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Earlier Poster with Keyboard Lag Problem (sm) - Posted By: TechSupport

I've been thinking about your problem and recommended some possible answers, but something else has been nagging at the back of my mind. There is also the possibility of a keystroke logger that is intercepting your Keystrokes before passing them along to the screen.

A keystroke logger can be a physical device placed between your keyboard and your computer, or it can be even be installed inside the keyboard. It can also be a bit of software that intercepts and records keystrokes. Sometimes this is a commercial application (like parents use to watch what their kids are doing online), but it can also come surreptitiously in the form of malware called a "rootkit" - which you can think of as a "supervirus" on your computer.

I suppose it's also possible that a spybot (another form of malware) could also be doing this.

Bottom line: Be sure you're using good antivirus and antispyware software, keep them updated, open NOTHING that comes in your email that you don't specifically recognize, and don't follow links that come in emails you don't trust, no matter how "official" they appear to be (like, from your bank or credit card company).

About myspace posts below and opinions. - Posted By: me

My niece has met a guy on myspace. We're in New York, he's in Wisconsin. She is 19. She is going to fly out to meet him this summer. Am I CRAZY, I THINK SHE'S NUTS! Am I too old fashioned to believe if he were any kind of guy that he would come where she lives to meet her before her just flying out there sight unseen? I really believe she is heading into trouble that we can do nothing about. She is an adult (LOL) but this is still scary to me. What do you think?

What is a good quality USB foot pedal? - Posted By: Dreamweaver

I am using the one that came with my Olympus AS-4000 PC Transcription Kit (foot switch RS25, if that means anything to anyone). After only about two months, the play and rewind pedal are sticking. And yes, it's clean - I actually use it barefoot because it is so small it's hard to feel the fast forward and rewind pedals with shoes on.

Does anyone have a foot pedal they have used for a long time and are still satisfied with it?

TIA.

MQ I-Mail. - Posted By: Still can't use!

I can't get past the login screen. It says "Welcome!" then throws me back to the login screen. I see they have a message that says "You can still send messages to your contacts through your Outlook or Outlook Express." Wrong. Can't do that, either. Have been on hold to Atlanta for over 1/2 hour. Whose idea was this??

Kentucky Derby Pie Recipe - Posted By: Dano

This is VERY rich. Enjoy!

2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, melted
3 to 4 tablespoons bourbon
1/4 cup corn starch
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate bits

1-9" unbaked pie shell

Combine the eggs, sugar, melted butter and bourbon. Add the cornstarch to the mixture, blending in slowly.

Stir in the pecans and chocolate bits. Pour into an unbaked 9 inch pie shell.

Bake in a pre-heated 350 degree F. oven for approximately 45 minutes.

Please tell me what this means... - Posted By: New to this site

I have been trying to figure out for the last five days since I started frequenting this site...but what in the world does it mean when people put things like nm and sm in their posts? This is driving me NUTS!!

What is an average amount of lines to edit per day? - Posted By: curious girl

I am new to editing. I have done straight typing for 2 years in general surgery clinic work. I was canned and put on overflow work because my computer messed up twice in one month. It put them in a bind, which I really had no control over, and they took me off the account as lead MT and put me on overflow only. Well anyway, I got another job doing editing on the Editscript platform. It is acute care. I am not used to acute care that much. I only did it for a few months before. I am not used to editing either so I was wondering if someone could tell me what is an average amount of lines to expect once I get used to it? I have heard nobody gets double the line count editing. So is it one and a half times the line count or what? What is your experience with lines editing versus typing straight?

Converting voice files to digital files - Posted By: Lauri

I have a Voice Solutions dictation system that will happily convert DS4000 voice files to digital when they are downloaded (wave files). However, it will not recognize any other files for conversion. I had a physician download .WAM files from his DS-30 and my dictation system would not convert it. Anyone have any suggestions? I would greatly appreciate any input.

Thanks!!!

is giving notice required? - Posted By: MemphisMT

I'm having a debate with my husband right now.

I know when you're an employee that it's customary to gives two weeks' notice, but what about when you're an independent contractor? One of us says that two weeks notice is customary whether you're an employee or IC, but the other says that you don't have to give any notice if you're an IC. Who is right?

The loser pays for a dinner at Olive Garden.

Are there significant changes in 3rd BOS? sm - Posted By: starving artist

How many changes do I have to learn now? Does it ever end? I guess buying #2 and the CD was flushing money down the drain. I know - whatever the client wants - but they didn't agree with #2, so we shall see how #3 goes.

