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nothing but repetative phrases, piece of cake. just be easy lines.

Posted By: mtminded on 2008-10-11
In Reply to: A line is a line is a line. Doesn't matter if we are talking about radiology or acute care. - FedUP

and tons of just use my normal templates.

Ever think of that?


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It's a piece of cake :) sm
They'll even send you instructions on how to program one (good thing, cuz I lost my instructions ages ago & hadn't used mine in a long time...it was sitting in a box in the basement).  It IS connected to your phone line, though.  I have caller ID, so if a call comes in when I'm working I get the call waiting beep & when I get the chance I check my voice mail if needed.  Don't be nervous at all about using one...personally, I like my C-phone
Piece of cake - sm
With the machine off, hit *99. Chose a button NOT already programmed, and enter 7040 then your complete telephone number followed by enter. That's it.
Platform is a piece of cake. sm

The platform is easy to navigate/use.  Workload is good.  You're given a primary and probably eventually a secondary.  If you don't have work for some odd reason, ASK!  The supervisors are more than willing to help you out. 


Good luck!   I know many happy employees there. 


Tested this week. Piece of cake. As someone else
said just take a deep breath.   I am a good transcriptionist, but testing terrifies me, but I passed with flying colors and it wasn't near as hard as I feared it to be.   I've had some very difficult ones before.   I don't know if they have different tests for different types of work - acute care versus clinic, but it was still very easy.  
I work on Winscribe for Spheris. Its a piece of cake. sm
It shouldn't take no more than 5 minutes to learn.
Are lines easy to get, more typing than
filling in demographics?  Are sound files good overall?  How strict are they on schedule - are they rigid or can you have a little flexibility. 
I hit 1200 lines a day easy, sm
I hit 1200+ daily at Axolotl.  I was reaching my line counts within the first week.  As stated in another message, it could be the difference in accounts/dictators.  I work on several accounts though.
With Transtech, how easy is it to get your minimum lines
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1100 lines a day which is EASY to meet sm
I am fairly fast, but I got that 1100 on MY VERY FIRST DAY!!!

Lines are easy to get and I have so much work, it is unreal. I can and want to go all day and past it. I still have 4.75 hours to make up this week, but the work is holding at a high level and they are so low stress, I am not tired right now after 9.5 hours today, just want a break for a bit and a hot meal, then back to it.

I can't say enough good things about this place, I just can't.
I started at 0.08 but am at 0.085. The lines are easy to get. For some reason, I type sm
more lines in 6 hours than I used to in 8 hours at a small company in Tampa.  It might be because I have two doctors that I am responsible for and am the only ones that do them.  I also help on two others when their Transcriptionist is off or has too much. 
Can you say where you work where it's so easy to make your lines? All I come across is crap out
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I work on Scribe...very easy to get lines in my opinion...
money is also decent...
OSI rocks. Easy lines. 900+ in 4 hours - now wish i would have stayed with them. nm
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I agree that it is an easy platform, but compared to other platforms I have used, lines are harder
to get, probably counted or weighted differently.
You need to use them for production & to presvent repetative stress injuries. nm
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Same old stuff, same phrases. SM

Must be great to be able to blame the world for everything.  You are a very angry person, you need to be on meds or something.


Use your expander for common phrases.
Then all those phrases are correct. But you need to look back and make sure what you expected to expand did, so you are constantly checking back even as you continue to type.

My mentor made me do it, and it works.
Enter phrases by using the first letter of each word.
Resize your platform window so you can use Shorthand's suggestion window. Having up to 9 shorcut choices and using a consistent system for abbreviation will make it almost impossible for you to forget an abbreviation.
It is an expander, so it is up to the user to enter the words and phrases. nm
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Can't have your cake and eat it too (LOL) nm
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I'll take the cake!
Haven't been in a cake walk for years. Is that how companies do hiring these days? Just walk around the administrative room and quick sit in the chair you want, and hey, your appointed - a no brainer
This takes the cake!

I recently replied to an ad for an MT.  The person offered me 1 cpl.  I wrote back that 1 cpl was an insult to a newbie, let alone an MT with my experience and expertise.  Here is what I got back:


I bet you are not as good as you think you are.  Believe me I have been in this business for over 20 years and I get these emails and resumes from girls who want more money and thay have all this experience but when they are given the editing test they cannot even pass.  I guarantee you would not pass my editing test either. And by the way after a 30 day trial period I do pay more.  Good luck!


(Should I have written back that 30 day needs a hyphen?) 


Only when they are siphoned the cake jobs.
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Anyone know of a company, easy clinic work, easy Word format, dependable pay? Help!
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Ditto - SoftScript takes the cake
I worked for SoftScript briefly and was stunned at the errors in grammar and spelling from Management. Unfreakinbelievable.
it takes the cake and the prize for collossal gall

IF you typed 2000 lines in an 8-hour period, you would make a whopping $20.00.  I believe that constitutes a transgression against everything that is human, not to mention employment laws. 


She needs to be reported for exploiting people. 


 


I love it. It is fast, easy to learn and easy to use.

