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What is the best music download site. Need to - Posted By: techie challenged

be able to burn CDs too. We don't have iPods.

Tried iTunes - liked it, but since we don't have Apple products not sure it will work for us.

Tried Wal-Mart - liked it, but songs are only good for 30 days unless you burn. I like to burn, but usually have that CD in the car and like to play off the computer too.

Various others that have a monthly fee charge additional $$ if you burn to CD and then if you discontinue the service supposedly all MP3 files are rendered inactive.

We range from 11 to 48 and like a variety of music, also like something user friendly.

I need a chart where they list all the services and the pros and cons of each.

would like info on doing MT at home - Posted By: lola

I am looking into working from home. Have already run into a few scams. Does anyone have any advice ? Dont have much money to invest either.

Thank you lola

Any ho t dirt y bitc hes here! - Posted By: MARIO BOSIO

i am on het wanna fuc k hard and deep so that my 12 inches long black rod reaches the thoroat of all the old MT bitc hes here.

JUST YOUR TYPE TRANSCRIPTION - Posted By: home mt

I am just wondering if anyone has heard of this company. They are offering me a position but I have to provide long distance service - they say they will reimburse up to 5 cents - how do I know for sure - do other companies do this? Usually, it is a toll free number to dial into?

Serial vs USB - Posted By: Carol

Can anyone tell me the difference between a USB port wave pedal and a serial port wave pedal? I noticed that some company platforms are not compatible with the serial port. Is this true for most companies? Just purchased a serial port pedal and I think I might have made a mistake

Thanks

I cant see any replies either. Blank screen ? nm - Posted By: catzgonewild

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Is this how it is for most MTs? - Posted By: nymt

I am pretty new at this, 16 months so far. I started out mostly on an ER account, with some other work for the same hospital thrown in. It was not easy, there are some really bad dictators on it, but I got used to it and got myself set up to do it fairly quickly. Now though, the company has lost most of the ER account, so I am on very little ER work and am mostly on 3 other hospital accounts doing consultations and discharge summaries for about a million different doctors in all different specialties. Just tonight I have been on orthopedics, OB/GYN, nephrology, pulmonary, cardiology, infectious disease, and psych and I don't it changing any time soon. I am trying to get on a different account that I like a lot, but it is only my secondary so I don't get to do it often. Is it too much to ask to have a set account with a set number of doctors so that I can actually make a decent line count? Is this how most MTs have to work?

MT Corp - Posted By: min

Anyone know anything about them? Just took their test.

I rescued a Beagle last week from - Posted By: NCMT

my local animal shelter. I took him to the Vet the next day to have him checked over because he had a few things going on with him:

1. He was covered in ticks. I had pulled several off him when I got him home and the Vet pulled several more off in her office. The ticks really aren't an issue now as Frontline was applied at the Vet's office, and any ticks that remained have died and dropped off. I have not found any more on him, although I was very shocked that the animal shelter allowed him to get in that condition. The Vet was appalled.

2. He had a terrible cough. Very deep and raspy. The Vet said she thought it was a respiratory infection but could not rule out kennel cough as he had been at the shelter for over a month. She prescribed an antibiotic and we are 1 week into taking it. The cough seems to be getting better, thank goodness. It just sounds horrible. I also have to give him a Benadryl twice a day.

3. He had an infection in both ears. Beagles like other dogs such as Bassett Hounds, with the long floppy ears, have to have their ears cleaned on a regular basis. His obviously had not been cleaned in some time. So I have to put ear drops in his ears twice a day. He hates it, but his ears are getting better.

The shelter did not have any information to give me about him. They told me he was picked up as a stray and they kept him for as long as they did in case someone came to claim him. After a month, they put his picture on their website, thus putting him up for adoption. I had been wanting to get a Beagle for quite some time, and when I saw him on the web, I decided to go get him. If I hadn't gotten him when I did, and no one else came along, he would have been put down after one week.

