I may even be able to proofread and catch spelling errors (interruptions)!
Posted By: MissouriMT on 2006-08-02
In Reply to: August 24th. Can't wait for those bigger paychecks I'll get when I have fewer interuptions! - MissouriMT
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you proofread all business letters you receive in the mail and have fits over the errors! LOL (nm)
spelling errors
I have spelled so many words wrong and each time I do I fix it with autocorrect. I just figure that I spelled it wrong once, it will happen again. Some words I have spelled wrong so many different ways you would not believe, but each time they are corrected for me---saves lots of time.
spelling errors
My worst one is osteopenis instead of osteopenia. I put that right in my autocorrect. 
Sorry for spelling errors been up since 2 a.m.
NM:)
Don't correct my spelling errors please.
Should be new to IC too! It's been a long day already. Sorry..
lots of errors in spelling. it's sm
been a long day.
Oops, apologize for the spelling errors, bad day....nm
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interruptions
Wow..I could have written that! Had exactly the same problems. I first got caller ID so I wouldn't answer the phone unnecessarily, then got noise blocking head phones. I had always worked with stethoscope type, but thrilled with the head phones. They really cut down on noise distractions. It may take more for you. If so, I would think it would be worth moving to another room. I also made it very clear to friends and family that I couldn't talk on the phone. Some friends still called, but I just didn't answer (thanks to the caller ID) and let the recorder take it. They eventually got the message. Hope this helps. I know it's tough.
interruptions
I get the same thing. I thought I was the only one. My parents are the worst. My mom will call knowing I am working and when you say you are working she just keeps on talking. I just am going to have to quit answering. My dad will call sometimes too. And I get so fustrated. My friend does not answer the phone at all while she is working no matter who it is unless it is her husband or something. I believe I am going to have a new rule. If it isn't the school or my husband then I don't answer.
interruptions in your day
Hi all! I have been at this now for about 9-1/2 years and now that I have gotten serious  about trying to work it like a normal job, it seems EVERYTHING gets in the way!!! arrgh.
I work for two companies, one with assigned doctors (not much work) and one with pool work. I am struggling to consistently work enough hours doing the pool work. The money is good and the lines are decent, but it seems I have a hard time committing to it.
With the assigned doctors, they have XX patients, and I know I do those patients and I am done. I can't seem to finish out my time with the pool work. It is just stupid.
Anyway, after giving it a bit of thought this weekend, I decided to work my schedule like this. I will say because I have done assigned docs for so long, I am geared towards having a schedule of XX patients to work through and I don't have that with the pool work.
6 a.m. to 4 p.m.
6-10 pool work, 10-12 assigned doc, 12-4 pool work.
The issue I am having is my phone is ringing or there are issues with the kids, etc. So already this morning, basically 4 hours today have been shot due to phone/kids (HUGE ordeal this morning - I still have two kids at home, 16 and 17 - the joy of parenthood hehe).
I just feel like I can't get anywhere. Currently I am doing the assigned doc and of course no one is calling, no drama, etc., so I will go right through his work with no problems.
How do those of you who do pool work schedule yourselves? I think if I could ever get myself on a schedule with the pool work, which there is plenty of, I would drop the assigned doctor. My thinking is December 31 
Maybe my brain is just stuck on checking off patients on a list instead of playing "beat the clock" doing the pool work
HELP!!!!!
Normal interruptions?
I have that much in about 2 hours because I am not tending house, watching after a 4 year old, cooking dinner, washing, have the phone on answer so I don't have problems with "normal" interruptions.
Family interruptions - how to stop them
My family works outside of the house, but if they want something done they call me to run an errand, or they stop by just to chat or want me to run an errand with them. They think I can do it because I'm home. Does that happen to you?
home office and interruptions
I work out of my home doing medical transcription and have for quite some time. I love it except for the interruptions! I can't seem to get into the "zone" because of it and my production is down. Here is an example of what I find hard to deal with: Phone calls, contractors working on the house (one-time thing but still..), husband running the microwave (can't hear my voice files), husband in an out of the house on his days off, husband mowing the lawn right outside my office window. You get the picture. I have thought of moving my office to an upstairs bedroom but I really don't know if I would be gaining that much for all the trouble. A sound proof room would be nice!
