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I'm considering asking for a trial at it, wish me luck!

Because MT is a tiny community and we share the misery well.

I understand what you're saying (and it sucks to be in the situations you were in) but I do believe that if we are adequately vigilant we'll know what we need to.  OTOH, then there's me, and I don't care what they do as long as there's work.  So I get where you're coming from.

I just would like to see an end to the destructionist thinking about MTSOs and MT in general.  :)

Good discussion!

I've never worked for Accuscribe, but I did meet the owner once and felt she was incredibly nice.  We had a long talk at a convention.  I liked the idea that she said she paid premiums to MTs who most helped out their coworkers. 

In the past 4 years or so, the only bad thing I've heard is that they don't pay for spaces and that they require noncompete agreements, etc., before they will test MTs.  If you are applying for IC work, then a noncompete agreement is dodgy legally; you might want to consult your attorney and accountant to look over the paperwork before deciding.  [If you don't have an attorney and an accountant,  you have no business being an IC, IMHO.]

As far as I know, they still use DocQScribe as they were the company that first field-tested it when it was developed.  (MQ bought it from the software company.)  As you've probably already found out, there are those who love and those who hate DQS.  It's a nice platform when the demographics import feature works well; otherwise you end up entering a lot of data that you're not paid for.  Even with demo importing, you'll still end up losing lots of lines for things like date of service/admission/discharge, referring/requesting physician names, and names/addresses for the courtesy copies, all stuff we used to get paid for as recently as 2-3 years ago. 

Perhaps you'll post your experience if you go further with this company? 

Concerning yo:  In the old versions of Word, I think 2000 and older, you could type 90yo and it would come out correctly.  With the updated versions it comes out with the space like you stated.  The only solution I have found is to type 90-yo and put year-old in the auto correct.  Maybe someone else has a better suggestion, but that's what I figured out.

I also agree with above about using Auto Text in addition to Auto Correct.  I use Auto Text for longer expansions, such as whole operative reports or physical exams.  You will find that Auto Correct will only allow so many characters in its expansions.   Hope this helps.  

I see commercials in FLA for netzero for $9.95/month.  I am not sure that is for DSL though.  I got mine thru my local phone company and is approximately $24/month.  When you first get it, they charge like $100 but you then get 3 rebate checks back totaling that same $100.

So, $24/month for DSL for business is reasonable, I do believe.  You may be able to get it cheaper online, but I'm not sure. 

Most of the people on here are awesome with sharing their information and I appreciate it.  Hopefully will be going digital in a few months also but getting those tapes out of their hands is like making them give up coffee.   Hard.  I will still have to print and deliver as I know that they would want to cut my cpl if they had their office staff do it and to be honest those gals do not have the time and I am quite close with my offices that I would feel guilty putting more work onto them.   Gets me out of the house anyway.  But I want digital for the clarity and no broken tapes or lost tapes -- so this is mainly for me so I don't mind the printing and delivering. 

Anyway just wanted to say thanks for sharing your knowledge and personal experiences.

Patti

Looks like I may have an opportunity to do some transcription for a local doctor on the side after all, and I just wondered if there is some kind of website, book, or ?? about how to go about breaking into doing more of this on the side and what steps to follow.  From reading these boards, it sounds like a lot of you have a main company/account you work for and others as backups when the work is low.  Any pointers, information, would be most appreciated.

THX!!

to be on a forum where there is interaction with those who have been/are in the same situation.   I'm not in the least suicidal and I don't feel I am depressed.  I think most of us get overwhelmed at times when life seems to happen at all once, where we struggle to balance our married relationship, our roles as parents, looking after our parents who are in bad health, financial difficulties, work, etc. and we just need to talk to someone/know we aren't alone to help us get through the haze. 

Here's the name of a great educational website:  www.edhelper.com.  I use this website to create printables to tutor my son (10 years old).  It really helps to reinforce the material they have learned in school and is also great for test preparation.  If you subscribe, which I believe is $20 for one year, you will have more options for customizing printables.  They even have a "Quiz Maker" section where you can create various styles of quizes.  I have seen an average of +1 grade rise in my son's schoolwork since I have been using these quizes on a weekly basis.  I usually quiz him Wednesday and Thursday night for a test on Friday.  He also feels much more confident and prepared.  They also have sections for unit studies. 

Another excellent website for spelling, which has a free trial, is:  www.ispellwell.com.  You input the spelling words with definitions of your choice and a little wizard speaks the words to your child.  They then enter the correct word through the keyboard.  You can track their progress also.  My son loves this program.

Anyway, I hope this information helps.  I highly recommend both of these websites .