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how do you use DA 127D c phone replacement? - Posted By: Karen Kirby

I thought I was buying a regular old clunky c phone. I can't get the foot pedal to respond or find out how to play out loud. Help please.

Microsoft Word help please - Posted By: Cris

For the first time in my 5 years of MTing, I am going to be working in Word and I need to make macros as well as auto text and I am clueless how to do this.

I know it's a lot to ask but y'all are the best. Can someone walk me through the steps. You'll be my new BFF, I promise. :)

Golden Isles Transcription? sm - Posted By: Curious

Can anybody tell me anything good or bad about Golden Isles Transcription. They have an opening for oncology account. Thinking about jumping out of the Medquist boat. Anybody?

Any Nip/Tuck fans out there??nm - Posted By: MI-MT

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Question about MQ - Posted By: XQ

Why on earth would anyone continue to type for them? I worked for them for 10 years and left over a year ago and am very happy with a new company. Are MQ MTs just masochists?

Do any of you ICs out there carry your own liability insurance if - Posted By: PK

you are working for an MTSO? I do not carry this insurance and was looking for what you all can advise me. Thanks.

how to use keyboard for centering - Posted By: tjurs

I like using keyboard versus mouse commands. I was wondering if there are any commands for centering rather than having to mouse up to the top hit center and then type in....

thanx.

tiffin

Merry Christmas to all hard working guys & gals in the MT industry! - Posted By: Administrator (nm)

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Please do not post job wanted ads. (NM) - Posted By: Goldbird (Moderator)

Goldbird

I need to find a legitimate mentoring program! pls. help? - Posted By: Veronica

Can anyone recommend one?

Tired of SS, any "good" places to work - Posted By: Stacey

I know there are many messages on the subject, but am getting tired of putting up with SS bull and would like to know of for.

I will have 1 year of experience in March. I'm tired of my line counts never adding up and the differences in the way QA corrects things so I never know which way I'm supposed to do things. It never fails that I can be making 100% on most everything I do, but when it comes audit time they can find things that bring my audit score to 1 or 2 percentage points below the required 98%.

If there is a company out there that does not require weekends I would love to know as I don't have anybody to watch my 4 and 5 year olds every other weekend.

I'm sorry, I know this is not a grammatically correct message as I am very upset and just want out. The only problem is that I have nowhere to go once I do get out so I need a new job first.

Thank you in advance for all of your help.

Accuracy of the BOS 2nd (sm) - Posted By: CuriousMLS

Has anyone else on the board had problems with the revised edition of the BOS? I recently tested for a high level client and they had their "own way" of doing things. Since they were in the business of teaching academic subjects at a very high level, the argument about the new BOS went over like a lead balloon. They had their own rules. I was ashamed of what I turned in, although I did follow our own MLS new rules. Anyone else getting demerits for changing over?

MTSOs - Need hep with new account please....SM - Posted By: AzMT

I had my meeting with the office manager of my new account. With the system I use now for my other account (Word-based), the front desk receives my completed transcription via a secure transfer program, downloads it, and prints it.

The problem I have is the new office wants eight computers to have access to the dictation. With the way things are now that would mean all eight would have to download the transcription in order to have access to it. This would work, but I do not feel it is the easiest thing for them to do and I want to retain this account, so I want to find something that is easier that would allow all eight to have access to the dictation.

I believe what I�m looking for is something more like a web-based program where I could upload the dictation and then the eight people could have access to the dictation that way. I�m not familiar with FTP sites or what other options are out there. What I need is a way to transfer my files to the office where all eight people/computers could have access to it, make any changes if needed to the dictation where all eight people would then have access to the final dictation. Does anyone have any ideas? I�m totally willing to put a little money into this, but I just don�t know where to begin. Are there any MTSOs out there who use a program that sounds like it fits my needs or any ideas to guide me in the right direction.

Any help/ideas would be greatly appreciated. TIA

I must say, I deeply dislike... - Posted By: The Singing MT

having to type numerals where I know the number should be spelled out. I cringe whenever I type it the right way and have to go back to change it. It just goes against my common sense.