Yep, eyetype is quite a piece of

just one piece of advice...sm
typing speed is the least of your skills needed.  Medical language is that in itself...a whole other language! It takes time to learn the terms, medicines, etc. It's not just a field you can jump into! As for which course is the best, I don't know, I went to a local tech school to learn! Good luck!
perhaps they both could have a piece of this board like MQ. nm
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Piece work
Lots of professions are paid by *production* meaning you get paid for what you produce and turn in.

The problem is MTs accepting LESS THAN what they are worth, not the way with which we are paid.
What a sorry piece of work you are and

I can't imagine a piece of work like you
your company is doomed.
yes, and the ones i have area piece of crap..sm
i spend MOST of my time  resetting the receiver thingy...same goes for my cordless keyboard....uggg, that is frustrating.  I think I am going back to corded.
and if you can be satisfied with being treated like a piece of crap
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That is like asking how long is a piece of string. No text

You still looked didn't you. 


Platform very easy and quick - easy to get used to. :)
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You are a piece of work. Real pro. Any company would be proud
to have you.
OhBrother sounds like a real piece of work,huh?
Oy vey...........
So problem is with the MT, not the company? You are a real piece of work.
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Hmmm..everyone got different tests huh..Mine were over 5 minutes a piece. I didn't do them. I thi
someone is trying to get free work.
TransTech gets work from Dictaphone/Nuance; not the piece of equipment, but the co.

TT uses Dictaphone's WordClient and ExSpeech platforms. 


Dictaphone (the company) contracts with MTSO's to use their equipment and they (Dictaphone/Nuance) *divide* out the work each MTSO gets.  That is one of the reasons for OUR VERY LOW WORKLOAD anymore !!!!  We would be better off if we worked for a company who is not Dictaphone/Nuance-dependent for work. 


The very few accounts Transtech has -- mostly  overflow accounts -- are Dictaphone/Nuance accounts.  We TransTech MT's wait for Dictaphone/Nuance to throw a few jobs our way, which is NOT happening.  All of TransTech MT's are making LESS than ever day-by-day, paycheck-by-paycheck.  Heads up ! ! ! ! ! ! !


The above post is the most inconsiderate, cold-hearted, not to mention ignorant piece of work I'
Do you even have a clue as to how much one cycle of IVF costs? Try 15K to 20K and it takes on average three cycles to achieve conception...if at all. How many people do you know wait until they have $20,000.00 saved before starting a family? Get real.

Not that it's any of your business, having a child was not a mental issue for me. I initially didn't feel that it would be necessary to share the details of what led up to our infertility because I didn't see the relevance. Infertility is what it is. However, if sharing the details will prevent you or anyone else from drawing conclusions and posting abrasive half-truths, then here goes:

My husband, against my wishes, had a vasectomy when our only daughter was 3. Coming from a big family, I always wanted at least two children. Long story short: We went to Texas for the first reversal and Arizona for the 2nd (5 years ago). We spent our entire savings, which was close to 20k and both surgeries failed. My daughter prayed for a baby brother or sister every night. I had this tremendous burden of guilt because our infertility was self-inflicted. I knew she would never be a big sister or even an aunt because of our selfishness.

Infertility in and of itself is traumatic enough, but when it's self-inflicted, the guilt can be overwhelming. At least it was for me.

There, now you have the facts. However, if you find it more entertaining to post over-the-top fabrications about my complete lack of control and severe mental issues, as you called it, knock yourself out.

I have been pretty honest about my personal life and would appreciate it if you could just answer 2 simple questions.

(1) Dou have any children?

(2) In your opinion, do you feel that insurance companies should cover the cost of elective abortions?

You can just answer yes or no. I'm not posting anymore on this thread so you won't get any arguments from me.
1800 lines is easily achieved. I average 300-340 lines per hour. nm
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10 lines per minute = 1500 lines for 150 minutes - average. nm
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I average 1200-1400 lines per day with a national, and am only getting around 600-800 lines per day.
It's been this way since the day before Thanksgiving. I've been doing this for almost 30 years now, and more often than from Thanksgiving until the new year is the slowest time of the year. I have some months where I am swamped with up to 2000 lines per day. I stash that little extra money, and take advantage of a handful of extremely slow days this time of the year to actually cook dinner, decorate for Christmas, or do Christmas shopping. I actually anticipate this slow time every year and have grown to enjoy the breathing time. Any time I have attempted to pick up extra work with another company to supplement these slow times, the minute I get adjusted to the new accounts, etc. I have no time to finish all of my work because my full time job with national gets slammed again. Hang in there if you can, and hopefully your work will pick up significantly around New Years.
They work with you to make sure you get the lines required or the amount of lines you want...
I have never had a problem getting more work
Minimum lines for FT used to be 60,000 keystrokes a day, about 925 lines. Pay was good. Just not a
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Yes it is possible to double your lines. I cant type 460 lines an hour but I can get those with VR
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Regular lines, not weighted lines
was what I got paid for....
12K lines payperiod is 6K lines a week.
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