I'm very discouraged right now. I would like to earn more money but it seems like an uphill battle! I have a hard time concentrating as it is (probably menopausal) and after so many interruptions in a day I feel like throwing in the towel!
How can I set up boundaries and keep them in place?  Any suggestions would be welcomed!
Many phone call interruptions ...
these days, but I had one ESL today who was dictating fine, but when he was talking on the phone I couldn't understand him at all. I just wish I knew a keyboard command to speed him up and then slow him down again when he comes back to dictate. Oh, and when he came back from his phone call he knew exactly where he'd been with no pause. How'd he do that? :oD
Fast, set a line count per day to achieve, no interruptions and 98% at least.
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I love the night shift! No interruptions and more work on the system.
I agree with poster below - Power NAPs! I am a napper, need my nap about 30 minutes to 1 hour, before my shift and a pot of coffee sometimes 2 gets me through!
Two errors per page is a LOT of errors! nm
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PROOFREAD PROOFREAD PROOFREAD
PROOFREAD PROOFREAD PROOFREAD PROOFREAD
Yes,,, and that is why you also proofread. nm
:P
How do you proofread? sm
What is the fastest, most accurate way you proofread? I have been playing back my reports from the beginning of it on fast chipmunk sounding speed. I catch myself making exapander errors a lot. I
absolutely have to proofread as I usually catch at least 2 per report before I send them. Trying to proofread 'as I go' does not work for me as I still find mistakes when I am done. What is the Fastest way of doing this? Does anyone have any advice? Thank you muchos.
I proofread as I go
The only time I go back to listen again is if I have a blank, or sometimes with a difficult ESL I will go back and listen for a second time, but 99% of the time I proof as I go.
proofread?
I don't proofread - that is QA job. How do you think I could edit over 650 lines an hour? It's not by double-checking my own fine self.
It is probably better to proofread as you go
as that can be a careless way to proof. Starting a new account can be overwhelming and cause you to make careless errors. I would say proof new accounts, but once familiar, then proof as you type. Put frequently made statements in auto correct or use an expander. If the client requires QA, then it is QA's job to catch the errors of the entire document, not just blanks, otherwise, they are getting paid to simply say your work has been QA'd. I think QA is a waste of time myself other than for a second-listen at blanks, and in my case, I have enough experience to have even corrected QA on many of occasions with a reply from QA stating, so sorry my mistake. No one is perfect, but you should not send blatent errors to QA and expect them to correct them. In most cases, they will not. QA is simply a way for a company to pay you less as a typist and you think you are getting something for it in the way of them providing you a second look/listen, which is not true.
why I proofread
sometimes my expansions get away from me. I just typed that patient -- had abdominal discomfort for the last menstrual period. Made sense until I remembered it was a male patient!
They should still be able to proofread and/or
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There is no average. Fast typists, slow ones, newbies, software glitches, interruptions, etc. all ha
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Here's a term for you to proofread:
Look that one up!
LOL
Maybe I should clarify, that I would definitely proofread everything if... SM
it was a new account or I had just started a new job. I'll be honest though, I have started jobs with services where while I'm in training, I take my time, proofread everything because I know that I'm being scrutinized. When released from training, I stopped re-reading everything.
I also have never been afraid to argue with QA if I didn't agree. That didn't make me popular for sure and probably my work was scrutinized even closer because they wanted to catch me in a mistake, but they also knew that if they counted me off for something, they had better be 100% right.
I'm not arrogant, just good at what I do and confident. I take pride in my work and I've been doing this for a long time. I just think some QA people need to consider each MT and mistake individually. If you've got an experienced MT who is good and productive and she makes a few minor mistakes from time to time, let it go. Maybe mention it to her in a friendly email, but don't fail her on QA for a period or hyphen or a typo.
That's all I'm saying.
Sorry, but we disagree. I proofread as I go. sm
The places I work for expect things to be ready to go directly to the client. I guess if that works for you and you feel good about yourself, more power to you, but not for me. I don't consider proofing your work to be sitting and re-reading the entire report before you send it -- that's nonsense -- but to think you don't have to look at what you are doing and just let some QA "correction fairy" be your safety net is not professional. I take pride in turning out a quality product and I still manage to provide the quantity too -- there are those of who do BOTH, you know.