Transcription via Satellite - Posted By: MCB

Why do so many transcription companies specify no satellite in their ads?

Using Instant Text Commands? - Posted By: Need a little help

Could someone explain to me how to create a command/macro in Instant Text for changing a period to a comma and uncap the next letter in a sentence? Please do not high tech words because that just confuses me. Lol

If anyone knows of any other command/macros that can be used in Instant Text to help with improving line counts I would greatly appreciate hearing about them.

Yes, I do know about the the forum at textware and productivity talk but they are so high techy over there that I am lost.

Thanks a bunch

Please click on Santa's House for Christmas Angels above to donate and help - Posted By: kids receive gifts (sm) Administrator

for Christmas. MTStars is matching your donation, dollar for dollar, and on Dec. 1 everyone who has donated will be able to pull a gift from Santa's Bag!

Thank you!

Administrator
MTStars

Line Counter Software... - Posted By: me

Hey there ....

Does anyone have a lead on any line counting software for under $30-$40? I have TexTally, but it does not calculate the same way my Word 2002 calculates.

Thanx for your time.

Companies charging for use of software (sm) - Posted By: MyT_WannyMT

Now I have been in the business for a good while and besides Trans"scam" I came across another company that charges for software. Fast Chart. They use both DocQScribe and EditScript and will charge the ICMT $7.50 per pay period if you do not meet a particular line count every pay period. Now, although $7.50 is not that much, I have worked on both of the programs (in fact, still working on Editscript) and have NEVER been charged to used it. What are these companies trying to do to all of us. ..geez louise.

Instant Text, Stedman's, etc. - Posted By: EL

Which software is best to use?

New to MT - Posted By: Sarah

I am looking to become an MT but I have no training or schooling. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do or where to start? Does anywhere hire and just train you on the job? Will anyone give you a starting chance? Any information anyone can give me would be so helpful. Thanks!!!

IC invoices - Posted By: Carmen Druckenmiller

I am a new IC Transcriptionist and I was trying to find an invoice on the internet for transcriptionists. Does anyone know where I can find one? Thanks!

i hate doing transcription - Posted By: tynkerbelle

i used to love doing transcription. now i hate it. hate it. hate it. i work in a hospital and it is one of the only hospital jobs left around here that has not outsourced. the manager/team lead are two of the dumbest pieces of work anybody could ever run into. if they were not purposefully put here to make us quit and they really are this dumb, i would hate to have to come to this hospital if i ever got sick. what other kind of dumbbells do they have working here (like duh...guess who works here....me!!!!). i put in an application for the community college. tomorrow is registration. classes start may 11. i am going over in the morning and signing up and paying for a class. what to take, what to go into? i have been doing this for so long i don't have a clue. but i gotta get outta here, for my sanity and for the sanity of the world. this tooth and dagger stuff has got to go. i want somewhere that treates me nice.

help - Posted By: ksm

I see that people are looking at what I wrote but no one is respoding with help. Can someone be kind enough to hel out a person trying to restart in transcription?

I have loved my job through the years but - Posted By: 35 years in this biz now

I am absolutely thrilled to say I start drawing off money from full retirement social security fund this month. I have wanted to stay in transcription and hope that I will be able to. At the same time with all the new things being implemented such as EMR and the such, I am thrilled that I no longer have to worry about every little thing I hear about a job, no job, part job, etc. I have been in the same boat with others on here that hear rumors about this and that. I have had really good jobs only to have them outsourced. I have gone from really good money to basically pocket money now, not enough to raise a family on like in years past for me. I feel for other's plights, I really do because at one time I was there also. To work at a job and to have a job, you had to bite your tongue sometimes in order to keep a job. I hope the present employment I have continues but if it should not, guess I would be really retired. I know how transcription has gone over the years and I see no bright shiny light at the end of the tunnel, just looks more bleak.

Su from Alltype - Posted By: cathyc

Su,

If you are out there, please send me your email. I moved and lost it. Interested in talking to you about Alltype. Thanks. Hope to hear from you soon.

