Editing, Voice Recognition, Mentors
Posted By: k8990 on 2006-01-18
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I need some information please. Can someone fill me in on Editing, Voice Recognition (I know what it is but don't know how about it in terms of a transcriptionist's duties), and also, can you find someone to mentor you to become a Transcriptionist and how would you find such a person?
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Voice Recognition
Hi everyone, I have a general question about voice recognition. Is it worth the investment to buy a voice recognition program for a medical Transcriptionist working from home? I ask because I have only been doing this for about 2 months, recently graduated from a MT program at Kennesaw State in Georgia, and I feel as if even after I get the experience and even being a fast typer like I am, I am never going to be able to earn enough doing this where I can move out on my own. I live with my mom right now. So I had the idea of a voice recognition program in combination with my own typing. I realize that voice recognition is not perfect so I would edit as I typed. I know there are a few hospitals going this route now so I figured why not me. I would love opinions on this. Thanks.
Voice Recognition
No! No! No! Voice recognition is nowhere where it needs to be right now. Very few dictators enunciate clearly enough for the system. It is very expensive and we just got it in our hospital and are very very disappointed with the results. Out of over 1000 doctors, only about 10 of them speak clearly enough to produce good results. In about another 5 years, hopefully things will improve. By the way, we have Dolbey Voice.
VOICE RECOGNITION
I am new entrant in the MT field and find typing long hours real punishing. I want to share the experience of anyone who has tried voice recognition technology and its practical use in reducing typing work load and speeding up work. I have tried it myself and find the process of correcting the output to be as time-consuming as doing it manually.
ASR, VR or other voice recognition
programs. Does anybody have any advice on how to zip through these reports like we are apparently supposed to be doing? I find editing often takes much longer than it would have taken me to type it straight out. It's not so bad when dictators are really good, but most do present daily challenges. It is so frustrating. I am open to whatever advice you have to improve my editing skills.
God bless and thank you in advance.
VR = Voice Recognition
Also referred to by other similar names. Basically, what it means is that dictated reports are run through software systems that are supposed to recognize the speaker and speaker's words and transfer them to a transcribed report. Then that report is supposed to be lightly and quickly edited for correct wording, punctuation, etc. What none of these VR systems can do is ignore background noise and extraneous sounds or even understand the dictator who is talking while chewing gum, eating or for Heaven's sake anything else. VR cannot determine the difference between the identified MD and the PA, NP or whomever is actually dictating the report for that MD. VR will not necessarily get the correct word when it does understand the correct word (ex: 2, to, too, two or fair/fare, or by/buy, etc.) VR cannot think or reason. It cannot go back and change anything the dictator requests to be changed or added. It never knows what to do with "um, next, a, and stuttering."
All VR software will add and leave out words. I've never worked on any VR report that did not require just about as much work as standard transcription. They all need something. In fact, some are so bad that it is just easier to delete everything the system puts in and retype the whole thing from scratch. And companies want to pay rather poorly for us to edit these reports. VR is a mess everywhere.
US real MTs or US voice recognition?
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Voice Recognition/ Dying Breed????
Hello!
I have been scriping and saving to afford going to MT school. Now two ladies that I know, wives of doctors, have warned me not to spend my time and money on MT school because MTs are a dying breed and voice recognition technology is taking over the MTs work, all that is needed now are people to do data entry which pays very little. Is this true??? Something to worry about in the future or are they just uninformed about what it is that MTs do? Any imput would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks in advace,
~Kate
Line requirements in Voice Recognition
For those of you that do VR, I was wondering what your hourly or daily line requirments are, if you work part-time or full-time, and how many hours you work per day. Newbie in the field and I was just wondering what the "norm" out there was. 
Only if you'll get into voice recognition and editorship. Look at how many hits a job on the job
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4 cents per line for speech editor/voice recognition
Is this a decent pay?
Do you mean QA, editing the work of other MTs, or VR editing?
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Editing
Can someone who has been doing mostly editing for a while tell me about how many lines I should be doing after just a month as a new MT? Also, if you have any helpful suggestions for increasing editing speed, please share. Thanks from a new MT.
You make more editing???
I make $22/h transcribing...interesting
mentors
I found my 2 mentors on this board. Just wait and see, some kindhearted mentor will come along. In the meantime, keep on practicing and try testing/applying as you wait. Who knows you might not need one if you get a job.
If you think the mentors are bad
try the idiots they've got assigning the work to you once you've suffered through the "training" and have to meet that 1,000 line a day quota. Practically unbearable!
MENTORS?
