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It seems turning that off sorta turns it into XP. LOL! nm

Posted By: clhmt on 2007-04-01
In Reply to: Turning the control off did the trick. sm - Help, please?

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Either way, in the end this is what it turns out
to be. I never check any reports I do, do spell check and it goes. I do not believe even when first starting I reread any reports. I had ShortHand in school (yeh that long ago) and I can almost on full speed keep up with every dictator I do because hearing and typing and keeping the new in the background really helps me. Like I said unless you are typing and fast, most places are not giving raises, lowering the price for us and overall the business has gone downhill.
it turns out
that my Word client was corrupted. The tech at Dictaphone says it happens now and again with Microsoft (oh really??). She rebuilt it and did made some adjustments.

Keeping my fingers crossed!
Kinda sorta...
I have received my certificate from completing my transcription course and have been in the medical field for 5 years. From hospital to doctors office to home health care agencies. This should help me quite a bit. I'm confident know that I have gotten this response from you. Thank you very much! I am very excited.
My three dogs take turns....
It's annoying but kind of cute.  One is a puppy and chewed through two DSL phone cords before I caught on....the part husky always catches cords and the whole computer will jerk around on my desk....third dog is dainty and careful. 
If you saw the first show, it was sorta sad...
she was talking about how she's tired of men just looking at her like a hunk of meat, and that she may have actually let herself "go" so that people might look at her as something more than a body.  She says at 45 she only wants to be at a more healthy weight.  She was actually really sweet.
Andrews turns out the best MTs!
They are "client ready" and have great success.
I'm kinda sorta doing that now.

I work for a national but do acute care stuff, which means I have to be glued to my desk in case I get an "instant message" telling me to type up a stat report.  I have the kind of personality where I NEED a schedule, otherwise I'll just frig around and wind up typing up a days work at the last minute.  I tried it before and it didn't work out so well for me. 


I'm not forced to punch in and out for breaks though.  I do take short breaks here and there to rest and get up and walk, but then I'm right back here at the keys.  Some days I even eat while typing, but that's the nature of the beast where I am.  Yeah, sometimes it wears thin like on days when everything aches and no matter how fast I type, there's always a stack of stuff waiting that needed to be done yesterday.  It also sucks when I get asked to type up stuff because some other typist has gone "MIA."  I just get bent because I figure I have to be here during my schedule, why can't they?  


Oh well, at least there's an overflowing amount of work, unlike some other companies I read where the people are sitting twiddling their thumbs waiting for stuff to come in.


I'm in the same boat sorta (sm)

I was going to go back to school but realized that by the time I finished another degree (2-3 years) I'd be competing with 25 year olds and I'd be 50.  I love MT, love working at home and am trying to rebuild my client base after some relocations which is hard and expensive.  Meanwhile I have taken some work with a MTSO but it's not enough to pay the bills.


However, I'm not ready to pull the plug yet and work outside the home but if I was, I'd love to be a florist or a photographer, neither of which I have any formal training for, so I stick with MT for now.


Have you checked Yahoo Jobs?  Googled "career interest survey"?  I took one of those and it gave me a range of potential jobs.  How about starting a home-based secretarial service that isn't strictly medical? 


What are YOU interested in?  Make a list of things you might like and you might be surprised at what kinds of jobs are available.  Unless you're in a small rural area like I am that is but I'm sure you'll come up with something.  I'd love to hear what you do decide!  :)


Figured it out - sorta

Well for anyone else dealing with this "hot mess" :)


I believe the test file is somehow in review mode instead of transcription mode because the instructions given me by company correspond to review.  But if you just hit the play pedal and tap the backspace pedal at same time, it backspaces incrementally.  I never found out how to program it, but this works for now for testing. 


Legal issue. Please let us know how this one turns out? nm
:)
Sorta...will check out a few FTP sites and see what
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Sure hope none of your kids turns out to be gay!
What a great, supportive mom you would be. NOT!
Right, sorta, it sure seems seedy to say you want to do suicide but first go
thinking there is more to this story than what is getting out - personally I think his wife and child were a hit for something he was into.  But that's just a sense I have had since I saw this.  Those were not "anger" killings it didn't seem like - more like HITS.
Yeah, I'm sorta wondering
Once all the jobs are outsourced or illegals are working the jobs that are left, who is going to pay the taxes that keep those congresscritters in business???
Done that, but it turns back off every time.
Is there a trick to keeping it on? Or did I maybe get the one messed up program?
I've been wearing a splint that's sorta like a retainer...sm
for years that my orthodontist made for me.  I've had it replaced about every 5 years or so.  It works great!   The funny thing is that I pick at him that when he put me in braces at age 12 he never dreamed that 30 years later I'd STILL be coming to see him.    I do have fun when I go see him because invariably there's some pre-teen or teenager who asks "so how long have you been a patient?" and when I tell them 30 years they look horrified.  Then I explain that I was in braces for 18 months, retainers for a year and then returned for TMJ problems at age 20 and have been in and out every few years since then.  They always give a big sigh of relief then! 
independent contractor kinda sorta....nm
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Take turns w/ menu (and cooking and cleaning..)
I grew up in a house w/ a six-pack of kids and if you didn't like what was for dinner, too #$$# bad, will give it to your brother lol.
Your training sorta like mine as I also thought
with my having worked in doctor's office, hospitals and so on, I would start out in the transcription department, as a newbie, but mind you I thought it would be a breeze. HA! I had to work with my nose in a book (English and medical) for 12 months before I was ever turned loose to "work." Having said that, the background I got was so much more than if I had taken some course at home. I worked for many different specialities because of the training. Worth it.
Foot pedal turns off headphone