Cathy

Think OSI test dumped crap on computer - Posted By: Alice

This is just a warning to be careful. I took a test for OSi last week and I think the audio files dumped a lot of crap on my computer, so be careful. When I double-clicked to open the file I got a popup that tried to dump an ad tracker cookie on my computer, then my desktop froze up. I rebooted. I did this about 3 times and finally just opened Real Player and then opened the file. I found a bunch of crap on my computer afterwards that I cleaned up. I can't say 100% this is what did it but I would suggest being careful and running AntiVirus/Adware programs afterward. I finally deleted all emails from them because one had 3 attached files that had nothing to do with the content as nothing was being sent to me and I once had my hard drive completely wiped clean by a virus sent this way when I naively opened the file.

Blogging About MT Work and ... - Posted By: Diane in NY

Hello! I started a blog where I'm going to see if I can keep coming up with writing about MT work and the whole work-at-home lifestyle that goes with it. Please be kind Right now, I'm up to the story of how I became an MT when I developed a disabling disorder and *had* to find work to do from home. It's at

http://blog.myspace.com/dianefusco

I'd be happy to hear any feedback!

Best, Diane

looking 4 a good school - Posted By: Kim Keller

Seriously interested in the MT field. Can you advise me of a good school? Please excuse me if this posted twice - I'm new to this.

A couple of Shorthand questions, please. - Posted By: See message.

How do I quickly modify an entry? (I've been pulling up shorthand, putting in the short form, clicking on Dictionary, then modify, then cut and paste....there has to be an easier way).

How do put yo (for year-old) directy behind the age without putting a space (i.e., 32yo instead of 32 yo).

How do I stop SH from working when I'm in my e-mail or on the Internet for a brief time, but don't want to completely close out the program?

The ShortHand directions I have are very unclearly written, so I'm grateful for any help to these and upcoming Shorthand questions!

Font size - Posted By: southernbelle

I have read with interest the thread on font size. Now I know why one company allows you to transcribe in one font and then it gets printed in another - which is much smaller - which does make it harder to get your lines. I thought that it was me - but could not understand until I saw what was getting printed and counted, as to why it was so difficult to get a good line count when I had always done so in the past. Is this not in some way misrepresentation? You see what looks like a nice report and then when it gets printed it is so small that you can hardly read it - this also messes with the end of your lines and sentences - where if you make a hard page break on what is on your computer screen it comes up as something different on the copied version on the other side. All of the info offered was good and this is a good point to make when looking at work - especially if you are new and do not know anything different.

Getting good line counts with discharges - Posted By: mt

Are there any secrets? Normally, I do all operative reports, but recently having to do DS, which I am not accustomed to doing regularly. How do you increase speed, besides utilizing the ShortHand entries.

DataScribe - Posted By: awood_mt

Anybody ever hear of this company? Good, bad, and/or ugly.
Thanks!

50+ doctors-how do I compile? - Posted By: Instant Text to get 2&3 wd phrs

I asked this over on the Instant Text forum, but no one answered me so I will ask it here.

Ok, I type for a facility that has 50+ doctors. Should I compile a glossary for each doc or one big glossary with all of the docs in it? What settings should I use to be sure that I am getting all of the 2, 3, and 4 word phrases out of my compilations? Thanks

Re-entering the MT Field - Posted By: AngieS.

After being out of MT for 4.5 years I have recently returned. I'm having a hard time finding the right fit. The biggest problem I'm seeing is everybody seems to be requiring headers for reports and then each report put in a separate document, due to the new electronic record. I find that this slows me way, way down. Maybe I'll eventually get used to it, but I sure do miss the days of one document for doctor's day's work. There are so many procedural details that I can't just sit and transcribe. I've also run into very poor voice file sound quality.

I worked in the field for 14 years and never had major problems adjusting to new accounts. Maybe my time is just over for this type of work.

I know technology has definitely made MT easier in some ways, but in others, it seems like such hassle. Does anyone else have problems with headers and all these separate documents? Does the field seem to be worse now than 5 years ago?

