I did this...sm

Posted By: stepmomfor2 on 2005-08-13
In Reply to: Does anyone work with speech recognition? sm - ruff

a when my wrists started hurting. I had just started working from home and I think I was not ergonomically correct. I had Dragon, and it was not the one for transcriptionists, but it worked somewhat. I still had my hands on the keyboard but, for the most part, it worked. Now about my production, I know it didn't help, but I think it could have after lots of time and practice. I could see where a transcription package might have worked much better, even though the Dragon that I had worked OK.

This worked for me for a little while and it did give my wrists a rest even though I was still on the keyboard. I ended up buying some special gloves for transcriptionists. I adjusted my desk and chair, and then my wrist pains went away. They haven't hurt that way since then, but I still use the gloves sometimes when my wrists get tired.

Keep us posted on how things go, and if your production gets better. As much as I would detest it, I would stick with it for at least the 3 months. You might end up loving it!

Good luck!

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Does anyone work with speech recognition? sm - ruff
- Thanks for the opinions. sm - ruff
  - Please share which program your are using. - Curious
- As a long time user ... let me clear the air on this - Snow Buny
  - Two errors per page is a LOT of errors! nm - am I missing something?
    - Yes, these are errors she would obviously correct. - Observer
- My DD is a social worker and says that she dictates directly into VR - from her car after working on a case
  - I seriously doubt that type of work is as complex as medical reports. - pffft. what nonsense.
    - Same tone of denial that was used when the MT world went from - IBM selectric to computers
      - She's right. It is not as hard as medical reports - lm
        Of course it isn't, but if other industries are using it it's only - a matter of time before it's capabilites expand
    - Have fun applying at McDonald's in a few years! - pffffffffffft yourself
- speech recognition sucks - fg
- It's a choice....... I work with it at work - NS
- I did this...sm - stepmomfor2
- no ASR is not wonderful. it is harder to correct than straight transcribe ESPECIALLY - mqmt
- speech recognition - rhrh
- what company do you work for if you dont mind saying? - sm
  - As far as company VR for critical care it is not very good and I agree with the other poster. I tend - MT

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