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Who Cares? I'm listening to their music, not moving in with him.

Posted By: nm on 2006-08-18
In Reply to: It also says alleged. - nm

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I get it too, also from headphones while listening to music. (s/m)
I much prefer the old, in-your-ear style of headphones, like a stethoscope. Just be careful not to stick 'em too far in, or that can hurt, too. But the cartilage definitely gets sore if something (even a phone) rests against it too long.
No TV, no music, nothing. Music and TV cause me to daydream. nm
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listening while listening?
You can listen to music while listening to dictation simulatniously? Or am I missing something? I used to listen to music at my old data entry job, but I didn't have to hear anything back then.

Great to see somebody else listening to Alice Cooper, though, great taste :D.
OMG! Just finished listening to a doc with the -
next thing to laryngitis!  What a treat that was!
Listening to audio again.
You should hear prompts if the C-phone is programmed to allow you the option. "Press
3 to listen...punch in the job number followed by the pound sign." The audio should come back. You need to know what number they used
to program the function and the job number.
and what number they used.
I guess you were not truly listening
he/she said she was agnostic. why can't you respect that instead of pressuring, i.e., "you might like it" -- give me a break! I, too, moved to the Bible Belt recently and can't stand the holier-than-thou J-freaks. Bunch of weirdos, IMHO
Sorry, but allegations are not enough for me to just listening to them.
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sorry, that is just stop listening to them
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Depends on how you are listening.
I know when I had EMON and Editscript, I couldn't hear crap in Editscript but when I listed in EMON it was clear as a bell.
listening outloud
yes, I got used to doing that more than a year or two ago and that's the only way I listen now.  To me, it's now hard to understand thru the headphones.  My speakers are Altec Lansing Series 100 - not expensive - I believe they came with the computer in fact.
listening without earphones
I didn't think anybody else did this!  Four years ago I had a benign parotid tumor removed and with my head wrapped up, I couldn't use earphones and was forced to listen without them.  Then when I was all healed and put the earphones back in, what a surprise -- I couldn't hear well at all and have not used them since (I have Logitech speakers). 
Listening ahead

I am just wondering if you listen ahead regardless of the length of the dictation?


I do need help increasing productivity and appreciate all suggestions. It just seems wasteful to listen for 5 minutes without doing any work. (Maybe not......others have more experience.) Feedback?


As always my thanks


On listening ahead
Listening ahead doesn't mean to listen without typing or to listen to the whole dictation first.

Older MTs transcribe this way because they had to use older transcribers which typically did not have that little backup or "instant rewind" feature. They didn't stop on a dime, either, but slowed to a stop. During the stop and start, you could lose an entire word or phrase.

MTs thus learned to stop in the pauses between sentences. They listened to the first part of the sentence, began typing after the first couple of words, then paused only to get PARTIALLY caught up. They listened ahead and typed AT THE SAME TIME.

This is a lot more efficient than the hear-a-word/type-a-word method.

It also helps to type slowly enough that you do not make any typos at all. That way, you do not have to stop and correct them. That alone saves huge amounts of time.


People here are NOT listening
If you work for a company that does not have trillion of employees, your VR will be good if most (all) do the same corrections. What you 2 have above is the worst of the worst. It will not get any better. When others post about how they love VR, do you believe them or why do you think they like so much? It is because they don’t spent most of the day doing all those corrections and their work is going smoothly.
I actually liked it better the other way, but I hope others find it useful. Thanks for listening to
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Try picturing Baryshnikov while listening. nm
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What a joke! Not only is that insulting, listening to that would put me right to

SLEEP!


I tried your suggestion with listening carefully
I'm not sure what I'm listening for, but I didn't notice any difference.

I think the shaded out options must have to do with the company preferences. They've probably deselected the options, which I don't understand.

Thanks for trying.
Poll regarding listening ahead.......sm
I am just curious how many of you listen ahead and listen word for word or character by character?  I learned word for word in my training and I do think that helps my speed but was just wondering how everyone else does it.  I still do word for word but I have one dictator whom no matter how far ahead I listen, they still will change an entire sentence! 
Slowing down and listening ahead
These are two different things. You have to practice them separately, then eventually merge them.

As for slowing down, that should be the easiest. It means to key at a speed slow enough that you make no typos. None whatsoever--not even one.

Just practice typing one sentence until you can key it correctly without a single error. Go on to a paragraph. You'll settle on a speed that works for you.

You may feel that you are typing s l o o o o w l y, and this may frustrate you, but bear with it for a bit. Practice this every day, slowly and smoothly, giving each letter the same amount of time. No machine-gun rat-a-tat-tat. No speeding up and slowing down.

Your goal is to maintain the same boring, monotonous rate on and on and on. It shouldn't be tiring at all. You'll find it easy and restful, but you'll make better progress because you won't have to stop to fix anything.

To learn to listen ahead, you'll need to pretend that you're working on a typewriter. If you have an actual typewriter, use that. Otherwise, just assume that you CANNOT correct anything. What you type has to stay on the page forever, so it had better be right the first time.

Take a practice report. Listen to the first entire sentence without typing anything. Hold it in your head. Now type it from memory. Do the whole report that way.

You'll have trouble with whole sentences at first. You might have to do just phrases, then longer phrases, then work up to sentences.

Practice that perhaps an hour a day for a week or so. At some point, the process may click for you and you'll figure out the point behind it.

Once you can do whole sentences, you can start typing while listening. Listen to the first sentence, but this time start typing it when you have heard half or all of it. You can pause the tape momentarily at the end of the sentence if you need to, but you should be able to type continuously.

Listen listen listen . . . listentype listentype listentype type type type listentype listentype listentype type type type, etc.