I would have taken him anyway even if I had known prior of his medical problems. I fell in love with him immediately. He is very loving and is housebroken already. I have yet to hear him bark though. I'm not sure if this is because he can't, won't, or if it makes him cough so he doesn't do it yet. It's also not common (around here anyway) to find a full-blooded dog of any kind at the pound. There are other animal rescue organizations that specialize in that.

I have seen him go through increadible changes in the last week. His coat is shinier and his eyes look brighter. I can tell by his behavior that he is feeling better. My concern is that every time he drinks water he coughs and hacks afterward. He will cough until he gags and then he is fine. He doesn't vomit though. It's almost as if he is breathing water through his nose while he is drinking.

I was just curious to see if anyone else had encountered this before with their dog? I love him (Buster) to pieces already and feel that I did a good thing by saving him from certain death. I just want him to get better.

Thanks.

quick, anyone working for... - Posted By: Amphion see message please

DO YOU HAVE WORK TODAY???

I don't and I'm going insane! I left another job at another NATIONAL because of lack of work (betcha can't guess who) and now I feel like I'm in the same boat here...just wondering if it's me, my account, my supe, or what!

Anyone really know if allocation of work takes place - Posted By: Showing preferential treatment?

I wonder if anyone has true knowledge of work being allocated to a particular MT or MTs. Supervisors possibly who have done this or have witnesses this could you please tell me if this occurs or if paranoia is setting in?

It seems to me that this is wrong for important reasons that could stand up as an issue for being reprimanded by anyone who does it. It is taking money out of one person's paycheck and putting it in another, after all, how sleazy is that???

This is a medical transcription business. We should all be accountable. What are we, working for the mob???

Need some InstanText help, please sm - Posted By: Lyndia

I am trying to figure out how to use the singles glossary. The one I have is full of stuff with several words for each single letter of the alphabet. Delete all of this? Make up a new singles.glo? I am merely wanting to change i to I and use the letter j for pain and p for patient. Not have a complete glossary by any means.

Also, despite the fact that I have the "cap the first letter of each sentence" box checked, it never does this for me. Do a need a glossary running for this?

Right now, I am using only the glossary I converted from SmartType. I am not sure how to handle the singles or how to get the silly thing to cap for me.

My software is Bayscribe, ExText and InScribe (Emdat) and it does this no cap thing with all of them. I need it to cap for me because these 3 programs do not support the automatic cap for the first letter of a sentence. I am also spoiled because Word will do this most of the time for me (there are glitches, but you know 90% of the time is still most of it).

Please feel free to use my email. If it is easier over the phone, I'll pay for a call, your choice.

Help need ASAP on word board - Posted By: Nanna23

In the midst of a long radiology/onc report.

Are there many American MTs whose first language isn't English? nm - Posted By: I was wondering if this is common.

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Need to load some microsoft updates, need assistance here - Posted By: These darn computers!

I was told to go to microscoft and upload the latest - got the information to go to windows and click the express button and download and install. Where in the heck is the express button? Don�t see that anywhere. Thanks.

line counting - Posted By: Patty

Is there a site out there that explains exactly what line counting is? Thank you.

Aggresivity - Why do docs make up words? - Posted By: Lllls

Dictates: The patient has increased aggresivity.

Sigh. And NOT an ESL dictator.

2 hours on ESL report - Posted By: Pugmom

Argh! She is my worst dictator, dictated about a 22 minute report and I still ended up with 5 blanks even after going over the blanks again and again. I believe she is Russian with such a thick accent, it's almost impossible to understand her. I feel bad for her patients.

Resident of Louisiana and all of the United States - Posted By: tia

PRAY! PRAY! PRAY!

