From the archives, there was a problem verifying line

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• From the archives, there was a problem verifying line - counts. Is this fixed? Thinking about applying. nm
  • I check my counts against Instant Text sm - mlstoo
  • Same thing in October, then accounts went to voice recognition, - massive hiring going on again
    • Could this be sour grapes? h-m-m-m - LOL
  • Whoops, the above post is regarding TransTech. - nm
    • They recently purchased software - TransTechMT
      • question for TransTechers - tricky typist
        • Along with some other things to occur recently. - No word from TT re this subject !
      • Sounds like you may have to train twice - if they are getting new software! UH OH NM
        • No, they are still using ExText - don't see why you would have to train twice. - TT'er
      • This is also my feeling about TT. - Me
      • Never even crossed my mind that - TT was cheating with any of my lines !
        • Me either - TransTechMT
        • Exactly. It was a problem and it is being addressed. (sm) - TT'er
    • No, nothing has done about it. Still the same via - TT line counts
      • i don't understand that... - wsd
      • Keystrokes Can verify up to the minute via cntr I - ksmt
      • I can verify my lines at Spheris, but not all - platforms allow for that.

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I keep hearing people say that this platform or another seems to steal lines from them and I wonder, is there anyone out there who can actually verify their line counts.  Even if the program counts the lines, can't you find out the parameters they use to count and then use abacus or some such to find out if it is at least close?  I worked for a company years ago that put their line counting software on my computer with the install.  It was a read only file, so the MT couldn't change it, but I could see what was being paid and what wasn't and they couldn't change it without me knowing about it.  This company eventually switched to counting the lines themselves and I never did get any parameters out of them but in dealing with the owner personally for many years, she was pretty much a straight shooter so I stayed until she wasn't the running things anymore.  Once new management came in and shook everything up, I was out of there.  I don't think I trust anyone enough to count my lines for me.  When you get a paycheck that seems a little light, don't you ever wonder if maybe this payperiod they decided, Let's not pay for commas this week, and they can change it without you having any idea?  I'm getting back into the market now and would appreciate hearing other people's thoughts and experiences in this matter. 

1600 is not a fair minimum requirement.  Sure you can achieve 1600, it shouldn't be the required minimum.

if there seven words on a line.

or two

one

or a full line of typing...all of the companies that I have worked for define a gross line as 1 inch margins, 12 pt courier font....does not matter what we type in margins or font.....we convert all reports to the 1 inch margins and courier 12 font and then count the lines.  not the blank spaces between the lines.

Hope this helps.

how exactly do i get to the archives?  tks

Maybe she wanted RECENT information.  The stuff in the archives tends to be fairly old.  I read it too when I was considering them last year. 

I don't know where the info comes from that they only have overflow accounts.  That is not the type of account that I am on with them.  The only regular time there is no work is Sunday.  The only other time there has been no work in the middle of the week was around the holidays when the clinic was closed at Christmas and New Years and most clinics had slow work then.

Bottom line, to the OP, you have to make your own decision.  If you get an offer and have a good feel about it, go for it.  If you don't have a good feel about it, then you need to listen to your instinct.  Good luck with whatever you decide.

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a line just has one character on it, it is considered a line.   If you are getting 6 cpl per gross that is approximately equal to 8 cpl based on 65 characters.  Sometimes the font on a gross line can make it be less than that though. 

are favorable toward Diskriter, but not for the supposed reasons stated above.  This person is seriously misinformed about Diskriter offshoring at this time.  It is my understanding that a long time ago they offshored to the Caribbean islands but that is not happening any more and all the work is kept here in the U.S. now.

Whoever wrote the "Beware" post is not telling the truth.

most over over 1-year-old posts.  Anything current?

I just posted something a couple days ago asking about them, if you go almost all the way down to the bottom of this page it should still be there. I got 3 or 4 responses and it was mostly favorable info. So I think that might be the latest on them.  My name on here AvaMQ is behind the posts so it's in that general area. Good Luck!

A lot in the archives about Transend.