Poor sound quality, looking up proper names, sm

• What are the things that keep MTs - from making high line count?
  • QA that is so picky it makes you go back and relisten to the whole thing. - Yes it's nice to say you're the best with yo
  • Allowing some docs to have special things done. - Like a special signature block that is 5 lines lon
  • Too many accounts. Would be nice to just have 3 accts. nm - dreamer
  • Incompetent team leaders who keep switching rules and make you - ...
  • Unproductive work types continually, for me, DS with ESLs and residents. nm - iheartjackbauer
  • required profiles, etc. that are unpaid. NMSG - kl
  • MTSO or hospital servers that are overloaded and - crash all the time. NM
  • Thirty minute dictations -... - CARDIACMT
  • line count - looking
  • Increasing number of ESLs (did someone already - say that?) nm
  • Poor dictators that stumble over something and do not repeat the sentence to clarify, choose to mumb - 2teens
    • Ditto and also dictate a sentence, then "scratch that", etc. --want to reach out and throttle - XXX
      • Or a whole paragraph! Yes, I have actually cussed out loud! - newbiMT
      • The majority of mine do not even... - 2 teens
  • Company not paying for spaces nm - MTbird
    • Only if that is coupled with a line definition of greater than 55 char. - nm
      • Well duh. - MTbird
  • The company cutting cpl, the company stopping paying for headers - and footer and template headings. nm
  • Overhiring and not enough work for everyone so no one gets their - minimum production. NM
  • Yappy dogs in the background on the recording of the doctor's dictation (his dog). nm - nm
  • Waiting for QA to get back to you about 1 simple thing and not being able to move on. - Grrr!!! nm
    • My QA does that to me all the time. - She forgets about me EVERY time
  • Discussion boards!! (can't resist, lol) - paints
    • I spend more time out of my chair than in - me2
  • Poor sound quality, looking up proper names, sm - Here ya go.
  • Being distracted. Momentum means everything. - For me
  • Demographics - nm
    • I agree - nm
  • Telephone ringing - off the hook!!!
    • Let the machine get it. - lil' MT
    • "Oh, Mom" every ten minutes - hs

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I agree with the posters who state the quality of some of their foods are poor.  I would not buy the WM brand of anything.  Have tried a few things and my family would not eat it.  Their meats look and smell horrible.  The only thing I might buy from WM if it was cheaper, is name brand frozen foods. 

I think one of the reason WM has had a boost in the last few months is due to the Hurricane tragedies.  Cities in Louisiana are crowded and WM can't keep their shelves stocked.  Stopped at a WM on the way home from Christmas shopping late one night and they were closed (suppose to be open 24 hours), every since the hurricanes they have been closing at 11:00 p.m.

that in this day and age.  These accounts really must clean up their acts and disallow docs using cell phones, speaker phones, lounging and eating while dictating, ad nauseum.  I can't count how many times my ears hurt for hours after transcribing squealing reports.  And then the poor QA person gets an earful, too!  If I were an MTSO, I'd not accept an account with poor voice.  It's a "garbage in, garbage out" situation.  I've transcribed much clearer dictation on tapes! 

Thank you for your kind comments.  It is really appreciated.  You're admired also!!

Maybe a few months to get himself feeling better (antidepressants?) and you keeping him up in his studies will be enough to get him back on his feet and feeling better about school.  I bet the school would be willing to help you with this (maybe even have a tutor come to the house a few times a week) if you speak to the right people.

Good luck to you, mom! 

I'm totally with you!  I used a Lanier station for the first 15 years of my career and the sound quality was superb compared to the internet dictation.  One thing you might try, if you have not already, is to make sure your speakers have a tone dial.  Lots of these companies provide speakers that only have a volume dial or they want you to plug right in to the PC but there is no tone setting on the voice program.  Turning the tone to high helps un-muffle the sound.  Good luck!

I have had a couple of at-home jobs in which the dictation was received by phone line.  Is it true that the sound quality is better this way?  I am currently looking for a new job and wondering if dictation via internet will be a rude surprise in comparison.  Appreciate any comments.

so I think it just depends on your equipment/platform/specific hospital, etc.

Hi.  I'm looking into buying a new computer from Dell, which has the integrated 7.1 audio.  Does anybody use this?  Is the sound quality good enough or should I think about adding a Sound Blaster card?

I maintain 99% accuracy above on my reports.  However, the original question was regarding personal preference, and I have stated mine, and I respect your opinion as well.  :-)    I do think if I was working in an office or hospital setting, the setup you mentioned might be more profitable in the long run.  There are too many interruptions and such when you have other people running in and out, phones ringing, etc. 

I doubt that anyone but me really cares about the lines per hour it takes for me to do a report.  They just want an accurate report in a timely manner.  I take pride in my work, and would never just slop something out for the sake of the almighty buck.   And, as an added incentive, I work for 2 companies, and one of them has my name on each report.  I don't have a problem with it, but I did think it was a bit unusual at first.

Oh well ... I must confess that what I'd TRULY like is to be paid lots of money to just sit and play Battle Phlinx on Pogo all day long, but as of yet, no such luck.