ROFL - Manual typewriter and belt back in 1973! Old geezard here :)
Posted By: CO MT on 2005-12-29
In Reply to: How many of you started out the old way - pre computers? - omt
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I'm 49, trained in 1973, hospital course, been at it since!
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ROFL - do folks eat it vertically??? *ROFL..nm
  
Sorry but with an MBA under my belt and
a lovely high-rise apartment in downtown Chicago, I hardly think I'M a hick - but I love pig roasts. Wish they would have one in Milennium Park. But I guess you're just really into stereotypes, which is typical of the un-educated.
Yea but that was on an typewriter
That was on a typewriter and you were lucky if you could get 60 lines per hour and when you made a mistake in a letter you had to rip it out and start over or if the doctor changed his mind and no count of the previous lines. With the computer came the capability of macro's, auto text, etc. and our lines per hour jumped to 300 per hour. You have to compare all the facts. That is why I count more of what I make per hour than what I make per cpl. If I make my $$ per hour that I want, I keep my cpl the same. Just me. Have done it both ways and to me am happy with my cpl now versus what it was when I was doing it on a selectric.
yes typewriter
My terminology came from nursing school and then from experience. I don't believe there were MT schools back then.
What I make with 7 years under my belt -
I get 9 cents per 65-character line. I work around 5 hours a day and net around $100. It is okay money for me, but then I do not have to support myself, pay for benefits, etc.
I need a seat belt some days sm
I tend to take a break about every hour to hour and a half. I am bad, but it helps because I get stiff if I don't move often enough.
My boss suggested a seat belt last week. Yeah, there is an idea. Of an 8-hour day, I rarely manage more then 5 hours of actual typing time, but I do get my lines in. If I would sit better, I'd make more money...then I'd owe Uncle Sam more and I'd still be broke.
I'll take my breaks.
Oh and I work 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. at least that is my set hours. I am usually still lurking and working by 7 p.m. because I have to do every OP note that shows up, it is my job and they don't always get it done on time.
With 10 years under her belt and the distinction of one of the top teachers..you'd think she'd
 how to handle a couple parents..is she getting tired of that grade?
In the past, on a typewriter, Courier 10 meant
12 characters per inch. Is it not the same for word processing programs?
Yeah, some days I do too, until I remember the typewriter.
Then I quit cussing my computer! lol
I'm not in the Bible Belt, o judgmental one, unless you don't know geography either. Another r
that is, if there isn't a good rerun of "I Love Lucy" on at the present time!
LOL
I worked with typewriter and carbon paper, too, but
No way would I work that way on production pay. That would be like paycheck suicide. There are far too many jobs out there with the proper tools to work anywhere with that antiquated of a system. Sorry, not spoiled, just wise. Since line rates are on the decline, you have to learn how to work smarter in this business so you can maximize your line counts per hour, thereby maximizing your income per hour. Otherwise, you'll just eek by.
And I get it that it CAN be done, but I don't get why anyone would WANT to do it if it's production pay. Hourly, maybe, but production, heck no. Not when I can work somewhere else using all the production tools and making a lot more money.
Word can't do this, but you can download typewriter sounds. sm
You'll get lots of hits if you Google "typewriter sounds."
a twig and berries, a notch in her belt, a feather in her cap
pffftt.. aint skeert o the spoon.. now the belt..
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The old clunkity clunk electric typewriter days
Way back when, I didn't even know it was "transcription." I did some transcribing as a secretary at a clinic with 8-10 docs. Office manager showed me how to use "a tape player that you operate with a footpedal." (never heard the words "transcriber" or "transcription"). Only had a Dorland's Med. Dictionary and IBM Selectric. Wasn't until several years later at first actual medical transcription job, realized previously had already been doing medical transcription, "typing" the doctors' chart notes and letters (plus answering phones, sorting/distributing the doctors' mail & journals, bookkeeping/accounts payable, payroll, etc.) for ridiculously low file-clerk type pay for what was really an administrative assistant type job.
