This may not be a popular opinion, but I would be

• Reporting sexual abuse? - Beth
  • reporting sexual abuse - nowarrants
  • Not about child abuse, but... - Researcher
  • This may not be a popular opinion, but I would be - tempted to report it (sm)
    • Anybody can anonymously 'drop a dime' - Researcher
      • *67 doesn't work on 800 numbers - The Paranoid One
    • Priority #1 is breech/breach, which to use? nm - insanity
  • Sexual Abuse - TravelinMT
  • You type, you send, you forget. Period. End. - nm - Laverne
  • Definitely not...how do you know if it's a valid complaint?...(SM) - MT1
    • Sexual abuse - anonymousforareason
    • See above post - Researcher
  • I think you probably would not have a - My thinking
  • are you sure the physician HASNT sm - FED UP 30+
    • Are you sure he HAS? - Researcher
      • Not OUR job, it is the physician's and/or - his medical personnel. (NM)
  • How do you know the physician hasn't - SM

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The whole reasoning behind VR is to decrease cost to clients and to speed up TAT (well that and to increase revenue for MTSOs).  But, just as more and more clients are starting to find out about offshore outsourcing, the cost effectiveness may not be such an advantage.  Being on VR for several months now, it seems like even the sloppiest work is submitted for the sake of getting it out quickly.  I've found, and it has been reported here repeatedly, that those on VR are told not to "pretty it up", just make sure it's accurate.  Even the banned abbreviations on the JHACO list are allowed in favor of quick editing.  Things that never would be acceptable in straight typing are allowed in VR.  Sooner or later this is going to catch up and the money saved on VR will just switch to risk management.  What once seemed like a big money saver will end up costing them more in the long run, just like outsourcing to India.

Also, it is a proven fact that those who are very high producers in straight typing (1500 to 1600 lines a day) will most likely not make the money that new MTs or less skilled MTs will.  Those who are producing approximately 1000 to 1100 lines a day will have no problem doubling that.  With some MTSOs cutting the VR editing rates to 55% of base line count, it isn't feasible for experienced, skilled high producers to work on VR at half the base rate. Thus, a lot of skilled MTs will be moving on to companies without VR.  Without some of the tools required, VR mandates that the editors will correctly use and spell terms that would otherwise be done by expanders.  A new MT isn't going to catch the "mistakes" as quickly or as often as a highly-skilled MT with years and years under the belt. That, too, will contribute to the lower quality of finished product. As far as increased TAT, it might increase it a little but full editing isn't as quick as QA editing, so the increase in TAT isn't going to be that dramatic IMO.

I can see VR being advantageous for the quicker, easier reports such as radiology and ER, and I can see it catching on for a while.  But, I think sooner or later it will trend back to the clients wanting professionalism over quick, money-saving efforts that will end up costing them more in the long run either in risk management or outright lawsuits.

I believe many MTs stay with these Nazi-like companies* because their self-confidance has been pummeled into the ground by the abusive, demoralizing treatment they are subjected to every day.  It's like the well known pattern of an abused child who clings to the abusive parent.  What they don't realize, or refuse to see is that more and more MTs are putting their foot down and refusing to stay with companies that offshore, cut our pay, treat us like dogs, and then have the audacity to use us to help them achieve their ultimate goal of eradicating our profession.  Why is VR technology becoming more and more sophisticated with each passing day?  Because we're helping them do it!!  Kind of like digging your own grave. 

I truly believe that if enough of us take matters into our own hands by showing them that "We're mad as hell, and we're not taking this anymore" we can together turn the tables on these money hungry vermin.  Do the math.  We are "still" the backbone of the industry.  We need to take action NOW while we still have the power.

* No ethnically based offense intended.  Just trying to make a point.

I apologize to you then MQx4 if all these posts were not yours.  It is very difficult to determine who is who anymore.

Although, in those crazy people's defense, I actually did find those posters rather hillarious!  I am just your average MT and no I am not disturbed in any way, just enjoy a raw sense of humor now and then.  Please don't bash me for saying that, it is just my opinion.  A raw sense of humor is not grounds for being in the psyhiatric ward.  A good laugh every now and then does wonders for the body (burns lots and lots of calories you know).  With that being said, we should welcome everyone here and as long as I am personally not being threatened, then I really am up for any conversation and/or jokes or whatever. 