jack.  Speakers work fine.  If I reboot and don't use the pedal, the headphone works.  Any ideas?


Thanks


Thanks for the input, all! I'll hang in there for a while, but will sorta keep my eyes
open for something else too, I think. I'd love to find a mix of clinic and acute.

Thanks again!
Need Company that Turns Telephone Dictation into WAV/DSS Files

 


Hello,


Can anyone recommend a good company that will take my client's telephone dictation and convert them into WAV or DSS files that I can then access and transcribe?. A company that has good pricing and is reliable.  I probably won't have a huge volume to start.  Thank you.


Dave


I am trying Paula's banana/ham casserole tonight. Will let ya'll know how it turns out...nm
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We actually takes turns going downstairs to "play" usually. My husband doesnt like gambling as
watch a movie or something. I normally wait until they go to bed before I go downstairs as I'm a night owl and hubby is not. During the day, I take our son swimming etc..and let dad have fun. We just alternate basically and also some of the hotels offer babysitters for a fee and I believe MGM Grand has a kid's program or at least they did. Some day we hope to be able to get a nanny that can travel with us. We have gone on a few cruises also with our son and he loves that so that is how we normally spend our vacations with him. We go Carnival as they have an excellent kid's program. We're travelers and now our son is..getting hard though because when he asks about vacations he says, "are we going to Hawaii, Bahamas, or Carribean." I can remember growing up having NO vacations. vacation was just getting out of school for the summer. Probably setting the bar too high.. LOL.Yeah, it also occured to us that we'd be like 60 or so before he is out of school and since we've been raising kids forever..we decided we wanted to take vacations with them and before we're too old to enjoy it..None of that wanting until retirement to travel for us.. We know people who put off "living" until they retire and then they cant take heat, walking long distances, or just having fun!! Our motto..Have kids.. will travel..LOL
No, not offended and not turning on you sm
I think some of us are frustrated and concerned for you because we know it will happen again--and there's nothing we can do.

We also see the things that you're saying and see them as typical problematic statements, classical of someone who's being abused and will be abused again.

Statements like these:

"I have neglected to mention that when he is calm, he is actually okay." What? What difference does that make? He's probably very sweet and wonderful when he's not hitting you, yes.

and

"The incident two weeks ago was because I was forcing a trip to see my daughter's family." In other words, you caused it, right? That's so typical of an abused woman. "I made him mad" or "I egged him on." See, we on this board read things like this and see what you're not seeing, which is why we are SCARED for you and urging you firmly to see them. You're interpreting this as turning on you or that we're offended. No -- we are seeing something and trying to get you to see it, and really worried that you're not. And yes, frustrated that you're going to live with this man under the same roof while you try counseling and religion.
things are turning around?

I have some relatively good news fellow transcriptionists!  I am seeing a change for us in small doses.  Seems several of the larger hospitals who have outsourced to "companies" are now bringing back in the MT and paying decent wages with all benefits.  Look around, they are popping up everywhere.  I know of several "compaines" that I have worked part time for that the hospitals are dropping like flies because of various reasons, but the truth of the matter is that it is always better to have regular typists working for the same doctors as we "learn their lingo" and know how to baby them, which in a nutshell is what gives us the job security that we look for.  I work for a hospital as an IC that now is having big problems because they dont want to give raises or benefits(therefore people are quitting), but they are finding out very fast that no one else can or wants to do their work.  I can't wait for them to try the offshore companies.. will just be too rich...  As fussy as my group of doctors are, well, I smell raise on the horizon and benefits to boot.  they will just have to fall flat on the ground before they can walk the walk!! 


Just remember, what goes around comes around.  I have a new job with a hosptial that has made me full employee and decent wage.  I am so looking forward to seeing this change that has been long coming. 


I am just glad that it really is starting to turn around.  Just goes to show these offshore cheaper prices are not being "bought" for long by many.   I know of one hospital that had outsorced all their work, after a while (maybe a couple of years) they found that it was CHEAPER to bring the Transcriptionist back in and train to send home with all equipment and benefits and really decent pay, I am talking more than what any "company" has ever offered me, except for opt notes.. Just too cool.  I am so excited..  