It takes practice, but it's worth it.


Are you in the south listening to southerns or
somewhere else. I am smack dab in the middle of the south and I hear none of what I would consider southern drawls. Mine are really fast and lots of ESLs.
You will lose this fight. No company is listening

to whiney MTs in their quest for the bottom line profits.  There are too many other people who will happy to work for less just for the opportunity to work at home and then again there are those offshore who will work for even less for the opportunity to simply work, any where, any time, any place.


And as far as battles go, who you going after and how do you prove you were wronged. 


Then factor in the MTs who are getting the good reports.  Are they going to fight the cherry-picking unethical battle with you.


Sorry it's a lost cause and it is the nature of the business.  Maybe 10 years ago you might have had a chance.  Nevermore.  That is reality. 


 


 


Same here - will never stop listening. I do feel the crunch though
when I am backed up. I just work a little extra in the evening or on the weekend to make up for it.

When kids need or want to talk, it is best to stop everything and listen. They become more secure and confident in themselves, more productive and successful in society. I always stop whatever I am doing when my kids stand there wanting to talk to me. Mine are 17 and 14. As soon as they get in from school, in my office they come.

I am so thankful I work at home and am here for them after school. I would not trade that for anything in the world!


Listening to a cell phone conversation
My doc left his recorder on again. LOL
I've been listening to the same song and dance for years.

Things only seem to be getting worse.


Friend suggested I type while listening to the news.
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Decent QA will not give a quick read without listening
You are not doing your job if that is what you are doing.

I guess the old breed of getting what the dictator says is way out of style. Companies don't care and therefore need to be put out of business.

I get paid by the hour and I listen 100% to the all ESLs that I do. I also provide feedback to the MT and mentor them. Quick read is not QA. It is nothing. If you do not hear what the dictator says, you have no idea what could have been left out.


Just went out and bout The Band greatest hits and listening right now to the Weight.

B. No and E. Who cares. nm
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No and Who Cares.

Who cares really...I mean is this.....
really important?  I can tell you that my life is no different now than before.  I agree with the other poster...if it will pay off the mortgage or make a payment then I will care, otherwise, NO!
who cares, he is...

Who really cares, Jay? sm
Are you the same Jay who used to be so vocal AGAINST the AAMT and offshoring and you are now their biggest fan?  Well, that says a lot about you, doesn't it?  Cheerleader #1!!!  The AAMT failed it's biggest test.  Defending and protecting the AMERICAN MT.  Then, let's have the annual convention in Hawaii, when a lot of us, Jay, are making a lot less money than we used to. We don't have the money to go to Hawaii, Jay.  Get the picture?  At any rate, whatever floats your boat.  The AAMT is bogus.  Maasalamah!!!
Nobody cares who the MVP is..
Take this nonsense somewhere else...PLEASE!
yea, right...NOT...he cares nothing about u...nm

Who cares how old it was
it is STILL happening!!!! That's the point. You just don't get it, do you. Well, you never will then. Good bye! Have to go!!!
Maybe it's not where OP is from. Who cares
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Nobody but us cares.
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And if nobody cares.... sm
Why should you? :D
music
I am a child of the 80's and felt like I couldn't be burdened with finding gigs. I am an accomplished pianist (A little rusty at 43) but I love music where there is only piano playing. Does DH like Elton John, Billy Joel, (ok - stretch -KC & JoJo's version of Lately), and Stevie Wonder. Nothing like a man and his piano.
Can't get into her music?
I don't know why not. Her and Mellancamp sound just as bad. 
Aah, music...
Taking a break.  Listening to some tunes to relax.  I think some other people should too.  Anyone ever heard of Jill Scott or Erykah Badu?  Common?   
Yay! Me too! MUSIC!
I agree with that, music makes my world so much brighter! I throw on some Stevie Wonder and I can't help but cheer up!
Music
Yep, I love the 50's-60's music.   Makes me want to move.
music sm
I have a 5-disc CD changer that goes all day while I am working. All music types. I love it! Need the extra noise!
music
I like total quiet while transcribing. But if I'm doing some other kind of "busy" work in my office like filing or more of a data-entry-type job I can do mindlessly, I find that some classical, light jazz or easy-listening type music helps me be more productive.
awwww who CARES?????
That person probably has 10 kids of their own.  Who cares????  If you can support 'em pop 'em out like a friggin rabbit for all I care.  That poster just needs some lemonade and then they will be happy, happy, happy.  Do you remember the happy, happy, happy poster?
Dont believe me, who cares?
How silly you are.  Dont believe me, I dont care.  MQ has been sold.  I will post again once you get the news from MQ.  I will post *I told ya so*.
I do acute cares and can do 250...
not sure what you mean by copy and paste. I have text Expanders and "normals" that I use that really help, they are built into Chartscript or it may be called SoftWeb and you can add all the shortcuts you want. I am trying to learn the abcdz system of short cutting.
Who cares if you will be perceived
as a troublemaker?  There are as many of us involved in the association as you who are disgusted with the status quo and my suggestion is that you ride it out and run for office and move the problem folks to the back burner.  Believe me, it can be done.  Women, unfortunately, allow themselves to be herded and if you don't like that notion then you have to stay and do something about it.  Things don't make sense if you don't make them make sense.  If your state organization is running amuck .. report them to Modesto .. talk to Peter Preziosi directly and tell him straight out that you want action.  I think you would be very happy you chose to talk to him.
Who cares what solicitors think!
And if they think you are cranky, then maybe they won't have the nerve to stop by!! Solicitors are so annoying!!! I say, get a sign, "NO SOLICITING!"