that is rude of you to type that.
Posted By: lilworried on 2005-11-20
In Reply to: "Delima" - Deb
I'm sure that is why you did not post a screen name. Worried people may start screening your typos too.
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RUDE
Sounds like you have been at your computer for way too long. Get up and move a little, it will unwad your undies.
so not necessary to be rude
rude
I wasn't asking to be told that its rip off and if I dont believe folks I need to go find out for myself. Im new at this and was simply asking a question. I was/am unsure what makes them a 'rip off'. I simply need to gain experience and their name seems to be on every board all over the web. I was only asking a question and was hoping for some actual help, not a rude response.
Wow..how rude!
FYI, I put more effort into my tests than I do a quick response on a forum. I have to say, I am shocked by how snotty some of the responses are on this board. I thought people would pull together and help each other out, but some people can't resist making snippy comments. Guess that's just my naive viewpoint. Seems there are a lot of people ready to jump down someone's throat at any opportunity. I would say more, but I have more tact than that and will refrain from further comment. FYI...got a job offer today too.
Rude?
Well, it may seem rude, but you have to remember that you're posting on a board used by people who take great care with spelling and grammar and make a living doing just that. Don't take it personally. Sure, everyone makes mistakes, but accuracy with words is what makes a good MT. By the way, I've never corrected anyone on this board for spelling errors; this is just an opinion from an interested observer.
nm=rude comments
From what I can tell all you do is make rude comments on here toward other people. I suggest yoga or pilates, it will help you get rid of unwanted stress in you life. Stop being hateful!!
As I sad you are extremely rude
You're not talking to a mom of a 2 yo. I have 3 children, 2 in college and 1 in high school, so if you think for a minute you can tell me how to raise a child, you are very mistaken. All three are scholar athletes with consistent high honor roll grades. You obviously spend a lot of time alone or with your 2 yo by the way you "talk" to adults on this forum. You really do need to get out of the house and interact in an office where you can learn some social skills.
You are the One Coming Off as Rude.
How do you think it feels to mothers who work in-house to see you saying there's no way you'll work out of the house, your real job is a mom, blah, blah, blah?? You don't think they feel guilty at times because they can't find an at-home position or they can't afford to give up the in-house job and benefits?
That's what irked me about your post.
She wasn't being rude in any way. Perhaps
Or learn to ask the Administrator or Moderators if you don't know what a board is for.
The other poster was not rude - she was right s/m
It DOES make a difference what school she went to and if she cannot find a job, it can certainly be related to the school. Sad but true that a lot of people spend - waste - money on 'MT certificates' that are not worth the paper they are written on.
I'm not trying to sound rude, but
are you sure that you have applied with them all? There are thousands of companies out there, and testing takes some time. Every time I thought I'd applied to them all, I found several dozen more. From what the woman who hired me said, getting a job has a lot more to do with timing than just about anything else. She says when she has an openning and receives a resume that day, she is more likely to hire them then sift through her file of resumes. I am just trying to encourage you to keep trying if you want it. Just remember that searching for an MT job is a full-time job.
pet peeve but it's incredibly rude
to judge someone's command of English by one mistake in a short paragraph. I know it is a common mistake (I see it all the time) but it really was a typo. There is no need to insult people.
construcftive criticism, not rude
I would call it constructive criticism. Spelling correctly should be second nature for an mt, whether it is an email or a quick response to a post.
MTStudent, the person who was quite rude to you has been banned. MTStars encourages new MTs to ask
questions and without being viciously attacked the way you were. There are a lot of very nice, helpful people here and will answer your questions.
Administrator
If you don't absolutely know it, don't type it.
Blank it. Don't just type what you hear. Know what you are typing.
average MT can type 200 LPH...but...nm
With these new online programs, post DOS programs where we really cleaned up, that has dropped for some to between 130-175 LPH....A great MT should be able (pre online programs I do believe, my opinion only) to type nearly 2000 lines in an 8-hour period or 10-hour period. If I could do that on DOS programs, anyone could, and privately I still work on a faithful DOS program and for 10 years.
Decades of typing pre MT work helped and then 25 years of doing MT work is what makes some of us pros. 
Go to rxlist.com and type in what
it sounds like to you. They will have a list come up with any drugs that s/l what you typed in and it lists what they are for and generic names if appropriate. If you can't hear but the ending of a drug - for example "illin" is all you can make out type in *illin and it will list all drugs with that ending and maybe you can figure out the rest that way. If ever in question never guess on meds.
