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Ready to cry! - Bipolarish

Posted: Dec 23, 2010

My clinic that I type for just started MTs on editing. I have lost almost $200 in pay on just 1 check until I can somehow double my over 1200 lines I already type a day! Sorry, I just needed to vent before I just bust out crying.

Be prepared to get bashed for "whining." - anon

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But there are a lot of us who feel the same as you. Our paychecks are so sad you want to cry. There is no way to "double" your lines.

Welcome to the club. I've had to go back to - dnr

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school and am changing vocations because you just cannot earn enough to pay the bills doing editing.

You're lucky - Anon

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This happened to most of us a couple years ago. My annual salary is less than half what it used to be.

It will be okay - keyshia

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It is frustrating and it will be a learning curve but you will be better off. Your fingers will be able to relax and not get carpal tunnel. It will take some time but you will be able to double the 1200 lines to 2400 lines, especially if you are already familiar with your account. The trick is to utilize all of the shortcut keys, as much as possible. If you do not know the shortcut keys for your platform, I would suggest you try and learn a new one every couple of days and stick with it. This will help increase your line counts tremendously. Also, stop surfing the net while you are working and stay off the message boards, even though I know it is addictive at times.

Those are some tips that I used to help me. Also utilize your macros and autotext for words and phrases that you type a lot, as you are probably already doing since you were straight typing anyhow. I would add to them. I can get up to 450 to 500 lines per hour doing editing, which is great!! You will get there it will just take you some time.

Set goals for yourself. Hope this helps.

keyshia - anonMT

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Keyshia, you're full of poop. At 500 lph, quality suffers. Even 300 lph is pushing it.

Keyshia, your suit is showing.

Keyshia - do you just spellcheck?

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You have to listen, correct every other word, and not just spellcheck and go.

I have been editing for 4-1/2 years now, and there is no way that you can do 450 and have a quality report, no WAY!

This is why we see so many errors in the database.

ASR is horrible, I went from making 35,000 part time to 19,000 this year.

You will get caught not editing properly, and then you will pay for not doing it, you will probably lose you job.

Your ASR must be better than mine. I couldn't - get 2400 lines if I worked

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16 hours a day. Nice pep talk, but probably not going to happen.

Are you actually getting that count at the Q??? - dnr

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1) The only way I could come close to that LPH would be just to read and not listen to the dictation, and ASR is so dead wrong while appearing to be a real report.
2) I use all the "short cuts" The only short cut that helps at all is Ctl M to get through to near where the resident is finally ending his 30-second pause while they look through the chart, and, of course, I listen at least several seconds before where I did the Ctl M. Keeping the highlight text and automatic moving the cursor does not help me as it never stops at the place I stop the audio - usually several words past that point I need.
3) Maybe not anymore carpal tunnel, but there are other overuse injuries from the constant use of the mouse and use of directional keys.
4) Editing is darn tedious. Sometimes I just plain type for a while to give myself a break. Straight MTing is much more engaging and often more efficient than moving the cursor several times a line to correct the gross errors and ticky-tacky stuff such as the, a, and, etc.
5) I think it also very interesting that MQ thought they were going to increase our productivity by surveying our mouse and keyboard movements while doing ASR and advise us about how to do it better, and we did not hear from them. Because they couldn't do it! We are already doing the best we can with their monstrosity they call their ASR program.

I would certainly like to watch you do the editing, either in person or by web meeting and see how you get this huge LPH count. I certainly want to earn more money and actually be able to pay my rent and eat.

Yesterday after 6 hours I had 1790 lines - lka

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I don't work for Medquist, but another MTSO. I usually get 2000 lines easy and many times 2300 depending on the dictators. This is all VR editing using escription, but still it is enough money as my cpl is under 4 cpl. I read every single word and follow along with voice and even a few words ahead as I am editing. I don't feel rushed or pushed to even get that line count. If I really pushed myself (which I don't because I don't trust that I would do an accurate job) I could probably get around 2800 lines in an 8 hour shift. Believe me, I have to many lots of changes on many reports, but not always; again, it depends on the dictator. Are you all talking about Medquist or all of the MTSO's?

I meant to say NOT enough money - lka

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Since this is the MQ board, I would assume MQ unless otherwise specified. - nm

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Escription must be good because MQ's ASR - is horrid.

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I've heard escription was good. It takes longer to edit MQ's ASR than it does to type it most of the time. $0.04/line is pretty pitiful to try to earn a living on, below that - abissmal.

ASR - frosty

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totally agree with you!!

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