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Than my line count software but be ...

Posted By: dinosaur on 2007-07-27
In Reply to: 65 characters constitues a line, no matter where - clhmt

doing it by the gross line. I am using Textally from the same people who do ExpressScribe. When I put my document in it reads 783 lines but when I read the character count and divide by 65 I get 722 lines! My second part of the question was: is 9 cents a line a lot to ask if you've got tons of experience and they're happy with your work?


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