As a resident of Louisiana, I ask that you all pray not only for those poor souls in New Orleans but for the whole state and surrounding areas. The aftermath effect is going to be widespread. PRAY! We are already experiencing food supply shortages. Woman fighting over a loaf of bread in a Wal-Mart. PRAY! Our kids may not be able to start school because there is no diesel or gas for the buses. PRAY! For this I urge all you have enormous SUVs just to ride around in to get rid of them. The worst is yet to come. PRAY! There are reports of the centers having out breaks of riots not only in New Orleans but in the other areas housing the displaced people. PRAY! Also, help any way you can. If you can not afford monetary donations, please give your time at one of the shelters.

All our lives have and/or will change from this tragedy no matter where you live.

progm locked - Posted By: Adriana

Help

My window display states PROGM LOCKED and now I can't do any work.. how do I undo this

Thanks

Adriana

Trying to keep this topic near the top! sm - Posted By: D

I wanted to do some research on the stuff we're discussing (offshoring), but unfortunately I cannot find recent information. I googled "bills to stop offshorting" and came up with this article:

Markey Introduces Bill to Block Offshoring of Consumers' Personal Data

WASHINGTON, DC -- May 13, 2004 -- Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and the Co-Chair of the Congressional Privacy Caucus, today announced that he is introducing legislation to clarify the rights and responsibilities of companies, their regulators and consumers regarding the protection of privacy in global commerce.

Rep. Markey said, �It is becoming increasingly clear that both our jobs and our privacy are being shipped offshore, and federal regulators aren�t doing nearly enough to stop it. In effect, regulators are telling consumers to �check your privacy at the shore.� The bill I�m introducing today will help stop this dangerous trend from continuing.�

The bill Rep. Markey introduced today, the �Personal Data Offshoring Protection Act of 2004� (HR 4366), would prohibit companies from transferring personal information to any person outside the United States without notice and consent. Specifically, the Markey bill:

Requires any business enterprise that transfers personally identifiable information regarding a US citizen, such as the citizen�s name, address, financial information, medical records, or other personal information to first provide prior notice to the citizen;
Requires such businesses to allow consumers to block (or �opt out�) of information transfers to any countries that the Federal Trade Commission (�FTC�) has determined provide adequate and enforceable privacy protections, such as the European Union (EU);
Requires such businesses to obtain the prior consent of the consumer (or �opt in�) before personal data can be sent to other countries that the FTC determines do not provide adequate and enforceable privacy protections;
Bars companies from refusing to provide goods or services to consumers who elect to exercise their �opt out� or �opt in� consent rights, or from charging consumers more if they chose to exercise such rights;
Provides for enforcement of the bill�s restrictions by the FTC by defining violations of the bill as a violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act�s prohibition on unfair and deceptive acts or practices, thereby allowing the FTC to seek injunctions against violators and to impose financial penalties of up to $11,000 per violation;
Provides for additional civil remedies against violations, including authorization to the state attorney�s general to bring civil actions to enjoin violations and impose monetary penalties of actual monetary losses or up to $10,000 per violation, whichever is greater; and,
Provides a citizen whose privacy rights are violated with a private right of action to sue a business who has violated the act for actual monetary damages or up to $10,000 per violation, whichever is greater.

Rep. Markey noted that Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) recently introduced similar legislation in the Senate (S. 2312).

It is a few years old, but I thought someone might be able to use this as a place to start. I also attend college and am going to try to use the school library resources to find out some more information.

She Does Care - Posted By: I Care

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Job listing on a different forum for - Posted By: Mayo Clinic, in-house starting with

a very, very good hourly salary base, plus shift differential, etc. I wonder why some places pay so well and others (especially working at home for a transcription service) seem so cheap.

Will soon be working in Word for the first time sm - Posted By: Need expander advice

and I was going to use Shortcut, but do I need to? Would the auto-correct feature of Word work just the same, or is there an advantage to using Shortcut? I am an old PRD+ user, and am now using Bayscribe, which uses an Expander similar to PRD, so now am having to evaluate options.

Thanks for your input.