It's nice to know who you are talking with, so MQx4 thanks for being consistent with your name.  Sorry if I addressed some of those posts to you!

UH OH - Just watched FOX News and they indicate that Rita may become a category 4 or perhaps even a 5 once she hits the warm waters.   From what I heard, it is heading for Texas - how awful considering that there are hundreds of thousands of evacuees already there from Katrina.  Any thoughts or has anyone heard anything different of what could or might happen in the upcoming days? 

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If you want to be proficient in MT'g, you can't unless you know business English inside and out.  Check out your local community college. It will be time and $$$ well spent, and remember, knowlege is power.

Also remember, grammar is very important in this business.  A simple hyphen can completely change the meaning of a sentence.....

Case in point:

I saw a man eating shark.

I saw a man-eating shark.

See what I mean?

What your step-father is doing is horrible, but I don't understand your reaction towards your mother.

You expect your mother to "see" what is going on without directly telling her.  If she has no idea what's going on, how could she possibly understand why you are treating him the way you are?

Do you think it is fair to end your relationship with your mother over something that she has no idea about?  If you are going to end your relationship with her, she at least has the right to know why.  You are not "saving her the embarrassment."  You are taking the easy way out.  I think it is mean to do this to her.

It is not fair how your step-father is treating you.  It is wrong.  But 10% of life is what happens to you and 90% is how you respond to it.  Do the right thing.  Tell your mother and everyone else what is going on.  Keeping silent only protects him. 

Personally, if my daughter ever told me what you just said about someone I was with, he'd get the boot right out the door.  I don't think I would even wait for an explanation from him.  Give your mother an opportunity to do just that.

I have been asked to transcribe some training material for my brother-in-law.  He puts together training manuals for addiction medicine counselors and has a lot of things that he needs transcribed into Word.  (They are on tapes, VHS, DVD, etc., but he is going to put them all in a wav file format for me to transcribe.)  He wants to pay me the normal going rate.

He wants to know how I would charge (word, line, job, etc.).  I have decided to do 65 character lines including spaces, but need to know how much per line would be appropriate.

I don't know if this makes a difference, but he's in Minnesota.  I am leaning toward 14 cents per line, but wonder if that is too much?

Please let me know what you think.

Chickadee

First off, let me say how sorry I am that you and your children are going through this horrible experience.  I completely understand your range of emotions.  I left an abusive alcoholic many years ago with 4 children under the age of 9.  At that time I did not have any means of income, so I went on welfare.  After the kids and I settled into being a "family" without a father figure, I got three jobs and went to college to be a paralegal.  Let me tell you it was far from easy, but well worth it! I refused to allow my children to think that his way of "love" of normal or appropiate.  I also did not have family or friends to lean on, I only had myself and my children.  You need to find the strength and resove in yourself to do what you know is right (if you didn't think leaving was right, you wouldn't have posted).  You need to lay out a plan, and then outline steps needed to fulfill this plan (make a real budget, find housing, etc..) Also you need the abuse documented in case child custody is an issue.  Next file for FULL custody and child support.  Please go talk to an attorney, many offer first consults free.  I wish you courage through this.

It is impossible to "spot reduce" one area of your body, but doing resistance training and building muscle helps to burn fat more quickly than aerobic exercise alone.

..I think they are pretty good to work for.  They don't really bother you, so you're just left to work in peace.  They have several platforms, so what platform you use will be dependent on what account you're assigned to.  The people are very nice.  Pay is pretty decent and always on time.  They can come across as a little disorganized in the beginning, but all-in-all I'm happy with them.  

Hope this helps!  

• They support off-shore transcription.


• A lot of employers don't pay a CMT differential, and if they do it's generally not enough to cover the costs of being certified or keeping it, much less the yearly membership.


• If you like to meet and talk with other transcriptionists then you might like it.


• A lot of their meetings are held on Saturdays, so you'd need to plan for that if you joined.