Yeah, thats the Next Big Thing...

• Just got a letter in the mail from MQ stating that they will be paying 80% of our base rate for ASR. - MQMT
  • Are you currently working on ASR? - Curious
    • I do a minimal amount and the letter was about 2 pages long but mostly about ASR. - MQMT
      • ASR - yakaback
  • About letter -- don't have it -- was that - MQ MT wanting to know more
  • no way they can keep us at regular pay with VR - we might become millionaires!
  • That still is not a paid line rate. If your base is $0.10 per line, it will be $0.08 cpl. - VR Queen
    • Have you forgotten we have not gotten the new pay plan yet which will lower the base rate I am sure - MQMT
      • ASR - yakaback
  • What is ASR? sm - Former MQer
    • Automatic Speech Recognition (nm) - passin' thru
      • former MQer - yakaback
        • yakabak: yes I'm happy were I am. WMX nm - Former MQer
          • WMX - MT MT
  • Pretty soon we will be working for free! - Lowering pay?
    • Yeah, thats the Next Big Thing... - KYradMT
  • how will you know what you type is ASR and what is regular transcription?(nm) - wondering MQMT
    • This is all of MQ and that amounts to about 2 cents less per line for ASR. - MQMT
      • On this board is the first I have ever - MQMT
        • fried - cat
      • let me re-phrase my question: How will the MT know what is ASR and what is regular transcription?sm - wondering MQMT
        • you will be editing a completed ASR report vs typing - a fresh report (nm)
  • Will all MTs be changed over to ASR? - Confused
  • from what i've heard, its a lot harder - and takes longer to do
    • ASR - yakaback
      • They better soon get some work or everyone will quit anyway. This is getting ridiculous. There is no - MQTOO
    • VR - Cece
  • Haven't gotten the letter yet - that stinks.

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I don't think there's any cause to get upset or defensive here.  Look it up on line...even colleges are offering courses in Ebonics!  ...well of course they are more sociology-type courses, but still, people are PAYING to learn about the why's and how's of this "other" language.

A quote from one of the sites I found:

"UT-Austin's "Introduction to the Study of African American English," teaches students that the sentence, "Nobody didn't leave" is not "mainstream English with mistakes," but rather a legitimate English dialect. "Ebonics: Myth and Facts" and "African-American English" are both offered at Harvard. Penn and UCLA also promote Ebonics as a legitimate dialect in, "Introduction to African American and Latino English" and "Afro-American Sociolinguistics: Black English," respectively."

Here's the link: http://www.academia.org/campus_reports/2002/september_2002_2.html

:P

"I was told it was a "MAN" thing and everyone does it (i guess all men)"

whenever anyone takes an action and relates it to a whole gender and then tags on everyone does it....well, I guess there's your answer

I understand where you're coming from.  The respect is just not there anymore.  Everyone in this business has heard for years about how voice recognition and EMRs are going to replace us all, which I just don't buy.  I work for a national on a difficult account with many ESLs, and it generates lots of work.  Every summer we have problems keeping up with turnaround but the management has yet to come up with a solution that actually works consistently.  I suspect it's a combination of MTs having kids home from school during the day now, vacations being taken, and people not working their schedules,  but most of all I think it's just plain burnout - we deserve to enjoy the summer too.  Last summer I worked so much to the point that I think I did substantial damage, and my body just cannot take it anymore (been at it for about 20 years, the last 10 years of it steady).  The powers that be fail to understand that we are not machines! 

Uh-huh

That makes complete sense (not).

It's called MT stars, as in medical transcription, so post regarding medical transcription - as in the profession......understand that?

You want Regis and whatsername?  Post on that board.

You want Romper Room?  They have their board, too......   Get the message honey bun?

Account instruction#1 says bold and CAPITALIZE allergies, list medications in number form regardless of what dictator says. Do NOT abbreviate in HPI, but you can abbreviate in Assessment if the doc does.  Don't use degree sign unless doctor dictates it.  List assessment in number form, even if there's only one item.

Account instruction #2 says bold headings but never bold or capitalize allergies.  Only expand abbreviations in Assessment but nowhere else in document.  Be sure to use degree sign when typing temperatures.  If there is more than one item in the assessment, use number form in listing them.

Account instruction #3 says never bold or capitalize allergies, don't abbreviate anything.  Never number medications, even if dictated by physician.  Can use the degree symbol if Drs. A, B, and C dictate such.  If Dr. D dictates patient's name in body of report and uses words that don't exist in the English language, be sure to type what he says since it's a verbatim account, and he complains all the  time that he doesn't want his report to sound so *formal* by using *the patient* instead of the name.   For all other reports, use *the patient.*  If Dr. E dictates the patient's sister, Sara, do NOT use the name Sara and just type *the patient's sister," regardless of what he really says. Dr. F might not dictated a numbered assessment list, but that's what he means.  Dr. G prefers to see the text of H&Ps on the same line as the heading, but on his consults, he thinks it looks better if there's a hard return, with the text starting on the next line.

As an Editor for multiple accounts, are you sure that YOU'RE paying attention to all the little idiosyncrasies contained in the sometimes 20-30 PAGES of account instructions for any given account? If so, I doubt you would find it so easy.

live in Bush's world.  Must be nice there! 

I would go for the scrubbing toilets... at least you get more  respect!

Although this is a 2003 article, I'm *amazed* (NOT!) at how the timing of this for June 2006 just *magically* coincided with our problem with Iran, and it mentions *bunker busters* which I've read Bush wants to use with our next war against Iran.

But, yeah, it's all okay and harmless, blah, blah, blah.  Do what you want. 

I sure ain't going near the "City of Sin" any time soon.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2003-07-06-nuclear-usat_x.htm