Will keep you posted as I start my new job - really belonging again!  :)


 


 


Maybe you are accidentally turning it
on by hitting Ctrl-B or a combination of keys to turn it on. I am always accidentally making words all CAPS.
Have you tried turning it off and then back on? nm
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turning off computer at night

I leave mine on -- just do a "control, Alt, delete" and "log off" instead of shut down.  It works fine.  I have to enter my password the next day, but thats okay. 


I've heard the machine will not last as long if it's turned off every night.


 


 


Yes, turning Celine OFF works even better! LOL

He will be turning on the charm 100%. Don't listen to it. sm
And you've never tried God as an option before? Well, if you wish, tell him to get some God on his own while you and your children are safe someplace else.

You're stoked right now, which is great, but don't let it fizzle out with husband's pleas and lack of abuse in the meantime. It WILL happen again if you stay. Anybody who knows anything about abuse will tell you that. The center you contacted will tell you that, too. Listen to the experts.

Bravo on actually contacting your parents and Swan. However, you said they can hide you out if you actually need to go. Hello? You actually need to go. Now. You were just hit 2 weeks ago. You're feeling in control and all, but it WILL happen again. Yes, you are in danger. Your husband is scared right now. He senses the loss of control. However, this is a cycle. When you stay, and things get a bit more distant, they'll resume some sort of normalcy. It'll build up, and he'll blow. What will happen next? You know you've got someone who has abused you as recently as 2 WEEKS ago, and you say you're not in danger and you're willing to let your CHILDREN LIVE under the same roof as someone who WILL eventually blow again, and maybe hurt them next time?

It's not just about being hid out when (not if) things get ugly again. You need to work toward a permanent plan, not just a crisis plan. There are other places besides this one you've called, ones who can give you some counseling and advice on how to leave and make it on your own with your children.

I wish you would listen and leave, but I have a feeling you're going to wait til next time. Do you know it takes women an average of SEVEN times leaving their abusive spouses before they finally leave for good? How many times will you let it take you? And what will be the cost to you and your children before you finally "get it?"
Turning numbering on and off for lists
Does anyone know the keystroke commands or if they even exist to turn numbering off and on for lists?  I hate having to use the mouse to point at the menu and going that route!
Turning the control off did the trick. sm

I don't even need the convertor now.  The plug-in downloaded and my GP plays the dvf files just fine.  Wow!!!  I can't thank you enough. 


Thanks, thanks, thanks!!!!


You might also try turning off the suggestion window SM
or whatever it is you have for a while. I use Shorthand, but it's pretty much the same thing. That way you could give yourself a list of often-used abbreviations to memorize and get very comfortable with and/or a rule that tells you what a lot of your abbreviations are going to be. As you get comfortable with those few, you'll end up loving them and wanting MORE, MORE, MORE. With that attitude, you can turn the window back on or give yourself yet another list and another rule or two to get used to.

Just think, if you only used abbreciations for the words "the patient" (tp or ?), "hydrochlorothiazide" (hycx or ?), and "blood pressure" (bp or ?) you'd never type those three out again and would be saving that much time with each of them. Start small and unspook yourself.
Join the club on being confused. With turning us

things are charged, billed, or anything any more.


It just seems like they wanted me to work for nothing to clean up ASR reports.  It was pitiful what they wanted, considering what they needed me to clean up.  I could have typed it faster and better using my word expanders.


Go with your gut, Patti - my gut is turning and screaming Indian - sm
but then again, it could just be increased peristaltic activity... but I doubt it
Try turning off the User Account Control. nm
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Are you turning the volume using the home typist icon
or your regular volume control icon on the tool bar?

I have had that problem with some whispering dictators, so I mute the program itself just for that dictator.

It's a shame if you can't use it. I get a real rhythm going and my day just flies. I don't think I can type without it now.
I hear ya. I'm a natural blonde turning white sm

At first the box stuff worked pretty good. Now I have a huge "skunk stripe" on the left side of my forehead and I'm starting to grow another "skunk stripe" on the left side.


After a while the box stuff only calms down the different texture of the white stuff for a few weeks so if you wear a few bangs, you need to cut them to match after dying. 3 weeks later the bangs with the white stuff are suddenly a good half inch shorter again.


Needless to say, for the time being I have the "off the forehead"  look that makes my head look like two breakdown lanes on a highway.


I'm saving my money. The initial shock for the "makeover" is scary, but my 2 sisters told me to go for it as the upkeep isn't too bad at all. They would both be snow white in their late 40's if it weren't for visits to the salon.


I'm headed in the same direction and I'm early 40's. My husband, who went white by 38, told me to just go natural.


I told him to kiss my natural behind.


 


Try turning off User Account Control in Vista. (nm)
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Mine is working fine and turning purple...
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Turning off Indexing will drastically improve speed.
Vista loads a ton of "services" that you won't ever use so turn those off as well. A Google search will give you exact instructions on the ones you don't need.
I would feel like people would think I was an infertile woman turning my cat into a baby.
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You're turning this lighthearted thread into something entirely too deep. Lighten up.
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Try turning the volume down, it works. Celine is superior by far. No contest. NM

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