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Another good one on Guru today. Pay is $25 per AUDIO hour.

Posted By: el cheapo de Guru on 2005-11-23
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With a 30-minute unpaid AUDIO test file.  It sounds as if somebody got behind on their work and needs people to do it for free or minimum wage.  Egads!  What cheapos!  I did an AUDIO hour tape this past weekend and made $100 off it.  I could have charged more since it was a weekend stat but I gave the guy a break.


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Most places pay per audio hour
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rates per audio hour?
does anyone get paid like this?  I have been offered a job doing general transcription, approximately 6 hours per week, and they pay $40 per audio hour.  I have only ever been paid per line so not sure if this is good or bad.  I have listened to some of the dictation already and it is not difficult to understand so that part shouldn't be a problem. Thanks. 
My audio would not even permit 800 an hour
I have it as fast as it can go, never hardly stopping and could never get 800 an hour.
They mean cost per audio hour s/m
Sounds like they are referring to cost per audio hour, so be careful.  Depending on quality and dictators, one audio hour can take anywhere from 2 to 10 hours. 
I think people don't understand what an audio hour is.
It's typing a one-hour long tape for $20. If it takes 3-4 hours, that's only actually $5-6.67 per hour. Hmm, I wonder why Guru didn't send that one to me! LOL
What do you consider a fair per audio hour rate for MT work?

I am only accustomed to the per word rate in MT, but I know that the GT companies prefer the PAH rate.


I was wondering if any MT companies do use the PAH rate and what would be a fair price if there are indeed any companies using this method.


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I am finding more and more that companies with their own platforms have pretty substandard audio.  I currently use headsets and alternate with my computer speakers, but the audio is quite bad on the current platform I use.  When using Editscript I find the quality much better.  Any suggestions on how to get better quality of sound perhaps a better headset or some other device. 
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Today I got very lucky...made $50 in an hour with OP templates. nm

Crazy question... does Express Scribe actually convert audio to text? Sounds too good to be true..

It does state this on their web site.  I was curious if anyone has used this option, and if so, does it really work? 


Thanks again~


 


I only lasted an hour at the mall today before getting so annoyed I had to leave.
All the teeny boppers are slowly cruising around with their friends but not buying anything. People are shoving and cutting in line. I just like to get in, get my stuff, and get out.
Expensive is right -- around $300 per credit hour! But they do have a good rep. Good luck! nm

LOL! Well, good! I've done ONE good thing today, then. NM
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Well I'm off SS as of today...good bye

Why would you give someone a written warning after a few weeks... I'm new and I do not understand the dictators on some of the accounts, oh and lets add those are the ones they seem to audit...


Anyway I have an IC job with Accustat who is a nice company and I've been off QA for 3 months without any problems


 


Feeling good today!
Roses to my QA today.  Received a nice email with pats on the back.  It just kind of made my day!
Any money is good today sm
Take what you can to make ends meet and then switch when a better offer comes along, just don't burn bridges. Watch Jim Cramer, he says work at the Dollar Store if you can. I believe this will pass myself, just hang in there!
I had a really good transcription today.
A ESL doctor with laryngitis talking on a cell phone. At least he apologized  and didn't expect me to get all of his words.
$1.50 an hour sounds good until you calculate FT at
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She was freed today and is in good shape, NM
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BUT, you are brilliant. Keep up the good work! You are my hero for today! nm
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It was a $1 a mile, not hour! Made good noney back then. nm
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bless your heart for thinking $10-12/hour is good money - nm
nm
A few years ago, Atlanta in-house average was about $12-$15/hour, plus good bennies. nm

By the way, as of about 5 years ago, Wellstar was with a service.  They might not even have in-house MTs.  Hope so for  your sake :).


 


 


Is $15 an hour a good hourly rate for an in-house office position?

nm


 


Fill in the blank time! Today I feel ______ (for me it's good)...sm
Good work day so far, kids will be home from school in a couple of hours and the weather is nice outside. 
GURU
Well, anyone who responds to this ad has to be desperate for work - and they know by the tone of this ad exactly what kind of people they will be working for. I wouldn't respond, but I suppose some others would.
Did anyone see this on Guru?
The part that really, really bugs me is the part they put in parentheses down there.
 
