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If the tech doesn't know his stuff, it won't work. Programs like 123

Posted By: Host are used to switch between accts. OR...sm on 2007-12-20
In Reply to: Can you run 2 different versions of ExText on one PC? - Curious

you can  have another tower set up for the new account to go on and use a KVM switch between your machines. You keep the single monitor and keyboard and hit a few keys when you need to switch back and forth to work or check the email, etc. Good luck! nm


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But in my experience, offshore men do it more and lie about stuff that doesn't matter.
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I use mine too, but the tech helps me when I need it - doesn't matter
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It does work, you do not need to "make" it work.. it works in all word based programs.
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I wish we had no work. I am STILL doing stuff
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Yes they can put them to work on easy stuff, such as clinic
NM
Not when you have so many accounts and no work. How do you like the picky nothing stuff they deduct
off for the 98% QA. I have never seen such BS in my life. It makes absolutely no sense at all. Has no bearing on what an MT can or cannot do. It is all designed to get rid of more QA people and to make sure no one makes the bonus. No doubt about that. Has anyone tried to discuss this with them or is that impossible.
Can you saying..work going to India.. I knew you could. All we get is the awful stuff. Why dont they
send that garbage to the folks in India to do. They have about as much chance of being able to do it as we do.
Trans Tech VR work pay
I was wondering what Trans Tech pays for VR work or what percentage of your base cpl. thanks.
Anyone here work for Med-Tech in GA? Would love feedback on them. nm
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Does anyone work for or have any information about MED-TECH Resource in GA? sm
I cannot seem to find anything recent in the archives.  Thanks for your help.
Trans Tech is a good company to work for.
I have plenty of work. I wish you the best.
Also depending on hospital, downtime (no work or tech
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Well, when I purchased my computer tech support told me Vista would not work...sm
They said that it would work but it would cause a lot of problems because of the way the hot keys are setup on the Vista. They advised me against getting a computer with Vista. So it was very hard for me to find a computer that did not have Vista this year because everything had switched over. I bought a used one!!!! Just so I could avoid problems with my work.

I don't know if this helps or not. Just letting you know what I was told. Good luck!
Has anyone recently left Futurenet Tech due to their lack of work over the past several weeks? nm
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Have you considered radiology tech or lab tech?
A lot of the credits you have acquired for nursing transfer to both of those programs. Probably a little less stressful.
I'm another MT who doesn't run out of work, never have. sm
Except of course around the holidays and a few summer weeks, I'm nearly always busy with actually more work on my accounts than I can possibly volunteer for. Lots of OT. I think the overhiring was true for a brief period last summer, but now things seem to be pretty well-balanced. LOTS of work, good managers, good equipment, nice people.
Doesn't work
This is the one I used, in addition to others listed on the website. I receive a MAILER-DAEMON failure notice on all of them ----- strange.
Vonage, but I know it doesn't work well everywhere (nm)
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That doesn't mean I have to work for a company
who chooses to send things out of country. I feel no need to suck it up and take it.
VOIP doesn't work with it.
I was specifically told, when I went to work for them, that Vonage, Skype, and other VoIP systems do not work with the dial-in dictation systems because of signal degradation and depending on the carrier, the tones the system needed to hear were different.

I don't know if that is still the case, but prepare yourself in case it is.
Doesn't escription work better than
what the Q has? People post their ASR funnies, and they are unbelievable. I think escription works better, but that's just through the grapevine.
try transriptiongear.com's tech support. They do gearplayer tech support whereever you bought yo
transcriptiongear.com
Work for a company that doesn't offshore

I used to work for a company that offshores -doesn't mean I do now (sm)

Do I sense some some sour grapes here? 


My company doesn't pay for ANY holdays if you don't work
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Doesn't sound like the Transtech I work for...NM
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Yes, they have several ER accounts...the one I work on doesn't have any ESLs (sm)
but I'm sure some of them may have an ESL here or there.  I started there in September after being with Medquist for 8 years. So far, so good.  They have been very accommodating and the office staff couldn't be nicer.  Good luck!
Have 4 accounts and no work. SR doesn't pay enough. Like the company, but..
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I think this is the same person who complained about this before and she doesn't even work there
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"For someone that doesn't work at Transcend...." sm
Note to TranscendMT: We are ALL in this together; it really doesn't matter which company YOU work for. It's data collection (wink wink) ;-) MTSO trends DO matter to ALL employees, not just employees of said company and the company cheerleaders can't stop people from posting on a public forum. A lot of us have been transcribing before there even was a “Transcend.”
Good luck.

