Yes, but have to mute it and put captions on. nm

Posted By: MT on 2006-01-21
In Reply to: Do you watch TV while you work? nm - jus me

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Do you watch TV while you work? nm - jus me
- It's a real pity..... - Kate
- Yes, but have to mute it and put captions on. nm - MT
- I concentrate better with a little noise - glad I'm not the only one
  - Whats on at your house? - MT at the River
- Never. Too distracting. - nm
- No TV, no music, nothing. Music and TV cause me to daydream. nm - CL
- NickJr here...have a 3 year old who has to watch "his shows"...nm - TNMT
- Yes, after 9/11 I keep cable news on very low. Just in case - the world comes to an end, I gotta know. NM
  - First thing you do is quit typing (sm) - txmt
- Worked in clinic for 30 yrs and have tinnitus. I am used to back ground noise, hard to work - without it. nm White noise
- I'll admit this only because I'm - anonymous
  - what is your quality like? - seriously, how can you concentrate/hear?
    - Some of us can do 2 things at once, and well! nm - MTTV2
      - It's possible to maintain quality if you are willing to sacrifice speed. Can't have both thoug - nm
    - Well, I keep the volume pretty low (sm) - anonymous
- Can't work without TV on.>>NM - NM
- Don't watch television, but have music - Wannie
- Nope, and no music on, either! Must have silence! :) nm - wanderer
  - me too! - no noise for me!
    - closed captions! - jodyMT

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Captions
Captions are done with the use of stenograph machines using a shorthand, the same as court reporters use. I am currently using my steno machine to do medical transcription, which makes me a pretty good living. To do captioning real-time you have to write almost perfectly, which I don't, so I would never apply for such a job, but for me where I can go back and edit if necessary it works out just fine.

closed captions!
I put the TV on mute, but with closed captions on while I type. I hear with my ears, but read the tv with my eyes. I amaze people with this - and have been doing it for a decade!

Is the mute button on your keyboard engaged?

You can tell if the volume is on mute by right clicking on the little volume icon at the bottom right hand of your screen, next to where the time is displayed. Click on "Open Volume Control" and make sure nothing is checked off in the little "mute" boxes. That's where I'd start first anyway...not that I have any first-hand experience in that particular matter

if pressing the mute button doesn't sm
work are you sure it hasn't been hit by lightening? I was told by the repair guy that when you get done using the C-phone you should always unplug it from the phone jack. These things get hit very easily and sometimes you don't even realize it until you go to use it. I am testimony to that as I have fried three of them!!!!!!!!

I bought a TV. I keep it muted, but keep the captions on (sm)
That helped me stay in the chair and produce extra. Something about even being able to look over every now and then and see something happening helped tons.

Having a busy life outside of MT, getting out of the home regularly, makes a lot of difference, too. I'm not quite sure why.

Typing Captions for TV&Movies
Does anyone here type captions? I want to know more about this, as I was watching TV w the captions on and wondering who types the words. I wonder if you just get to watch TV and type what you hear all day long...that would be so sweet.