Description:

We're looking for a place to outsource our transcription to. Over seas is fine if you can deliver a quality product. We intend to wholesale your service to our physicians. We have over 1500 physicians what utilize our other services, and we want to add transcription to the mix.  You would need to have the ability to handle a large load of work, have the infrastructure to deal with it, and the ability to make our service look seamless (look like we're doing the work for the physician). Finally, you must be able to deliver us a per line charge that will allow us to add a profit, and remain competitive.


Guru - did you get the one at .50/page
I have never worked thru them but am listed. Did you see the one who had a 50 page paper they wanted typed and said they "heard the going rate was $0.50/page"? LOL
Not a computer guru here, but what about
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THANK YOU GIDDY PC GURU!!!
... for your email; It fixed my computer and I am so very happy! This truly is your forte! :) 
giddy pc guru - where are you?
all these tech questions you usually answer.  Are you okay?
I am so confused? Is Latter & Guru the same?
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Yes, it does, TY. It was guru sent email about
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Thanks giddy pc guru!
I appreciate it.
Again, don't forget - Guru gets a cut of what you earn
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A lot of those Guru projects seem just plain
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Maybe that's why it's posted on Guru is so he can find
offshores to do it.
I have to laugh - did anyone see this posting on Guru??
We are looking for someone that can transcribe 60, 90, or 120 minute
audio files.  The transcript must be typed into microsoft word.

Compensation is as follows:

60 minutes    $10.00
90 minutes    $15.00
120 minutes  $20.00

There will be repeat work for the right pro.

THANK YOU giddy pc guru! Your help is greatly appreciated.
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Looking for computer tech guru to take Vista to XP...sm
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Look at what was posted on Guru.com - Is this horrifying or what?? India or Phillipines??

Profile ID: 442891 matches...
Project ID: 173147
Title: Need sample encoutners
Category: Admin Support (Legal, Medical, & Accounting)
Description:
We are looking for some sample medical encoutners for some research on
a product. We do not want real patinet demographcis at all Make the
patient Mickey Mouse.

We need encounters for the following
1-chief complaint simple encoutner
2-chief complaint complex encounter
3-multisystem exams
4-mulitple chielf compalaints

Please let us know what you can provide to us. We need ledgible
encounters that follow the soap format. we are doing this for research for our
emr application


 


 


 


So what do you think?  Real F****** Einsteins. And I will guarantee you that there will be one person out there that thinks "Oh those poor people are just trying to make a living like us.  I think I'll help them and I'll charge $50...." 


Depends on the pay and account. My lowest average is $15.52 an hour (roughly 182.6 lines an hour) w
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1850 lines per 8 hour shift. 15.00 hour - no real requirement
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if it is feasable, split that 6-hour shift into two 3-hour shifts. sm
i work a split shift and find that i am much better able to stay focused and get more work done that way. also, being 3 months pregnant you have gone through the very tiring time of pregnancy and you should start seeing an energy perk before long.
HELP with Shorthand. Suddenly today when I tried to start work today.sm

my ShortHand would type only the first letter of an expansion and then take all the letters away!  I checked and the Type It button is grayed out!  I have restarted the computer and looked on the Shorthand Help menu but can find nothing that applies.  Can anyone please help me ASAP?  I am lost without it!  TIA


Perhaps you are right. This one is dated today. The original article was on Yahoo today also with

But this article states it would only affect new customers right now.  So I am upset over nothing.  I went through heck with BellSouth when they charged me a surcharge of an extra 50 a month and then would write a letter saying I had to switch to a long distance service and pay by the minute because of my "excessive" use. They told me the unlimited charge was for an average of an hour a day not somebody who worked out of their home and I needed to switch a business plan at over 200 a month charge.  I switched over to cable because of that and then to read that cable was going to charging on a per use fee and not a flat monthly fee it upset me.  It is the nature of our work, VR, only paying for VBC, having headers and footers taken away, now being charged for being on line, etc.  It just seems that everything is done to keep to insure less money.


I start an hour or 2 early and then take an hour or 2 for dinner -nm
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At 200 lines a day for 6 cents, you are making $1.20 a day or 0.15 hour for an 8 hour day!!!--cm
Did you mean 2,000? Even then you would only be making $1.50 if you work 8 hours a day.
$32/hour? You said $36/hour on an earlier post. Either way would be great. n/m
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Listening to audio again.
You should hear prompts if the C-phone is programmed to allow you the option. "Press
3 to listen...punch in the job number followed by the pound sign." The audio should come back. You need to know what number they used
to program the function and the job number.
and what number they used.