Carpal tunnel surgery?? - Posted By: mammamt

Has anyone had the surgery on both hands? I just got done with the left hand and now will have the right hand done next week. Just wondering if you are right handed if that hand takes longer to heal. My left healed enough for me to type in about three weeks. I am hoping my right does too. I want to change companies, but cannot really apply for any jobs or even test if I do not know when I can start.

Thanks for any help. I am new here and it has been a wealth of info for me.

Jumping to fields - Posted By: Shanna

Hi everyone! For years I have been jumping to fields in Word by using the F11 key. Does anyone know if I can customize my keyboard to use alt/c to jump around and how to set that up?

Thanks!

Word expander list for Autotext? - Posted By: Where can I find one?

Is there a way to add a premade list of words or phrases to Autotext (not Autocorrect)? I need that little suggestion box to pop up for me. Is there a way to do this or do I need to add every word individually?

Thanks

Ever have one of those days - Posted By: by

where even after doing this for 15 years you feel like a newbie? I keep second guessing myself today and it is taking me FOREVER to get my work done. Ugh...Thank god today is my "friday"

Red tide was so bad in Panama City Fla yesterday, everybody everywhere was coughing. But - Posted By: nothing written in local paper

and not talked about on the news.

I find this unbelievable. People living on the beach are coughing, going to the doctors, doctors doing testing thinking they have a dread disease, residents having no idea the red tide is in the area unless somebody tells them. WHAT IS OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR?

Literally as I sat on a deck outside of a restaurant EVERYONE was coughing.

But you cannot SEE, SMELL, OR FEEL red tide. And it comes in waves. It was amazing to sit there and watch people cough in unison and then stop coughing again in unison. But because you couldn't see or smell anything, you thought it was just YOU.

I had called the health department last week inquiring about red tide and if there can be neurological effects (many many of us are having dizziness, unexplained diarrhea up to 10 times a day for now explainable reason) and they just sort of went, ho hum, don't know of any studies done on neurological system of human effects unless you have eaten shellfish that have been exposed. Of course I know I have not EATEN shellfish because I am allergic to fish.

Doctors are making hand over fist in this community with people coming in with these neurological complaints, dizziness, gastric complaints, coughing --- and NEVER ONCE considering the red tide that is so bad this year most of us can't even dare get out of our houses, let alone go to the beach.

I tell you what, if you are thinking of plunking down loads of money to "live" at the beach or vacation in the panhandle and even down to St. Petersburg, be sure to consider the RED TIDE. And if you get sick, think about the possibility of RED TIDE, because your doctor sure won't and your real estate SURE WON'T.

Oh, joy, yet another incentive weekend. . . - Posted By: pw

and there's not even any work in my BOB. Why, oh, why, are all the people that run everything are the ones with no common sense?!

Researching lap tops. Sorry about all the questions. sm - Posted By: searching

I keep looking at lap tops, but I don't understand a lot of the language. Just computer challenged, I guess.

What is the difference between AMD Sempron, AMD Athlon and Intel Core processors? These are the ones I find on Dell that still have Windows XP. What is the difference between the SDRAM size at 533 MHz and 667 MHz. Hard drive speed 5400 RPM and 7200 RPM (I have a vague idea about that)? What is considered acceptable for doing MT work? How do you tell the speed of the processor, and does this mean the surfing speed and the speed work can be uploaded and downloaded? I really feel lost here!!! TIA.

Can one make money at etransplus? - Posted By: anon

Hi,

I am pleased with the benefit package and the line rate for insurance, but I was astounded by style they prefer. It is just so much. Can one make money there?

I'm curious... - Posted By: Alice

Why do some companies demand that their MTs know inside and out the rules of the AAMT yet count off if you don't type EXACTLY what the doc says, including such errors as incomplete sentences or "Upper extremities are intact x4" or dictated commas where there isn't supposed to be a comma?

Why does it matter at all if you know the AAMT by heart if you aren't allowed to put the rules to use?

