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Boy, according to ongoing statistics, every time a get a straight - hate ASR

Posted: Mar 08, 2013

typing job, my line count shoots up, and then, the longer I do ASR, the count progressively drops lower and lower. Very aggravating to have to do this horrible ASR we are given. Too many corrections! Too much time to format! Feeling so poor (money) and aggravated, but I start paralegal training next week! Only need this job 11 months (or maybe less as some people find jobs before they finish training!)

How do you even read this thing? - confused

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I dont understand at all. Does it calculate for every job? It said something like 46 mouse clicks and I didnt even use the mouse!

It`s an average of the jobs done. Mouse clicks are also an average. - hate ASR

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It`s infuriating to watch the proof of how bad their ASR is all night as demonstrated by how my lph shot up with a typing job and then deteriorated as more and more ASR jobs were done. Oh well,at least I can see that my lph are above minimum.

I think the goal is keep the - red and blue lines close together nm

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To do that, ASR needs to be very good - 10x better than MM ASR. - hate ASR

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To get the 2 graph lines to be one, ASR has to be good enough to never have to pause for corrections and formatting format-intensive documents. MM wants us to never take our foot of the pedal. That is one of their primary "tips". If there are only a couple corrections needed, I can do that, but 99% of the ASR I get is, maybe, 50% correct. With the number of corrections needed, if you keep your foot on the pedal, the sound will get too far ahead. I find it dangerous to read the document while listening, edit the huge number of ASR errors while listening, reading ahead while correcting the errors and catching more errors while still working on the corrections. I tried that, even though I think it is dangerous and ended up getting some documents back with errors.

I am so sick and tired of ASR making the same errors again and again. One example is in the PE, even though the doctor never says is, it keeps outputting cardiovascular is, so this has to be removed every single time!

and they want you to attach the cursor - one of their suggestions

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tried it and lasted about 3 lines. It would work if you didn't have to make a correction after every other word.

That one kills me. I don't even try that anymore. I can make it about 1.5 seconds - before having to unattach it. NM

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I edit just as fast as the docs talk - Do it every day

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I keep the pedal down the whole time and I edit as it goes. Highlight and delete, put in a few words, make a list. I don't use my mouse and use all keystrokes. My goal is double the minimum and most days I am above that. My quality is just fine.

As far as keeping the 2 graphs the same, the one measures how much more productive you would be if you were actually working the whole time and not surfing the net or getting a cup of coffee while you are logged in. Simple enough to punch out when you get up from the computer.

As for the same errors thing, make an expansion and use it. Highlight and use your expansion and the error is corrected.

It does depend ... - anon

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... on the account. With the ASR on the account I was on up until a couple of months ago, you could do that. The account I'm now is a new account that has been with MModal for only about 5 months and the ASR is much worse than the previous account. I'm wondering if it is because it is a newer account. The sound quality is also much worse with a lot of static and muffled sound. But with this account there is no way you can just hold the pedal down. It is also an Epic account so there are a lot of 1-2 sentence reports because with Epic the dictators only dictate bits and pieces of a report. So you spend a lot of time on ADT, waiting for the patient list to populate, uploading, downloading, etc. My paycheck is about $650 less a month now. The horrible thing is, I volunteered to switch.

If you are waiting - perhaps its the computer

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I recently upgraded my computer (faster chip) and it has sped things up considerably. My line count has improved and I feel like the computer can keep up with my typing and editing speed now. I know that will not change the ASR quality or sound quality, but could improve uploading and downloading speed. Just my thoughts.

Nope - anon

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No. I've gone back to school as a computer science major and I have a very very fast machine. The down/up loading speed is fast but when you do 30-40 reports an hour it adds up. Some of them are only 1-2 lines of text. The slow patient list population for ADT is due to the hospital system and the # of entries it brings up for every patient.

Good luck! - I Got the Heck out

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Good luck to you. I got the heck out of this biz completely back in December. Whattamess MT work has become.

Anyway, smart girl---you made a wise decision!

Love the statistics! - Call me crazy

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For me, in order to stay focused I need to be watching my line counts and keeping track and pushing myself to go faster. Otherwise I slip into thinking I am doing fine only to find out at the end of the day or shift that I was well below my goals. I used to stop and check every hour or so but now with the lines per hour on the screen after each job I can keep on moving and just check that I am above my goal.

As for the tips and whatnot, I don't care. It is not worth my time to stop and look at their suggestions. I have my own personal goals per hour that I am trying to achieve in order to maintain some semblance of a paycheck and as long as I am doing that then I don't need their suggestions messing me up.

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