You wanted a laugh though: One time, in a hospital transcription dept., me & the other ladies were in the breakroom, giggling about something in the newspaper, someone made a great joke about whatever the subject was, & we were laughing so hard, the security guard came running down the hall and into our breakroom to see what was going on (he thought he heard screaming!) When he saw us all cracking up, he just shook his head, laughed, & told us to get back to work!
To the poster below who equates the BIble Belt with political views
USING TWO COWS TO EXPLAIN. . .
A CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT: You have two cows. You keep one and give one to your neighbor. Then you covet it.
A SOCIALIST: You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor. You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his.
A DEMOCRAT: You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. You feel guilty for being successful. You vote people into office who tax your cows, forcing you to sell one to raise money to pay the tax. The people you voted for then take the tax money and buy a cow and give it to your neighbor. You feel righteous. Barbra Streisand sings for you.
A REPUBLICAN: You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. So?
A COMMUNIST: You have two cows. The government seizes both and provides you with milk. You wait in line for hours to get it. It is expensive and sour.
A FASCIST: You have two cows. The government seizes both and sells you the milk. You join the underground and start a campaign of sabotage which ultimately blows up the cows.
CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE: You have two cows. You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.
DEMOCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE: You have two cows. The government taxes you to the point you have to sell both to support a man in a foreign country who has only one cow, which was a gift from your government.
BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE: You have two cows. The government takes them both, shoots one, milks the other, pays you for the milk, then pours the milk down the drain.
AN AMERICAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You sell one, lease it back to yourself and do an IPO on the 2nd one. You force the two cows to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when one cow drops dead. You spin an announcement to the analysts that you have reduced your expenses. Your stock goes up.
A FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows. You go to lunch. Life is good.
A JAPANESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. They learn to travel on unbelievably crowded trains. Most are at the top of their class at cow school.
A GERMAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they are all blond, drink lots of beer, give excellent quality milk, and run a hundred miles an hour. Unfortunately they also demand 13 weeks of vacation per year.
AN ITALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows but you don't know where they are. While ambling around, you see a beautiful woman. You break for lunch. Life is good.
A RUSSIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You have some more vodka. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 12 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka. You produce your 10th, 5-year plan in the last 3 months. The Mafia shows up and takes over however many cows you really have.
A SWISS CORPORATION: You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you. You charge for storing them for others. If they give milk, you tell no one.
A BRAZILIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You enter into a partnership with an American corporation. Soon you have 1000 cows. You expropriate them. The American corporation goes chapter 11.
AN INDIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You worship them.
:D
Started in-house at a hospital, medical records department, on a typewriter in
1983, earning $6.00/hour, eventually moving up after 7 years to $10.00/hour. All hospital work was then outsourced to a national service in 1986 (beginning of our downfall), went to work for the service and made $2.10/page. Service was bought out by another service, rate changed to $1.90/page. Rates changed again to $0.08/cpl. After many years of experience in all services, found my first account in 1992, charged $.09/cpl/gross lines but blank lines not counted. Business has grown steadily through the years through word of mouth. Now charging $.16/cpl or $25.00/hour or $6.00/page, and having to turn down work at this point. If you have the experience and are detail-oriented, you can find your own accounts eventually like I did. But you have to pay your dues first and be able to transcribe all ESLs accurately. If you learn how to transcribe ESLs well, those doctors are the ones to target for work. I do work an ungodly number of hours, only because I am trying to save at a faster pace for retirement because of all the uncertainty in this line of work.
manual
Did that manual state that the funds that were to be used to immobilize this mission were diverted to homeland security.
Did you try their web site for manual?
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C-Phone Manual
Does anyone have a CPhone manual? I have found where I can buy one but I was hoping that someone might have one here they might email me.. Money is on the tight side.
Am just now getting back into transcription after a short period away from it and I can't remember all the darn programming and keys.. LOL
C-phone manual
I sent you an email. I have it on file on my PC and can send it to you if you will accept it as an attachment - I do a virus scan everyday and have no viruses. It's up to you, just let me know.
