ask so many questions, but it's been a while since I've worked for a national.  Before the hopsital job I'm being laid off from, I worked in the office at a hospital.  So I've been out of the loop so to speak.

Thanks guys.

OK, DH ordered a laptop for me as a surprise.  For our current situation it will work best because we have a very small house (800 sq feet) and right now my dining room table has become my office/desk.  With the laptop we can use a smaller/compact computer desk in the corner of the living room and move the big computer back to the basement office.  (That office doesn't work for me on a daily basis cause there is not enough room for our 2 year old and 4 month old to play) 

It is an Acer, not sure of the model as I haven't seen it and didn't order it.  Our computer guy is switching it from Vista to windows and will have it set so I can switch to Vista when/if Escription is compatible. Anyway, my concern now is with the foot pedal.  I type on Escription so have the 9-pin pedal.  How do I get that to work with the laptop?  Do I need to have a 9-pin port put into the laptop?  

If anyone has a 9-pin foot pedal for sale, let me know.  Thank you!!

Thanks for your reply. I am not very technical when it comes to these things. So what you are saying is that in order to use Express Scribe, you have to have a 9 pin serial foot pedal? If so, I will go on ebay and try to get one since I need to test for several companies..I have never tested on line before. Thanks for your help.

Lucy

Never worked with wav player before. would a lanier foot pedal work with express scribe program (as a foot pedal) instead of the million $$$ one that I can't afford.  Downloaded program but "Hot Keys" on keyboard is making me nuts.  Need advice.  Thanks.

I use a 9-pin foot pedal on the DocQScribe platform and it is not working.   A webcam was installed on my computer and ever since then it doesn't work.  I uninstalled the cam but the pedal still is not working.  I have uninstalled and reinstalled the pedal, but still it does not work.  Any suggestions?

Thanks