What is a mentor and how do I find one? What exactly do they do and will they help me find a permanent position? I am struggling trying to find a job.
To AJ - editing versus transcription
Hi AJ - Have they requested that you switch to VR editing yet? Do you know anything more about how they are handling transcription versus editing? Thanks!!!!
4 cpl editing VR is about as good as you'll get.
the straight typing portion varies greatly on cpl.
Quality Assurance/Editing
Can anyone give me an idea on how much QA/editors make? Do they charge per 65 character line with spaces, without spaces, per word, etc.? I have always been curious about this.
Is that editing VR or standard transcription?
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Finding mentors
Where can you find mentors? I would thinks that those people that have gone through this would understand and want to become mentors for the newbies.
Finding Mentors
Can't be reached at that e-mail.
Mentoring and mentors
Hi. In the past I mentored several new medical transcriptionsists. I loved it. They basically came off the street for the job, a couple had "technical college" training. They were poorly prepared for live dictation. One eventually went on to have her own business and I worked for her when she had overflow!
A mentor can do a lot to help someone along, but also the get-up-and-go must be present in the student.
Mentoring is awfully important. It is rare to work within a large facility and not have someone who can lend an ear from time to time.
Currently I have a friend who from time to time calls and asks me to listen to difficult dictations.
Points of a good mentor: Honestly encourages. Shares tools unselfishly. If I had extra references or older books that could be let go, well that was just another way of getting that person into the success bracket.
Honesty: If, over a period of time, a person is not cutting it as a Transcriptionist they most certainly need to know that. javascript:editor_insertHTML('text',' ');
Heartland mentors are the worst around...
very rude and unorganized. I highly do not recommend them.
Why are companies telling people they are hired but they need to wait in line for available mentors.
from their company. How long should someone wait? Is it even worth taking the test?
ASR = automatic speech recognition
which is the same thing as basically any other voice recognition system. It all sucks and still takes just as long, sometimes longer, than standard transcription and the system is never as good at doing its job as the makers try to make people believe. Therefore, it is the MT who has to get in there and clean up the mess. That can be anywhere, not just an MQ issue.
As far as the rest, it just sounds like the company made some changes that ruffled the feathers of a few MTs. Clearly, some talk-the-talk of leaving and may do so, it's a free country. But, others still stay. The confusion is about how bad is bad. If I were in my 20s and felt like the company I was working for was jerking me around - I'd be gone in a New York minute. But, I am a whole lot older than that and have built up a buffer of sorts over time and feel that many things I thought were so important (or infuriating) in my 20s is pretty petty and lame now. So, it's hard to tell what is real and what is just gossip and pot-stirring.
I've read some compelling posts. Some quite interesting. Some insinuate the company doesn't care about the MT. How much caring do you need? When I'm hired to do a job, that is my focus. I do not want nor expect my employer to nurtur me and tuck me into bed at night. Just let me do my job and leave me alone. What's wrong with that? I am, however, concerned about this uneven workload where some MTs have little to no work, while others have an abundance. That's just poor management.
If no one wants to give the "real deal" of what it is like working there, that is fine. All I could do was ask.
So, thanks anyway.
Does speech recognition really give you less typing?
TTS, LLC says that you really only have to proofread. Does anyone know if this is true?
You open your voice files with sm
whatever software you're using for voice, i.e. Wavpedal, etc. You don't open them in Word.
i need sample voice files to practice
I need help. I am a recent graduate and I would like to know what websites offer free sample voice files where I can practice. Thanks
A wav file is not short for waveform. It is a voice
file that you would receive over the internet, not via C-phone. You need software/foot pedal to be able to play the wav files. Wav is pretty much the generic term, but there are many different formats, like mp3, DSS, etc. that the files could be in.
Why did you choose this post to voice your opinion?
It appears as if the OP was so happy about passing the test and receiving that phone call that she rushed to the computer to share her good news with the world. Would it have been so awful to just wish her luck and share her joy? I have been an MT for a year, and I still feel proud and happy each time I pass a test. It is hard for a newbie or someone with less than 2-3 years of experience to get a company to even let you test. When you then pass the test and get a phone call, that is veryexciting and makes you feel good. You could have wished her luck publicly and then sent her an email making her aware of her mistakes along with some tips. This New MTs forum is the last place on this board to post a message like yours.
Why can't some people just let others feel good about themselves?
I'm confused ... you should be opening the voice files (sm)
in express scribe or some program like that. Word 2007 is used only for typing the actual files you're listening too, it has nothing to do with opening .wav files or anything other than text files.
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