A lot of times new drugs may not be on rxlist, in which case you have to google, but be sure you have a reliable source as there is a lot of garbage and misinformation on google.
I have Quick Look on my computer and it is very helpful. There are so many drugs, some you will have frequently and some that you may have once a year or so, and then new drugs are added all the time.
You'll get better with practice, but you'll have to do a lot of looking up in the meantime.
When I go to the drugstore I walk up and down the aisles and look at products on the shelf. At the pharmacy if I am able to see meds from the counter I look at the names. New meds usually have ads in magazines and on TV and I make notes about them.
Check out the All Type ad
They may consider you.
diabetes mellitus (cap or not?) type 2.
Is the word "type" capped?
thanks
type 2 is correct, no caps
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What type of education did you get? What did you study?
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Please don't type in all caps, it comes across as yelling. (SM)
You might get more responses if you downplay the tone a bit by that one simple change.
Goldbird
Their website looks like a school of some type. sm
Were you offered a job, or are they trying to sell you a training course in MT? If the latter, I wouldn't take it. I don't see anything on their website about hiring transcriptionists.
I'm like you, type, then go back and relisten. I used to just
read but kept falling asleep. I just turn the speed up several notches and relisten and it isn't so bad. I actually am sometimes able to get a blank with the speed up that I couldn't when I played it several times at regular speed.
what type of reports are you typing?
I do alot of psyche and some of my reports range from 150-450 lines per report. So when you look at it like that it is not bad. On the other had if you are doing radiology that would be totally different. Again some of mines average from 15-30 lines. That is with a 65 character line.
It depends on what type of work (sm)
you intend to do. I would personally choose Multispecialty. You will learn the most there as far as variety and that will be a good base for you moving forward. Radiology is also good, but if you go that route you will limit yourself in terms of what jobs you can apply for. So, it might possibly be easier now for testing purposes, but it could cost you later on.
Freedom Type? Information?
Does anybody know anything about Freedom Type? Is it a good place to work, pay well, give newbies a chance, etc.? Let me know. Thanks.
Type, obviously, not taype, but at least it's just a TYPO. nm
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no the word type after diabetes mellitus....nm
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A specialty usually refers to the type of dictation
For example, cardiology, neurology, GI, hem/onc..... I have seen where some MTs just transcribe ER or just OPs, so I guess that application you filled out is strictly acute care and are looking for actually your preference amongst those particular choices.
It depends on what type of General Transcription
Focus groups can be hard because there are multiple speakers, speakings talking over one another, background noise, etc. Some is just one person speaking which can be very easy. I once did a motivational speaker. The pay is usually by audio hour. The best thing I like about general transcription is that a lot of companies don't have production requirments. There are a couple companies that if they have work for you, they'll ask you if you can do it and if you can't that's fine. I guess it's whether you like that type of work better than MT. Also, when doing focus groups some are specialized and there's another whole type of terminology to learn which can be just has hard.
LMAO, thanks everyone for your comments, maybe we type too fast and are not looking at the screen,LO
Or maybe we just like to irritate the ol MT's with spelling mistakes. LOL
Easy or not will depend totally on the type of dictators
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First of all, there are so many variables...work type, formatting, platform, etc. SM
It is possible to make that kind of money, but I would not expect that for a long, long time. Making money depends macros, focus, work type, pay for lph, not having to look things up (for me its drugs), stuff like that, but most of all be persistent. I have never made $40,000, but I know people who do.
Short for waveform.....type of sound file.
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it is a type of internet connection faster than dialup but still uses a phone line
but you can use your phone and be online at the same time.
Just type what you hear. Lots of things are repeated in differnent notes.
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Usually the type of software - eScription, ExText, ChartScript, Crescendo, Fusion,
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I didn't find it rude that you didn't agree with me. That doesn't
matter. We don't have to agree. What I found rude and condescending was the way you hammered away at how you had to have training, saying that anybody with common sense would know that you had to go to school to be an MT; things like that are what I found rude. Some of us did just what you said couldn't be done. Like I said, it doesn't matter if we agree or not. We all have our opinions and are entitled to them. Just don't try to tell me that what I, and others, have already done is not possible.
If you currently type in word, then do a word count
then I really can be of no help. Usually when trying to get an idea of a line count with spaces and without spaces, you can use this method. Some people have actual line counting software. I, however, do not, so I am not much help in that regard. Hope this helps at least a little.
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