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This little device stops

Posted By: Stutter on 2007-07-06
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stuttering. Wouldn't it be great if docs who stutter when dictating would use it? It helps 80% of people who try it!

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If there is such a device, I want one to
I just had QA get me for missing "a" at the beginning of a sentence. There is a sound of humming like what you would hear under an electrical power grid, do you know what I mean? It would take superhero-type hearing to hear some things, even QA sends them to the facility.

So, where is this filter before I lose my job???
USB device
Compusa has a device that connects from poarallel to USB and we have 2 computers at home and they work great.  It is called Belkin.
You might want to try a device called
an EQ-50. I bought mine from Martel, and then discovered they could be bought elsewhere for less. It is an equalizer, and also boosts the sound a bit. It is connected to your headphones, and can be used with either a transcriber for tapes or connected to the computer for digital files.

I posted regarding this item a while back, and a couple of people posted that they bought this and did not like it. I am EXTREMELY pleased with mine. I rarely have to send blanks to QA anymore. Someone mentioned a noise they were hearing when they tried to use it, and with mine I do hear a sound like that which you hear coming from stereo speakers when the stereo is on but no music is playing. Also, I have gotten interference from other electronic equipment before, but easily solved that by simply moving the EQ-50 a little bit. I believe that I paid around $30-35 for mine, and then Googled and found them for maybe about $18.

I cannot live without mine at this point, and plan to order a back-up just in case something happens to the one I've got.

Oh, and it does require two AAA batteries also.
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My doctors switched over to the Olympus WS 110 digital recorder.  It's fantastic and reasonably priced.
Yes, the gene pool stops there.

just cuz the crazy train always stops at your
now pick a personality already and stick with it.  Maybe up the meds or take a nap or something.
I worked for them yrs ago. They are ALWAYS undergoing changes. It never stops.
every time they figure out a way to fleece the MT out of more money, whether it be retooling  the pay structure or developing new software that does it on the sly, it continues to happen.  Then, they have a mass mutiny of people who won't stand for it, rehire  a new batch of unsuspecting poor fools, and on they march.  Pretty soon people will be paying them to work there.  I bailed ages ago.
Ctrl + Alt + A also stops expanding.
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No, the buck stops with the doctor - sm
he/she is ultimately responsible, not the MT. If they started to require this many would leave MT is droves I suspect. Do you really think the MTs overseas get liability insurance?
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I use a Turtle Beach device.

It plugs into the back of the computer and enhances the volume as well as the quality of sound.  But I needed to get an extender from Radio Shack since it plugs in the back (but if you have any USB jacks in front, that would work too). 


http://www.turtlebeach.com/products/micro/home.aspx


http://www.radioshack.com/sm-8-ft-computer-speaker-cable-1-8-jack-to-1--pi-2102967.html


 


testing a nifty little device (sm)
called Magicjack.com.  It's $39.99 (device included) and a year of unlimited long-distance, VOIP.  You plug it into your USB port, but must have high-speed Internet.  Check it out, it may be beneficial for you.
How's the weather in Bangalore? usually stops them in their tracks

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But asking how the weather is in Bangalore is a nice way to break the ice with someone at a call center in India. Weather reports are definitely not part of their scripts.


I find Ctrl/X stops the expansion. nm
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The buck stops with you (all of us). What confidentiality means is

that you/me, the MT, do not discuss the name and contents of a report with anyone outside the immediate realm of responsibility and only within a professional context. 


If you feel really uncomfortable with doing it and have the option of sending it back for someone else to do, that acceptable but not entirely necessary.


If you *have* to do a report on someone you know, do it, and put it out of your mind.  If you see that person, you cannot discuss anything about it with them, even if they ask.  The onus is upon us to keep.our.mouths.shut.  That is all that confidentiality entails.


 


They must be talking about the handheld computer device (sm)

they use in some hospitals to keep track of vitals, meds and patient information.


I know of one hospital that uses this and it is used in rehab.  They don't need transcriptionists at all.  


Has anyone used an external Sound Blaster device?

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Just wondering if the sound quality is really that much better.  I have notebook computers and the PC cards are $100.00.  I was thinking this might be a substitute for the PC card. 


 


Maybe you need it listed in a different port or as a different device? Any place to check the
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Hi Amanda from WV (I once lived in Morgantown!). No drivers to download, has a USB optical device.
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