Is it unheard of to cash in PTO with national? - Posted By: Need da money

I have 75 hours of PTO and wonder if the national I am with (starts with an S and ends with an S) would allow me to cash it in? This thought just occurred to me so will call HR when I have time to but just wondered if anyone has done this and is it an unreasonable request.

Thanks

Looking to pick up some prn work, about 10 hours per - Posted By: looking for prn

week. I have Word 2000 and Transnet or can use FTP. Acute care or clinic. Email me for details if interested.

Which Text Expander do You Prefer? - Posted By: Love2bTyping

I am starting a new job for which I have to purchase a text expander. I have always used Chartscript and therefore I have always used the text Expander in Chartscript. However, with this new job, I need my own!

Can ya'll tell me what your favorite expander is? The only one I know even a little bit about is Shorthand. Thanks in advance.

EditScript help needed. - Posted By: MT in MT

One of my accounts is stalling out when I'm logging in when it gets to the downloading latest contacts. The other two accounts are working fine. I tried deleting all the TPL files and have reloaded it a couple times. Any other ideas?

Thunderstorm!!! - Posted By: scarrrd

Is it safe to work during a thunderstorm/bad lightning? I am SCARED!!!!

Which is better platform???? - Posted By: Mary

I have been offered a job with a company that uses EMDAT/Inscribe and also offered a job at DeVenture who uses the SHINE platform? Are they both terrible, or is one better than the other? Would like to hear your opinion, please. Thank you.

Giving myself a raise - Posted By: lm

I have been working for an office for 2 years now at the same line rate. I would like to increase my per line rate, but want to know how I should go about doing that.

I feel that I do good work for them and need some type of raise since I am an independent contractor and do not get bonuses, etc.

Thanks for your input.

Does anyone know about how long the foot pedals might last? Mine is skipping and - Posted By: Sylvia

getting on my last nerve.

Court Reporting Machine Used for Transcription - Posted By: vt

Does anyone happen to use a stenograph machine (the kind used for court reporting) to do transcription? If so, has it been much faster than typing? What are the pro's and con's? Have you developed your own set of (probably hundred's, no doubt) brief forms/abbreviations (since you I assume you don't have an Expander like InstantText or autocorrect/autotext as Word does)??? How has the wear and tear on your hands/wrists been? Thanks......

For those of you working at home w/ a baby...sm - Posted By: MT in MT

How do you do it? My husband and I are trying for our first baby and I am a little nervous about working at home with a newborn. Just curious to know what your schedule is and how it works once they become mobile.

Do any companies give raises - if so, what criteria do you have to meet? - Posted By: arizo

nm

If there is an MQ merger or lawsuit, in the end, how do you think - Posted By: that will impact the MTs, good or bad?

Advance magazine? Anyone notice the letter to the editor? - Posted By: SDGal

It's on page 5 entitled Does Walmart or Home Depot pay better?......Gee, I wonder what company this person is talking about? Okay, which one of you sent this in? hahaha!

Well, while everything the writer of this letter says is true about the company, I think we all know most of us make a bit more than 8 to 10 bux an hour. For myself, it's about twice that. If I really were only making that for what I'm doing, I WOULD head over the the Walmart or Target. I would NOT do this for 10 bux an hour NO WAY in HE double toothpicks!

Format change, no announcement? - Posted By: Format

Here it is after 1:00 p.m., and there has been a big change to the templates for the account I type for a service, which suggests there may or may not be a change in the instruction we have about strickly adhering to this format, no matter what order the dictator dictates, and still there has been no e-mail to clarify what's going on.

We are graded on how closely we adhere to format. Why wouldn't the company send out an e-mail to tell us what's going on? This co is usually good with the e-mails, and since they are very busy and get way too many e-mails, wouldn't it make sense that they'd send one out as soon as they knew something? I know they won't grade us down for not knowing, but if formatting is important enough to grade us on, doesn't a change warrant a simple e-mail? They rather do 20 individual e-mails?

Weird.

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