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Is anyone familiar with this platform.  Please inform me what you think of it. 

Thanks

I am wondering if some of you could give me your opinion on how long a person should be on QA to learn the basics of a new account including what should/shouldn't be expanded, dictators' personal preferences, etc.  Thanks!!! 

Once again, I am on the lookout for another service because work load is starting to slow down.  Quite frankly, I'm a bit scared!  We had no work for many days starting about this time last year, and it looks as if that cycle is starting again.  I was just wondering if anyone would suggest I post my resume here.

I know that we are not paid what we are worth in this profession, but let's get real for a minute ---

Right now, how many people are crying because they are paying $3.50-$4.00 a gallon for gasoline to get to work everyday and it is taking 25% of their bring home pay to do that - on top of that, how many people are facing a layoff right now or a loss of a job completely - and we are all sitting here with job security and not losing our money to the big oil companies, and yet we continue to complain.  I know a lot of people that do not make what they are worth, firemen, policeman, teachers, daycare workers, yet they go to their job everyday, because they chose that profession.

We still make a good living when everything is compared - I personally make $36.00 an hour as an employee on a regular basis.  I am not paying out all that gas money, I am not having to buy 2 sets of clothes for work and home life, I am not having to pack bag lunches and eat at my desk or go out to eat every day and spend even more money...  I don't have to spend hours on the road everyday sitting in traffic and then having to come home and do all that is required in my personal life.

Okay, so what is we change to voice recognition one day and have to do twice as many lines to make the same amout of money - it is easier to do twice the amount of lines in voice recognition because you are not typing, you are mostly just reading along with the doctor and making an occasional correction to the documents.  I think that would be much easier on my hands than typing all day. 

Let's find something to be happy about!!!  If you think the job is awful, then by all means, find you something else that you think will make you happy; I for one still think that transcription is a worthwhile profession, I feel that I am providing a much needed service, and I choose to be happy and will continue to do this as long as there is work - which in my opinion, will be for my lifetime at least!

Just curious. I was sitting here doing my spell check and using my Expanders and remembering when I used to type the notes on sticky paper on a typewriter , using white out for errors, and then cutting out the individual notes and peeling and sticking them in the charts. UGH!

Of course the doc I worked for back then had a computer, but only for billing, and was too cheap to buy another one. So I sat in a little corner with an old IBM selectric and a dozen bottles of white out.

At the risk of really making me look old,  I'll mention I took typing in high school and in college on a MANUAL typewriter.

For all you younguns' out there, that means it had no electricity. 

I have never heard this on a routine physical, could this be correct??

Thanks!

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Okay, this is what I want to do.  When I stop the dictation by lifting my foot off the play pedal, and then press it again, I want it to back up a few seconds so I can hear what I just typed.  How do I do that?

Right now when I press play, it starts right where it stopped...my Start/Stop Transcription program backs it up...I am working off my laptop with Express Scribe and cannot find out how to do this.

Thank you for any help!

Don't know what I did, but when I "print preview" in a multipage document I now get two pages side-by-side instead of just a single page at a time.

If anyone can tell me how to change the setting, if that is what needs to be done, I would appreciate it.

Thank you

Working in WP 5.1 for DOS.  System is set up to automatically install Flash Forward when I boot up.  As the Flash Forward bar is running, it stops and gives me a pretty  blue flashing prompt saying "Attempt to add duplicate Abbreviation: blah, blah, blah.  Has anyone experienced this?  How do I get out of it?  I assume there must be some way to search for and delete the duplicate abbreviation, but beats me all to you-know-what.    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Just by accident I found this poll by MSNBC where you can vote on the topic that they will air on one of their special segments.  One of the stories is about a woman whose job is being outsourced overseas.  Kinda fitting huh?  I voted for that topic and so far it seems to be in the lead.  If we all vote, maybe they'll put that topic on the air.  Thanks!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18826755/

Bought this and am looking for more information on using the hot keys. Called tech support, he was not very helpful, went to their website, downloaded manual. Seems like I am just not able to use all the features, especially hot keys.  Anybody have one and can tell me more about it? Its ergonomic with the builtin touch pad.  Thanks

Come to work for Soft Script.  If you are a "newbie" transcriptionist, do not mind us stealing your lines, enjoy rude, threatening, and hateful e mails, and among numerous other things - you like to work for less than minimum wage, then we have the perfect position for you. 

Yes folks, this is what you will get when you go to work for Soft Script, it is a lot of fun, everyone should try it. 

NOT!!!!!!!!!  

Has anybody out there done work for Vericare? It is a company that contracts with nursing homes for geriatric psych coverage. They are offering me work. Any info good or bad would be appreciated.

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or suggestions.  Here is the scoop.  I was employed fulltime with an in-house transcription department (where I was the supervisor) for 14 years.  I covered the insurance for my husband and I.  In August 2007, the facility decided to outsource all of transcription and four of us lost our jobs.  I have been on COBRA since then to finish out my deductible etc.  My husband got on with Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield.  We are paying over $800.00 a month for insurance for the both of us, whereas I was paying less than $200.00

I have been an IC now since February of 2008 and love it.  Here is the problem.  My COBRA runs out the end of February 2009, and being an IC, I of course do not have benefits.  I have been checking around.  I would like to get on my husband's policy before my COBRA runs out.  However, they say they will not give me health insurance because I need to lose 70 pounds.  I have been working really hard at this and have only lost 20 pounds.  I am worried that I will not have the 70 pounds off by the time my COBRA runs out.  Any ideas as to who would insure me, with my current weight?  Being able to afford it is not an issue.  I just cannot find any insurance company that will insure me due to my weight. 

Here's the kick in the ass$$, my husband is a very heavy smoker (3 packs a day), and he told Anthem this.  He gets insured  I don't get it.  Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  Time is running out here.

is there a way to make a * hard hypen * in Word?

TIA for any help.

2007 is really different than 2003.  I can't seem to find how I do this.  Thanks.

I'm relatively new to transcription, so this is probably a dumb question, but here goes...

How does a C-phone work?  Is this live dictation?

to those of you fighting for our freedom, those who have been lost defending our freedom, and to those of you who have loved ones all over the world protecting our freedom.  I hope everyone takes the time to remember those who have served and are serving now.  The day is not about barbeques, OT pay, store sales or a three day weekend for some!