Why why WHY???

AAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!

Olympus 2300 - Posted By: Merry

Please someone give me some info on the Olympus 2300. I am going to work from home for a doctor who uses this to dictate. Do I need special software to be able to transcribe the voice files? The doctor doesn't know because his previous service set him up. I truly appreciate any help I can get on this board!

netbook with air card, has anyone tried this - Posted By: me

Hi,

Has anyone tried using one of the new netbooks with a broadband "air card" which plugs into a USB port, a wireless keyboard and mouse (for ease of typing), and a foot pedal plugged into another USB port? Am thinking about getting rid of the high-speed cable and going this route which costs about 60$ a month so that i could take my work with me or check on work away from home. This has really become an issue lately because my granddaughter is in Children's Hospital with a heart defect. Most of the time there is "sit around and wait for hours" where i could be doing some reports while waiting for news. Verizon gal told me that the broadband is "secure" where WiFi is not. any advice/ideas? I say a netbook because they are so cheap ...about 350$ compared to a laptop.

long distacnce providers for working from home - Posted By: Valerie H

I was hoping someone could help me a little. I have been an at home MT for the last six months and loving it. Yesterday my phone company calls and informs me that the "unlimited" long distance plan that I have been using ever since I started working, that I am now in violation because of my long distance number I have to dial into for my work. I use so many minutes a month that they consider me a businesss and the plan does not allow for business use. (they just want more money for the minutes I use- so much for unlimited). They suggested switching to a different plan and paying per minute for long distance or switching my line to a business line and still paying per minute.. which would cost over $200-$300 a month just for long distance..... any one have any suggestions. I figured I couldn't be the only one dialing in long distance to do work?

Thanks for any help you have.

Val

Does anyone know if you can purchase - Posted By: sm

a C-phone locally or you have to get them on the web? I am freaking out. A little bit of water got spilled on mine and the buttons will not work now. I let it dry out overnight and it seems fine when you plug it in, but none of the buttons will work!

Thank you to everyone below who helped (sm) - Posted By: sm

me with the PTO question. I got an answer so am a happy camper again

Immigration, overseas labor and we US citizens...sm - Posted By: Pondering one

Here's a point to ponder.

US citizens get upset over illegal aliens stealing jobs and employers state "we hire them because they do the work cheaply". US citizens are demanding to congress that this stop (which I 100% support!).

US citizens don't get outraged, though, when jobs are outsourced out of the US for the same reasons and demand to their lawmakers that it stop.

Why not? Regardless of how you look at it.... illegal immigrants and cheap overseas laborers take away American jobs initially done by Americans. Do we not stand up to overseas labor only because we don't directly pay for healthcare for their people by giving them Medicaid, give them foodstamps, housing, etc? We do in a way give them all of this by giving away our jobs... therefore allowing them to make money to buy these things but yet the American citizens are left without jobs, healthcare, etc.

Comments on Accutane? - Posted By: acne mom

My son's acne started when he is 12. He's 16-1/2 now and it's as bad or worse than ever. Started off trying various over the counter things; didn't work. Tried Proactive; didn't work. Went to a dermatologist who tried Retin A, antibiotic capules, antibiotic cream, steroid injections to inflamed zits, etc. Basically no change. We kept going back but it never got better and finally son refused to go again. The doctor had mentioned possibly using Accutane. The dermatologist said he had never seen so many blackheads on one person (said that in front of my son too, which I think was kind of poor judgment). But I was thinking my god - if he's the worst a DERMATOLOGIST has ever seen - geez!

Anyway, he has blackheads, whiteheads and bumps deep under the skin. The bumps you don't notice so much until he is in the light - sunlight or for instance the spotlight the dentist shines into your mouth - and then holy cow - they are everywhere, hundreds of them, each probably the size of a BB. The bumps are only on his face but he also has very bad blackheads, whiteheads and pimples on not only his face but his neck, shoulders, back and upper arms.

