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Has the recorded voice quality changed? - alphamt


Posted: Oct 19, 2010

I am hearing voice that is being drawn out, smushed, altered, very hard to differentiate the sounds to figure out the words.  Sometimes I get a few of these in a row, and they usually seem to be the MT jobs.  Anyone else have problem, or is it my ears not getting enough fuel due to Headings hyperattentiveness.

VOICE QUALITY - Nature

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Yes, I have noticed the same thing, but not just on MT jobs. I have also noticed that the physicians sound like they are going faster even when I have them slowed way down. I have had trouble understanding even dictation that I have been doing for 10 years (when I am lucky to get one of those).

I agree! - same exact experience

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I have to slow voices down, raise the other little thing (from deep voice to high voice) and still cannot understand anymore.

There is something messed up here!

Sound quality awful all the time. - dumbdumb

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Much worse than cell phone or speaker phone. I don't know what the deal is.


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