Need input from all you "night owls" working graveyard shift! - Posted By: MT

I am considering working nights, since it seems that's where the pay is higher. Do you go to bed in morning after your shift ends, or do you stay awake for a couple of hours, and go to bed, say 10 or 11 am. How many hours during the day do you sleep; or do you just take a nap in the morning, and go to bed around 6 or 7 p.m. and sleep until it's time for your shift to start? Input on getting a balance, and staying awake during shift. I worked that shift for a while in the past, but never could balance it out. It seems I was always sleeping and had no time to do anything else, other than sleep and work. Thanks

just a vent!!! - Posted By: mtmomof3

Is it REALLY necessary for the doctor to PEE while dictating. Surely they are not THAT strapped for time. That is disgusting to have to listen to!!! UGH!!

Admin, how do you get the snowflakes to fall on this site? SM - Posted By: curious

I help administer a website (not MT-related) and would love to have this effect. I've seen it other places too. How do you do this? Thanks.

does anyone else have a problem with Word not capitalizing correctly on sm - Posted By: irritated

the first word in a sentence? i will get 2-3 lines down and realize it didn't cap something so then i have to waste time going back up there to cap it. any solutions on fixing this annoying problem?

c-phone commands - Posted By: carol

my foot pedal died and i am needing to do transcription using the phone's numerical keypad commands all weekend (oh joy) until my new foot pedal gets expressed to me next week. does anyone have a list of commands to work using the keypad only? so far, i know 1 is stop, 4 is rewind, 4 is play, 6 is fast forward, 7 is close job, ## is job header info. i can't remember how to speed up the dictator's speed and slow it down, and those other handy dandy commands. any help is MUCH appreciated.

carol

What's for dinner tonight? - Posted By: ER-MT

I'm hungry !

Info on Toth - Posted By: 6babies

Has anyone heard of Toth Transcription? Pay, personalities, etc?

ChartScript log in issue - Posted By: stay at home mom

My new job uses ChartScript. I am having issues logging in. Does anyone know who to call. I called my boss at the company I work through but thought I would see if anyone here could help me out in the mean time.

Thanks in advance

Any other companies utilizing DocQScribe other than Medquist - Posted By: Just wondering

Anyone know?

conflict of keyboard commands - Posted By: stop/start/stop/start

Hi there, I would really appreciate some help here...I am transcribing on a word document, the sound file has been e-mailed to me, I am listening to the dictation in Windows Media Player. I don't have my footpedal working with this---but am just trying to use keyboard commands and when I do, the keyboard commands are being utilized by the word program. In other words, play/pause is CNTL P and when I do that, I get the print window. Is there a way to alleviate this conflict? They sent me a sound file player but Windows Media keeps overriding it and there is too much dumb in me tech wise to figure out how to use the other sound file player. If anyone has any suggestions, I would appreciate it. I just get a teeny bit of this guy's work but it's a big pain in my big behind to keep grabbing the mouse and stopping/starting etc.....thanks in advance!!!

Etymotic ER 6 earphones - Posted By: just ordered and wondering

Has anyone tried these earphones for dictation. Is it clear? Does it actually reduce noise around you. Does it clear the static from dictation? Just curious if it is a good earphone for dictation. Thanks for any info.

Submitting production report? - Posted By: MQ DQS question

During training we were told how to create a time sheet if you are an employee, but for statutory employees do we need to submit anything or is this information taken off by payroll automatically?

TIA

Does anyone know of a good, but cheap spell check program? sm - Posted By: newbie

Just did an upgrade to XP and have lost my "free" Spellex that I got with my schooling on my old computer. I have a new job but cant afford to buy the Spellex program yet. Any good ones that do both medical and drug names that is CHEAP? I plan to buy the spellex again when I get a few paychecks, but for now I need something. It is getting really tiring looking up so many drug names!

Express Scribe Question - Posted By: sm

How does it work? When you put in your FTP info and all that, do files just appear when Express Scribe is opened? Please help me understand this. their website and help info is not very helpful at all!

C-Phone Question! - Posted By: debbie

Help. I cannot remember how to change the SPEED (I believe you have to use the keys on the keypad to program in) on the Dictaphone C-phone (the typical gray model 0421). This dictator is dictating a mile a minute and I can't seem to SLOW HIM DOWN.

Any help would be MOST APPRECIATED.

what peculiarities go with being an MT? - Posted By: sm

it seems to me:

I am noise sensitive.

Give way too much detail upon being questioned or in conversation sometimes.

Find that I research anything I buy with almost an obsessive nature.