My son doesn't ever act like it bothers him at all but I'm sure it must bother him and I'm sure kids must say something about it. He seems to pretend they aren't there. My husband thinks he is just overwhelmed by the sheer number of them and the fact that nothing has worked so just ignores it.

I know Accutane can have very bad side effects but I'm wondering if in a case like his if we should try it anyway. I think I will make an appointment with another dermatologist although I KNOW it will be over my son's protest. He will try to refuse to go. He is the one who decided he wasn't going to the other dermatologist anymore. I think maybe I will try to find one that specializes in acne, if there is such a thing.

Has anyone here used Accutane or had a child who did?

transcribing programs? SM - Posted By: NEMT

Not even sure that is the correct word. I am trying to transcribe from a CD but using f4 is not working, no control with footpedal. It's taking me forever. If I do the whole thing like this I'll be making about $1/hour. Is there another free download that would work? Thanks in advance.

Recommendations on schools - Posted By: Charlene

I am looking at the online schools and am getting overwhelmed. Can anyone tell me your thoughts on the best schools for training and support? I have looked at VLC, Career Steps, Allied, MTec, and Andrews plus a few others, one offered by IHA as well. They all seem ok......some offer more actual transcribing hours, not as much text material, tuitions vary vastly, and they all seem to follow the recommended critera.

Experience - Posted By: Acute Care versus Multispecialty clinics

Does somebody who has been doing Multispecialty Clinic transcripation have a chance at landing an Acute Care job? If not, what could I do to get more Acute Care experience? I would love to get experience in Acute Care as well as what I have been doing.

Thanks for the advice!

tax question - Posted By: memt2

This may not be the correct board to post this question, so I apologize in advance if not - I became incorporated a few years ago, per the company for which I was actually an IC and accountant, for tax purposes. The company has since gone out of business and I do not need to be incorporated anymore, my question is that every year I have used this accountant to do the business taxes and it has been very expensive. This year, I only made a couple month's income under the company name and would like to try to file the return myself - any suggestions on the difficulty of doing this and any web site to use - I have copies of all the prior returns and think I could probably do it, would appreciate any feedback if you have ever done this. Thanks

etranz - Posted By: ts

has anyone anything to say about etranz, whether positive or negative. i just sent them my resume and they have responded, and I would like to know what their deal is before i go any further.

Express Scribe question--please help. - Posted By: MTG

When you dispatch a dictation with attached transcribed Word file, is it automatically encrypted? I'm new to Express Scribe. I read the "help" files, but it didn't say one way or the other. Thanks!

Dragon Naturally Speaking v 8 Mobile - Posted By: Kelly

Is anyone using Dragon Naturally Speaking v 8 Mobile to download digital dictation from a recorder and convert into a transcribed document? I saw where it claims to be able to take digital dictation from a recorder and automatically convert it to a typed document.

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Pay per word - Posted By: Worth The Switch?

I am currently working as an MT making 7.5 cpl plus shift diff on Saturdays. I was just offered a position doing alternate types of medical-based transcription (roundtables and advisory board meetings). I have done multi-voice stuff in the past, but I have always been paid by the audio hour.

I have seen that this company starts at 0.0051 cents per WORD. I have never been paid per word before and have no idea how to determine if that is a fair wage, and if I can expect to make similar to what I am making now. I may be able to start higher than that, given my experience, but I was curious if anyone has any realistic idea of what that works out to be in comparison to my current wage.

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks! :)

Have you Heard of American Transcription Association? Check it out! - Posted By: MTPockets

I am copying this from the MQ board and feel it is so important that it belongs here! We may have some new muscle here. At least there is hope....

"I found out about this by reading an MT blog written by Jay Vance, CMT. This newly formed organization is addressing off-shoring of transcription work. Membership dues for the first 500 members is free. American Transcription Association. Check it out here:

http://www.ataus.org/