You just have to create

Posted By: sm on 2006-03-23
In Reply to: Thanks Guys - Paul Anthony

your own expansions for the words in an Expander program like ShortHand or Auto Correct. I use ESP, which is built into the Dictaphone platform I use for my job. I use the ABCZ method. For example: if I want to create an expansion for the drug Coumadin, I enter Coumadin in my expander, spelled and capitalized correctly, but put coun as the abbreviation. So, when transcribing a document, if the dictator says Coumadin, I just type coun and it automatically types out Coumadin for me. You can do this for everything. It's a major time saver. The trick is to remember the abbreviations you have made. :-)

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How much lines per hour? - Paul Anthony
- I remember my first job quite a few years ago and making about $2 an hour until I learned...sm - vtmt
- It depends on the training... - Dee
- I would highly suggest getting Stedman's Smartype and Spellcheck -sm - XXX
- average MT can type 200 LPH...but...nm - these are only averages
- Is this acute care? - Misha
  - Not acute care but psychiatry - Paul Anthony
    - I love doing psych notes - sm
    - Huh. The psych I've transcribed has been easy and boring. - Misha
      - The very first day I transcribed, I transcribed psych - yep, easy and boring, but also lots of ESL
- I would suggest - sm
  - Thanks Guys - Paul Anthony
    - You just have to create - sm
    - autocorrect saves me! - not a fast typer
      - I printed a list of mine and I study over them and - lay the list beside me while I am working.
    - You can create your own in Word with Auto Correct. - nm
- How *many* lines per hour...do you have a - spellchecker. What is the hold-up?
- 350 lines in 8 hours? - sm
- If you need extra practice typing itself... - try
- It's called experience, Paul...and that is why it is so valuable $$..nm - Old MT

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i use my own formula, create as i need,

(though i understand there are how-to books on the subject). For example, for meds, i use the consonants: prednisone would be prd, prednisolone would be prdn. I try to keep it to 3 letters when possible. For phrases, i use 2 letters from first word, and 1st letter for next word or two: in satisfactory condition, would be ins. and for paragraphs or whole procedures, i start with an x, ie, xepi is the epidural procedure report.

you have to be careful that your abbrev is not the same as a standard abbreviation, and proof as you go, making sure you didn't accidently hit something unintentionally.

if you do like myself, you'll want to wait until you are getting familiar with your regular dictation and then start building your expanders.

You can create your own in Word with Auto Correct.
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