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MQ typing versus ASR and our pay. - dnr

Posted: Oct 01, 2010

A very interesting post over in the VR forum which is proof IMO why we are going so broke doing ASR, and isn't even taking into account how horrible MQ DocQSpeech software is. Yesterday I had a 10-minute ASR report and I ended up typing at least 50% of it. Several times I thought of doing F11 on that report. Unfortunately, using F11 part way through a report while saving the text you have done so far on note pad, and then pasting it back in rather than starting all over, however, can make it look like you did the editing, at least up to the point you did F11/paste what you have done, and then tried to get typing credit. A sticky thorn here. Possibly sending an email to the CCM about when and why you did F11 part way through and saving a copy of that email could protect your butt if questioned about the report in the future. In fact, when I was typing, I was keeping up with the dictator and I was going so much faster than editing it. This ** doctor mumbled through 80% of the report and then spoke clearly, as he apparently was actually thinking about what he wanted to say. BTW - he also had an accent. This is the article. "Some stats for you - - TX versus VR production and rates" http://forum.mtstars.com/272073.html

here is something you can do.... - sm

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Lets say you are part way or even 3/4 of the way through a report and decide, "hey, I typed more than I should have!" Then, all you have to do is finish editing (typing), copy the entire report (CTRL C), go to top, hit F11, and then paste (CTRL V) and your entire report is there, and you will get credit for typing the whole thing but do not have to start over, or copy part and type part, etc.

HOPE THAT HELPS.

That's what I was talking about. If you do that, - dnr

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because the sound will still be in sync with what you typed before you did F11, I worry that it could be misconstrued as doing ASR and trying to get credit as a typing job.

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