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I HATE Voice Recognition! I could just cry! - Daisy

Posted: Jul 12, 2012

I know this won't help, but I just feel that I have to vent a little before I go on to complete the document. My hands are getting so sick and tired of all the acrobatics they have to perform to do ALL THE EDITING necessary! One after the other without a break! I am literally sitting here ready to cry. I just want to type! I hate the mouse - and NO! I cannot be "mouse-less" you big shot executives! You try doing this job!

if it weren't so sad it would be funny - Drone

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how the stupid thing just WILL NOT LEARN.

Oh yes it does (the hospital version) - Snow Bunny

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Until recently, I worked for a service where about 50% was VR and I was honestly impressed with the output. Yeah, about 5% of the reports needed a serious overhaul, but that's what happens with ESLs. Otherwise, I had no problem averaging 300 lph.

I think it all depends upon three elements:
1. The product being used.
2. How diligent the service is at QA.
3. How diligent the facilities are at constantly training the engine.

Take one element out of the equation, and you'll have problems on your end.

I may use the single version, but the rules still apply.

Unsolicited advice... - TK

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I mean this in no way, shape, or form to be derogatory, so please do not take it that way.

I see a lot of posts describing how difficult it is to get line counts using VR, but I don't really have much of a problem, and if I'm doing something different that would be helpful to anyone I would be more than happy to share my "technique."

First, if there are really long pauses in the dictation, I will take that time to kind of look ahead in the report and number any lists or at least check punctuation (roughly), get rid of any spaces between paragraphs that don't belong, etc. Just little things. I find what helps for me is following along the dictation with the arrow key and reading it in my head as it is being dictated. I even read a little ahead of the dictation as I'm listening. I still have to use my mouse once in a while in a report, but not that often.

I've actually only been at this for about a year and a half. Before I started working at home I worked in a hospital that was straight typing. I actually get more accomplished with VR.

As I said, I mean this in no way to be snooty, snippy, or snide. I hope I have helped someone who reads this.

wow..what does that say about this board that your kind hint - has to be qualified so much??

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That seems sad that your genuine offer of tips would be met with vitriole. I always appreciate hearing how other people are doing on VR or MT or whatever..I like comparing line counts, etc. It keeps me honest.

thanks for the tip :)

agree with liking tips! - ann

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I absolutely like tips as well and thank you! Some don't work for me, but others do, and I always try them out!

For me, a tip in the past that has helped was to make easy shorts for any key combinations that require me to move my hands off the home keys. I use ss,ff,kk, ll, mm, etc. for many of the editing commands, adding a period, comma, deleting a word, etc. The trick is to get them into my memory. But you really do lose valuable time moving your hands off the home keys and back again. My speed went up after I did this and memorized them to the point they became second nature. Keep the tips coming!!

Oh, and I made shorts to join the highlighter and voice to my cursor, a short to delete 3 words, 4 words, 5 words, a short to add hyphens at the appropriate place for telephone numbers that have area code, hyphens for para 0000 etc.

Although, I don't work for the same company - TK

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So, what I do may not work for you. I should have taken that into consideration before I offered my 2 cents' worth. :)

Interesting post but - cherevyl

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not sure I understand what you mean when you say you make a short for deleting a word or multiple words.

deleting word - ann

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For instance, whether you have SH or IT, you can make shorts for things you do repeatedly. Sometimes a big batch of words are wrong or the dictator changes their mind and rather than do Ctrl bcksp or Ctrl delete, I make a SH entry for instance that will delete 4 words, and in my case I name the command d2 (deletes the next 2 words), d3, d4, etc. Much easier than for instance Ctrl del, ctrl del, ctrl del, ctrl del to delete the next 4 words, or faster than using the shift and highlighting it and deleting it. Anything you can do to keep your fingers on the home keys instead of using the mouse or moving them from the home keys will save you time. Hope this makes sense :)

Thanks. That clears it up. nm - thelonelybulli

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still dont understand - cherevyl

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what IT is.

IT is Instant Text - Text expander

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nm.

You get more - accomplished

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but how much more? Just curious. I mean it would have to be double to justify the pay cut. Just asking.

more accomplished - anne

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My tips were just some that have helped me increase my line count, and I average usually close to 300. I agree with you wholeheartedly, I DON'T like the pay, and since I can easily straight type 200+ LPH, this is still a pay cut!! But it is what it is, unfortunately now that they have figured out how to screw us, I don't think that is going to change. I personally wouldn't mind VR IF the pay were maybe 60% or 70% of our straight type pay, which I think would be much fairer! Another thing, when they first started with VR, remember how they said that not all dictators would be put on it, and they would review it and if the VR was not 80% accurate the dictator would be removed? What ever happened to that??

Actually - I remember

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after complaining a few times and having doctors removed, they said it was 85%. I'm like you, where did that go. I'm lucky to get 30% accurate. Frankly, I don't think it is worth any pay cut. I also can type 200 LPH and get about 220 with VR. I have tried all the supposed tips and crappy VR is crappy VR and no matter what you do, when you have to change every other word, you cannot build speed. Please don't take my post as criticism because it is not. I am just commenting on my own experience. I actually know what happened. VR sucks and if they left it at that 85%, they would have no doctors on it. So, they decided to blame it on us for overusing the F11 and decided to change the rules to benefit them.

agree about VR - anne

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I agree wholeheartedly with you...when you get the reports that are that bad, it is easier to straight type for sure!! I am lucky to have several accounts that usually are 70% or better accuracy, still a lot to change, but in those cases using the shorts DOES help, but anything less than that is just a total loss!! It really makes me mad how unscrupulous they are and what liars they are!!

but you're missing the point - Drone

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A lot of the doctors say the same thing over and over, especially in H & P and ROS. Why after 50000 tries can't SR get what they are saying?

with long pauses and no garbled stuff - I simply hit alt m

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Skip the whole pause, with some dictators it is a god send..

I have the same sentiments every danged day. - (And I think most execs are ILLITERATE)..

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To think that VR, or Indians, can do this job in such a way as to make medical records accurate, legible and accessible, they can't possibly be anything BUT illiterate.

Just because some dude's got a "CEO" after his name doesn't necessarily mean the guy can read.

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