Uncomfortable in many social situations.

thinking of going to Cancun. Did the hurricane hit it too hard? - Posted By: anyone know? NM

Bayscribe spellchecker - Posted By: OldMT

My spellchecker is not correcting. When it stops on a word, I will correct it and submit but when I go back to look at the report the word is still spelled wrong. Anybody know how to fix that? Have never had a problem with it before.

Anyone work for InScribe in Kentucky. nm - Posted By: PAMT

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Adoption - Posted By: Amy

Hey all. My husband and I are going to the orientation with the Georgia DFCS to possibly begin the process of adoption through the foster care system. I would really love a younger child, but I hear the wait is very long if you get a match at all. I understand there are many children with special needs, but I cared for a cousin (all her 24 years with spina bifida) and a grandfather (with Huntington's), who both passed away in the last two years, and I don't know if I could handle that kind of situation again. From what I've seen, private agencies, even those not for profit, seem ridiculously expensive, and the wait for an infant/toddler is also long with them. We have plenty of love to give and a decent family income, but not a lot of money all at once like they expect. If anyone has experience with adoption through their state agency or foster care system, or even those who know of honest agencies with reasonable fees, I'd appreciate any advice or encouragement. Anyone have happily-ever-after stories to tell? Thanks!

icons/tool tray on side of screen - Posted By: sandy54

Can't move them back to the bottom where they were, inadvertently moved them when resizing screens. How do I get them back on the bottom? TIA

New MTs... - Posted By: Have you tried craigslist? SM

Reply to: wahmnet@gmail.com ^[?]
Date: 2008-11-11, 9:20AM EST

Opening for entry level transcription. We have four departments; Medicine, Cardiology, Radiology and Dermatology. We have openings for entry level transcriptionists. We will train eligible applicants as per our needs http://www.medtranscriptionarena.com

Location: world wide
Compensation: $50
Telecommuting is ok.
This is a part-time job.
Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
Please, no phone calls about this job!
You may contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

What is everyone doing for the holiday weekend? sm - Posted By: Cindy

We're not doing much - probably will go and see the Herbie movie at some point and of course cooking out on the grill is mandatory.

I've encountered a strange situation and I don't know if I'm being paranoid or not. - Posted By: StrangeThings

I worked at the same company for 17 years, left in 2003. Since then, I've been job hopping. The problem is, any company can tell you anything they want about how good they are. You can't really find out the actual workings of a place until you work for them. So, I get hired, no problem, work for 3-4 months, and if I'm not happy, I start looking again. Since 2003, I've tried 5 different companies. I'm looking again.

This is the weird part: I always seem to get responses because I have extensive experience. This time, I applied 4 places, got 3 responses, one of which I immediately ruled out after searching them on the company forum, so I applied and tested with the other 2. Passed both tests, they were both "very interested" and passed me on to the next step. Talked with the next person in line, received e/m from one "will call you by such-and-such a date." The other, message on my answering machine, called them back, person was busy and would return my call. Then.... nothing! From either one. It has been one week and no contact from them. So I'm wondering if there is a blacklist of MTs. You think it's possible ... names of MTs who have had more than a couple jobs in recent history and left after a few months? I just really don't know what to think.

One of the companies that I was really interested in, I even wrote to the last person I had spoken with and asked them to let me know if I was still being considered or not, because I had other offers to consider and needed to make a decision. Nothing. What do you think?

If this isn't the case, this is all extremely rude! Don't you think?

Can't find any work - Posted By: Heather Rorisonr

I guess I need to start over as a newbie. Can anyone tell me the companies that hire new MTs? I have a lot of experience, but not acute care. Maybe, with my experience, I can start at the ground level at one of these companies that does not require experience with acute care. All the work at my company is gone, the docs editing their own reports now.

I have a question. Thank - Posted By: you.

NM

Does anyone take vitamins or OTC supplements? - Posted By: Just curious

I am out and going to the store to get more and wondered if anyone else takes them and if they seem to help or it's a placebo thing going on. What brands do you trust if you do take them.

Are there any 24 fans out there. - Posted By: b

This has got to be the best show on TV and I can't understand why everyone is not watching it. Jack Bauer is awesome.....

keyboard happy dance - Posted By: nellieshipn

Wow! I have used the microsoft ergo keyboards for years..the last one being the 4000 model. It seems after about a year the keys get a little sticky or something and my wrists start to hurt and arms fall asleep, even at brand new I have a little of this problem. I just got a Goldtouch keyboard and wrist rests today and I cannot tell you the difference I feel after just one shift of work. WOW! I am a total convert!!

How are hiring companies getting away with trend towards IC versus employee status SM - Posted By: woutwork

after the lawsuit that determined that IC was indeed an employee because she was told when to work, what days of the week. The company got into trouble with employment laws because of this a few years back, yet I see most of the job postings on this and other sites are mostly IC.