Doesn't explain why the work has been so low for 6 months.
It only makes sense in the context of this week. Hope WX is not about to MDI us.
Wbx doesn't even send work offshore. nm
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What programs are you all using?
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programs
I've always had to remove them myself. Go into your Control Panel off your start button and click on Add/Remove Programs and you can find what you need to remove. It will walk you through uninstalling. If you have icons on your desktop you can just right click and delete those but it won't remove the program unless you go into Control Panel.
TT has 2 different VR programs
I don't do VR but maybe someone else can help you with this.
Doesn't matter how nice they are, I wouldn't work
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Doesn't matter how many companies you work for. I'd like to know how you manage to do this???
What kind of work do you transcribe?

How many hours a day do you work?

What kind of line rate do you get from the companies you work for?

How many lines you do an hour?

Do you work as an IC or employee?

I'm very interested in hearing how you manage 100,000/year.
Beyond Text doesn't work long enough to allow you to get any lines. nm
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Transmitting back the work doesn't cause a problem

because the file is a very small fraction of the size of a voice file.  A voice file is huge, but a text file is small in comparison, so doesn't take near as long to transmit. 


After the first file is downloaded though you can work, so it isn't like you are just sitting waiting for them to download.  When I had dial-up I would set to download and then go take my shower. 


Amphion doesn't make you work weekends
or nights.  They're a great company, and I hear they're hiring. 
Work for a company that doesn't offshore. Support US MTs.
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My plumber doesn't do work for me on a daily basis. .sm
In my state, we need to get a 1099 if we make over $1000 as an IC. I have never paid a plumber that much money, thank goodness!
Doesn't it bother you that they send work offshore? nm
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Where you live doesn't factor in when you work with nationals.
When you work on-line, companies will pay the same regardless of whether you live in NYC or in some small town. I live in a small town and I am nearing $40,000 as an IC for 2 national companies. My pay is not based on where I live or my cost of living, rather on my production. I am paid 8 cpl, but because I use an Expander and can transcribe 250 lph, I make a decent wage.

This is only my third year as an MT and I have been with one of my companies for a year and a half and the other one for 8 months, so it doesn't take years and years. I did have to change jobs a few times though until I found the right companies and the right accounts that I could make money on. Some of the accounts I worked in the beginning had so many ESLs and the platforms were so slow that I knew I could never make any money there.
Does anyone work for J&M? Michelle doesn't want anyone wasting her time SM
according to her job posting if you don't want 7.5 cpl.  Wondering if that is always how it is over there, no time to talk...gotta type, gotta hire, gotta fire
Does anyone work for J&M? Michelle doesn't want anyone wasting her time SM
according to her job posting if you don't want 7.5 cpl.  Wondering if that is always how it is over there, no time to talk...gotta type, gotta hire
Mentoring Programs can be

awful experiences, depending on which company you work for. My past experience was with Heartland and the mentoring program there was obnoxious with a capital O. I had to leave because of family issues, and I learned nothing while in the mentoring program. My general knowledge of the MT field, what I learned through general life experience or through MT training, certainly NOT from the mentoring program, is what kept me at the job. Had I had to rely soley on the mentoring program at Heartland, I would have been one of the many in my group that I just recently learned were hastily fired now that the company is changing hands. In your own situation, don't feel too bad if the company you applied to doesn't get in touch with you as soon as you had hoped or at all. The universe is sending you a message. Try, try again and NEVER give up.


Mentoring Programs
OSi has an excellent program for "newbies." You can apply through their website, http://www.ositranscription.com, being sure to include your school and certificate information.

If I'm not mistaken, Spheris has a similar program, as well. You might want to check with them. http://www.spheris.com

Best of luck to you!
switching from old programs
I posted this theory on the main board a couple of weeks ago.  I read in the court papers for a lawsuit from a hospital that Medrite (specifically) had been inflating lines.  It's an allegation, not proven, but if it's true, that means that transcriptionists on old programs such as Medrite are now experiencing a decrease in DQS because they were getting inflated lines before but no longer.  I worked on MTs before and have noticed an increase in productivity on DQS.  My MTS came out to a 65 cpl count, as does DQS (spaces included on both).  Has anyone experienced a decrease in line count moving from MTS?  So far I just hear people complaining who came from Medrite or cottage.
Transhealth programs and IT
I am thinking about buying IT to use, sounds like it is a great program.  My question is does anyone that works for Transhealth and uses Chartmatrix use IT?  How does it work?  Thanks.
Yes, they are very similar programs
I have both WordPerfect 10 and Word 2003 on my computer.