"dictated but not proofread"... nm
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It would be nice if they would have proofread it first...sm
Notify "American's".... this is not possessive, people, it is plural, Americans.
I don't proofread on this board. sm
Wouldn't do any good anyway folks would still complain. Sounds like you are one of them that just want to rip me apart for telling the truth. Plenty of other MTs that hold the same opinons I do about this profession.
If that's all you can pick at me apart is a typo in a paragraph that's a good thing!
PLEASE see my question regarding daily interruptions, phone calls, drop in guests/COMPANY BOARD
You are being too hard on yourself. Proofread after you transcribe to the best of your
ability. If errors are returned to you, then keep a notebook with the mistakes you are making. Refer to your notebook before you begin transcribing. Before you know it, the errors will be less. On the othe hand, if you keep making the same mistakes over and over again, even after keeping notes and reviewing, then you probably really do not like this type of work. Not everyone is cut out for it. It sounds like when you were in-house, you did not transcribe full-time but had varied work duties. I would try the notbook and see how what goes first.
After 18 yrs, I proofread as I go.. Nobody should sit and reread every word when on production.
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Can't assume samples are correct! Always proofread everything. nm
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I find that by rewinding and relistening to the dictation as I proofread...sm
I will find a few little things I missed that I wouldn't catch just by proofing because it actually made sense but I might have missed something.
Actually it's years to ears. I can spell just fine, just don't take the time to proofread eve
post as I'm busy transcribing at the same time. Sorry to say my priorities are such that you guys here don't rank perfect posts. Now, if you guys want to pay per post.... 
I hope you proofread your reports closer than you proofed this post
No offense, but it kinda makes me cringe. And, no, I'm not the OP. I just had to read your post a couple of times to comprehend it through all of the typos.
Did anyone else catch the BS here other than me? how could you sm
bill on a gross line and pay on a 65-character line. that is just plain old dishonest. not good business practice in my opinion and cheating the MT who in the case happens to be your mom. how could you do that??? my suggestion would be to be honest and fair with you, your mom, and the office and do things in the normal manner. i hope that was a typo for your sake. GEEZZZZZZZ!!!! how many companies do cheat us all like that???
I've proofread legal documents; not difficult, but extremely dull.
In addition to MT QA, I worked for a large law firm proofreading about 15 hours per week. The pay was good. The work was incredibly dull. The terminology was new and different at first, of course, but there are resources on the web for legal terminology just as there are for medical terminology.
AT&T will catch on if you use their plan a lot. SM
They will (1) dump you from their plan, (2) send you a $4000 LD bill (back charges and (3) send a fraud investigator to your home. Been there, done that.
Exactly, really can't catch when proofing as you go.
Think about it, you are thinking, listening, typing, foot pedaling, etc., too much going on at once. Not to mention other distractions. Really can't proof as you go, just doesn't work. You have to stop at the end to concentrate and re-read it to catch all the errors. Trust me, I do audits and find errors in probably 8 out of every 10 reports, some very small but still errors. These are most likely from MTs who proof as they go. I totally understand MTs are paid on production and don't blame them one bit for not proofing at the end! But then also should not expect a perfect report or state that proofing as they go works, cause it really doesn't. Ever hear of a writer say oh you don't have to proofread or edit my book before publishing because I proof as I go?!?! Just some food for thought. ; )
Thanks. I put this in Favorites to try when I catch a
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You never catch up with oncology....
there is always different meds and procedures more than any other field I've done. I quit after about a year. Great experience but ya don't make the money.
Do you ever catch your typos?
there wages - ?
Good catch---
nm
I never heard of it. Will be sure to catch it.
NM
Oh, yeah...I catch your drift...sm
All the liberal media is going to show us during a Republican administration is the bad stuff
I agree. It seems like all of them want to play catch up on one day
then they expect you to have ALL of their work done within TAT when they went beyond the agreed lines per day.
Actually, spellcheck wouldn't catch it because
there, they're, and their are all correct spellings.
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