Lanier station w/Comcast digital voice - Posted By: truffle

Will this work? A couple of years ago I tried a Lanier with Vonage and it didn't. I don't want to go through the setup trouble only to be disappointed again. I really need more minutes than my 5000 per month with Qwest. Has the technology changed to make the Lanier compatible with internet phone service? Thanks if you can help me.

Petition to keep records in USA - Pass it on! - Posted By: Tli

Sign petition and letters to Representatives and President.

http://www.billing-coding.com/forum/read_thread.cfm?ForumID=8&ThreadID=11607&Thread=2506

Didn't California pass a law that their health records - Posted By: can't be sent out of the U.S.? nm

nm

Sub Contractors or Employee - Posted By: NetMed Transcription

Does anyone know what the industry standard is on employees or sub-contractors in the medical transcription business?

Keyboard Opinions - Avant versus Kinesis - Posted By: Dixierose

I am faced with a decision between these 2 keyboards, both with pros and cons. I would like to take a survey to see what everyone's opinion would be. I strongly prefer a programmable keyboard, as I would like to change some of the keys around to suit me, but will I regret not having an ergo keyboard in the long run? Will I like the IBM clicky type keys?

KINESIS FREESTYLE KEYBOARD
http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/images/freestyle-solo_690x375.jpg
http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/images/solo-v3-10-blk_690x306.jpg
http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/images/solo_us_legend.jpg

It splits and tents.
Delete key is on left side (which I love)
All other function keys are in the wrong place for me.
Quiet low-force tactile membrane switch
10 function keys on left
Keypad separate purchase
2 year warranty
60-day money back guarantee
Price: $124.15 with the options I chose

AVANT STELLAR KEYBOARD
http://www.lonestarkeyboards.com/Avant-Stellar-Programmable-Keyboard/productinfo/KB%2D00%2D1001/
(click on additional images for close up)
I actually went to the manufacturer website (http://www.cvtinc.com/products/keyboards/stellar.htm) but they didn�t have any large photos so I went to a reseller for larger images.

Straight keyboard
Can program any key to another function.
Mechanical click/tactile key switches like the old IBM keyboards
12 function keys on left that can be reprogrammed
Keypad built in
2 year warranty
30-day money back guarantee
Price: $189.00
Macro programming features
PS/2 interface but can buy PS to USB cord (I find this a little odd)
Programming software not compatible with Vista but can be programmed through the keyboard

This is from the sales rep I spoke to this week:
Have you ever heard of Northgate OmniKey keyboards? We purchased the rights to the keyboards when they went out of business. It is like typing on an old IBM keyboard. It is a loud click, you know when you hit a key. A lot of customers say they make fewer errors and I personally agree. I have had my Avant for a little over 10 years and I type all day long. I also have one at home. It might help for you to listen to this review on our website: http://www.cvtinc.com/products/keyboards/menu.htm
Click on HEAR OUR INTERVIEW ON Lets talk Computers. Avant is VERY reliable. We sell to a lot of medical transcriptionists, writers, gamers, call center operators, etc. People that type 8 hours a day 5+ days per week. Our keyboards can really take a beating.

What'cha think?

Please help with 'finger stick shooter' sm - Posted By: Word board is asleep

Upon arrival at the surgery center, the patient should have a D5W drip started, KBO, finger stick SHOOTER should be checked every hour. A sliding Humulin R insulin scale should be utilized by anesthesiology to cover any blood sugars exceeding 250.

what is a finger stick shooter and what about the KBO? Any help is greatly appreciated.

How important is it to you ... - Posted By: Medtrans

How important is it to you that your US medical records are KEPT in the USA?

Does it matter to you? Why or why not?

transitioning to word2003...sm - Posted By: DCMT

I have been working an account that uses Word97, but two others use 2003 and feel that this is causing the conflict on my puter. I want to transition my word97 forms into 2003. Was just wondering if there is a lot of difference in the two programs?

any suggestions on this?

I'm so not a good cook and read the recipe below regarding briskets. May I ask what exactly is - Posted By: a brisket? (nm)

x

Self Employed Question - Posted By: LisaAnn

Hi all. I am new to this board. I have a home based secretarial service and do both medical and legal. I have never worked for a big company, just attorneys and docs as well as sales profesionals with no secretary. I have always charged by the page, but I have a possible new client that wants me to bill her by the line. Is .12 per line reasonable or too little for medical? Are there any other home based self employed individuals who can offer advice on per line charges?

Thanks!