C-phone manual
http://www.transcribers.com/documents/Cphoneinstr.pdf
Manual for Lanier LX-218
Does anyone have a manual for a Lanier LX-218? Need one ASAP.
Thanks
EXText manual
Anybody know where to find an EXText manual to download? Previous posts with website addresses do not work.
The help file IS the manual.
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Well i found the manual but...
It is saying that you have to get the ID from the person who created the encruption and if they didn't do it in Scribe you may not be able to decrypt them. I don't know if you have access to another decrypttion type program and can open them and then copy??
EXtext manual
Try going to Nuance.com for the dictaphone EXtext manual.
Just started last week on this program. Still learning it but overall seems to be good program. Good luck!
see link for manual--sm
http://www.execommsys.com/Express%20Scribe%20Manual.pdf
Manual or bimanual - especially OB/GYN
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It is not manual labor...
just another excuse by you
Cphone manual
I emailed you re: above.
The help file in IT is the same as the manual. sm
You can right-click the gray phrases bar and choose Options, then click on the auto spacing and auto cap options to set those up as you want.
C-PHONE MANUAL
Awesome! Thanks so much for pointing me in the right direction.
Very much appreciated!
Straight Talk manual
I had emailed you and asked you to contact me for information regarding a manual. You can download it at Dictaphone's website, but since it has been a week or two since I emailed you I can't remember exactly where on their website. I guess just do some looking around. I think it was in frequently asked questions or something like that.
I looked in my manual but could find nothing-sm
to mute the ringer; however on the bottom-underside- of the phone there is a volume control that can be lowered.
Looking for Lanier 219 VoiceWrite EX manual
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C-phone instruction manual
Could you please e-mail me a copy. I lost mine and have been unable to find it again. Thank you so much. My e-mail is diannalazan@yahoo.com.
Dictaphone C-phone manual
 Does anyone one possibly have a PDF file with the operating instructions for a C-phone. Please.
Thanks in advance
Dictaphone Extext manual
I was just wondering if anybody can tell me where to find a manual for Extext? I did a Google search but could not find anything. I do not need the whole manual, but I would like to know some of the shortcuts of using the program.
TIA! 
Does anybody know where I can get an ExText training manual? nm
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The full manual is also in the Help file.
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Read the manual again on how to use Includes.
My single words on the phrases side are in a separate glossary.
C-phone manual online...
For anyone interested...
Click URL (see hyperlink below or copy & paste URL here):
http://tinyurl.com/oa7swv
Scroll down and click where it says L-940 operating instructions.
Manual will open in Adobe reader. Click on File and Save As and save to desktop or My documents.
Free C-phone manual here...
Under L-940 Operating Instructions. Once you open up the PDF, you'll see that it's for the 0420, 0421, and 0424 models of C-phones.
http://tinyurl.com/oa7swv
Maybe you have a shortcut that's interfering. Did you check the manual for
the program shortcuts that you might be hitting thinking it's for something else?
See Classifieds for free C-Phone manual
There is a URL for free download for dictaphone C-phone 0421 and 0424.
I recommend Gregg Reference Manual for
There are many other good books out there too. It took me months in medical transcription school to stop making the same punctuation mistakes over and over again. My teacher told me repeatedly, but sometimes it just takes awhile to sink in, so you might be better off taking a class or reading a great book on the subject. There are also a lot of websites to help with that sort of thing if you want to Google it. Have you looked into joining AHDI (formerly AAMT)? I believe they offer help from mentors.
Read the policy and procedure manual, maybe something is in there.
I do not believe there is a law, but you could check with the labor department.
Does anyone know where I can find an INSTANT TEXT MANUAL?? sm
I have my disk, but cannot find my manual/user guide to save my life. I would really like to have one handy to keep from having to go through the CD menus. I'd be willing to pay anything at this point.
TIA!!
Read the manual. It has full instructions.
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