Which platforms do you find to be the most user friendly . . . sm
Posted By: curious on 2007-02-16
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and allow you to be more productive? Your input is greatly appreciated!
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I have WP 10 and I like it. User friendly. sm
I've used MS Word too, but there really isn't that much difference and its easy to learn.
Very user friendly
Although I was a newbie at the time, after finishing a MT course, they first had me on Dictaphone and then trained us on Escription/Edit Script. It was much, much easier than Dictaphone and any MT with experience would find it very easy to use. There really is not that much training needed---just to learn the commands, which is included in the tutorial. It really is a great platform.
How user friendly is it really?
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It is very user friendly...
...I think you'll like it. Good luck!
Yep, VERY user friendly...
You'll be up and running into no time. :-)
I don't think it is very user friendly - sm
I used it for a day I think and then quit, hated it. Too many steps up to actually working and it was just a pain in the butt to use. There are many platforms that are much better than EMDAT.
very user friendly, productive ...
i was disappointed my lines didn't increase more dramatically over old system -- but there was an increase. I like it well enough i hope i never have to use another system. Maybe the 'decrease' in lines others report is due to messing around on the internet instead of working, as 2 minutes here and there really can add up...
software that is user friendly (sm)
I'm not sure of the difference between software and a platform, but I just want to work for a company whose program is easy to work on, not a lot of glitches, freezes, server problems, etc. etc. That defeats the whole purpose of what we were hired to do - TRANSCRIBE. Also when there is a problem, it would be nice to have someone be able to help you quickly.
Is ExSpeech user friendly?
Can you make good lines on Dictaphone ExSpeech voice recognition?
Invoice program - user friendly
I currently use Abacus for line counting. I need a separate program for line counting and hourly work that is very user friendly. Any advice?
The newest version is VERY user friendly. The one right before
it stunk. Make sure you're getting to work on one that has the very newest version that came out this fall.
I love BeyondText. User friendly
are pulled in with a simple search. I was making my minimum line counts by the end of the first week.
Is their platform user friendly, or does it depend on the account?
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I have tried both. Smartype is user friendly, easy to learn. I'd use it again.
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VR program. Very user-friendly and easy to learn.
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One week of working on a new platform and I do not feel it is user-friendly
Editing itself is not bad. It is the documentation of the changes I made, I think for purposes of feedback to MT, which I have to do on Word (outside of the platform) that is driving me crazy and is eating up a lot of time. I do not think I am being productive. I am paid an hourly rate but I am almost embarrassed with my production. I think doing QA without going the through the MTing using the same platform presents a lot of difficulty. Is it too early to decide whether this is a good fit for me?
Is ExText user friendly? Can you make good lines?
I will be using a foot pedal - ? Transnet.
I'm using Meditech Magic now and I can't imagine anything being worse.
Has anyone used IntraScript or I-Scriptor as a platform? User-friendly, productive? Any comments?
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Is the em dat (?) program user friendly - can you make lines - complicated to learn?nm
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Start>Control Panel>User Accounts>Turn User Account Control OFF
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Is it kid friendly?
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pet friendly
I for one can identify with you. Leaving my simon at home would be like leaving a kid at home! For the last eight years we have planned most of our vacations around our dog. I have found some of the greatest ones were groups of cabins on the lake (I am in Texas, so we have gone to tennessee, arkansas, etc) but I'm sure there are some close to you. They have group cookouts, hiking, casino nights, soft ball, lots of fun stuff. You might check something like that. 
Friendly HHS contact
I was wondering if anyone had the name and number or E-mail address of a friendly person at the Department of Health and Human Services? I have a couple quick short questions concerning the HIPAA regulations.
Thanks.
Just be sure it is transcription friendly and
it has everything at your fingertips, i.e. doctor roster, automatic demographic fill-in, line cout accessible, one key to send and hopefully automatic download, good spell check, and me personally "could live without my ShortHand abbreviation expander. It works in all windows programs, so therefore I can use it on most all software programs.
My supervisor is very friendly and
personable, however, we have never met in person. We have "known" each other for years since we have both worked out of the same office a long time, he used to be an office employee, recently promoted.
Platforms are bad.
Microsoft Word is great. The company's platforms really stink sometimes. Not helpful at all and make it harder for production.
DQS was one of first platforms (sm)
that pared transcription screen down to body of report, with all demographic stuff on UNPAID demographic screen. No matter how much time you have to spend searching for and filling in demo info, no pay for lines like cc's, dates of service, admission/discharge, names of consultants, etc. That stuff adds up when the reports are very short. If your new MTSO's account pays for such things as headers/footers, you should see better lph than you were able to achieve with DQS.
Yep that is low, though some platforms
are not MT friendly and if you have lots of horrible dictators it will slow you down. At most companies the FT MTs tend to get first shot at the work (usually, I know there are exceptions) and I know with my company if work is slow FT MTs get the work first.
Platforms
Platforms are programs usually provided by the company. Examples are Emdat, escription, or when you hear the term "proprietary software". Oh, I think another one, is Bytescribe, but don't quote me on that.
Express Scribe is considered a "player" for dss, wav files (digital recordings). The doc will dictate either directly into a microphone on the computer or he/she may have a handheld digital recorder. A lot of times these dss or wave files are provided to you through an FTP site. If you read this post, I have found that any word that is underlined and in a different color, if you click on that word, there is also an explanation of these terms. Very helpful indeed!
Do not feel that you are ignorant. There are still transcriptionists transcribing from tapes (me included). I only wish I knew about this board long before I learned about it. There are some nice people that will try to help you. Good luck in your "at home" MT'ing.... 
Platforms?
What exactly is a transcription platform and what are the best ones out there. On the Diskriter ad they say they use ChartScript but I also saw someone else say they used AnyModal Edit. What is the difference with these? Looking into picking up extra work at home and needs lots of info. Please be patient with me as I do not always know the answers or the right questions to ask.
platforms
I believe the platform is the software used to transcribe or edit the dictation. Some are more user-friendly than others.
Have you tried it with any platforms?
Have you talked with the tech people at the company about this? Even though they say it won't work, find out if you can give it a try and if it will work.
As far as changing the OS from Vista to XP, it can be done. However, in a case like yours, I would be inclined to spend the $$ and take the laptop to a guru/specialist that I trust for the sake of my sanity.
Platforms?
I have never heard of a platform many of you are speaking about. Could you please explain? Thank You!!
platforms
If each company has their own platform, why do they list "experience preferred in..." that platform on their classifieds? How could you have experience if you had never worked for them before?
Is MS Word experience recommended for most services?
platforms
I don't know anything about WP5.1 and FlashForward. Maybe I used them and didn't know it! But when I used a DOS-based program - or, before that, a dedicated word processor - I could rack up the lines in nothing flat.
Now we get yelled at to produce more, produce more, while they tie our hands behind our backs with the idiotic software they provide us with. What are we supposed to do in that position - type with our noses?
platforms
If you ever get the chance to use ChartNet, TAKE IT! It is the most awesome program I've ever used in the 38 years I've been at this. It is written for transcriptionists and is simple, amazingly easy to learn - an hour or two - and very rarely gives anybody any grief at all. A man in Hudson, Ohio, developed it and it's spreading and just the best.
MTS Platforms
For at home-transcribers, what is a good software platform - Express Scribe, Transcription Gear??? How about ExText - is it available for purchase to ICs?
Not able to do that with certain platforms.
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platforms
Can I get some opinions as to what you think is the best platform to work in? Does anyone think Scribe is slow? What is best, what is worst?
what platforms MT's like
I like just Word and then encrypted e-mail
hometalkcafe.com might have one. Friendly bunch there.
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EMDAT InScribe -- not friendly
Terrible platform.
It can be done both ways. There are platforms out there
that you can download the sound files, transcribe them, then upload the documents. This would be like an FTP site for upload/download and Word/Express Scribe (or another wav player) to type/listen.
There are also platforms that work "realtime" over the Internet with servers. Some places have you log into their secure system to listen to the sound files and type in a Word-based platform.
Transcend platforms
Any help you can pass my way on the various platforms that Transcend uses and how user friendly they are, bulky they might be , etc. will be appreciated. Can you use Expanders with them?
Platforms like any other software (sm)
have differing features. Some of these features are more attractive to a hospital or MTSO than to an MT. Some were not designed for a production environment but are being used as such. Some are chosen by companies because they are "tweakable" to maximize profits for the company and not the MT. Some are simply not MT-friendly, too many demographic screens and other piddly things to fill out that slow one down.
Also, a facility's internal IT department, server, network connection, and other factors make another difference. A decent platform can be ruined by an MTSO or client not having enough power to run the software.
But basically to get at your question, IMO a good platform minimizes the amount of "fiddle work" an MT has to do. It has things like automatic filling of demographics, report lookup features. It works with multiple brands of abbreviation software seamlessly. It's fast because it's installed optimally on a system big enough to handle its memory requirements. Its line counting setup or function is clear and verifiable by the MT.
IMO anytime you have to be fiddling around with multiple popup boxes, searching for patient demographics for every report, or waiting on a slow system, that's not a good platform to be on and is costing you money.
Need some information about these 2 platforms...
If you had a chance to work with Dictaphone Ex-Text, or Chartscript, which one would you pick?
Don't know about platforms, but recent
posts about having trouble getting paid with DeVenture.
DocQScribe and Other Platforms
I have Emdat and Transurfer on this computer and all attempts to get jobs in DQS have been thwarted. No idea why. Never had this problem before. Voice file just shows "buffering" and never goes beyond that. If anyone knows a fix, I would love to hear it. Thanks!
Transcription platforms
Hi all - I'm looking for a transcription platform for my small company. I've looked into EMDAT, Intrascript, and Medquist. I've seen a reference here regarding I-text, but I can't seem to find them on Google. Do you have any other platform recommendations? Also, do you know their contact info?
Thanks!
yes, it is possible to have 2 different platforms on the same computer...nm
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What are the good platforms?
What are the good platforms? I currently work in MS Word and upload my reports after completing each one.
Thanks
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