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VR at a lower rate only works on your famliar account.... - Rose

Posted: Nov 10, 2009

I am doing VR on a hospital account that I just started doing in August - the amount of time that I spend researching doesn't change to "half" when I am doing VR from straight. I don't know the names of the all the doctors, hospitals, clinics, cities, streets, etc. in this account - if the VR puts in Dr. Stevens - I have to double-check to make sure that it doesn't mean Dr. Stephens. That is all very time-consuming. I may be able to speed up the audio to 35% or 40%, but each time that I have to stop, even to add a period and capitalize the next letter (which I have in a macro), I have to stop the audio because it will go on ahead of me and then I am no longer reading along. When I transcribe straight, I have it at about 10% above real-time and I can usually make my corrections "on the fly" and oftentimes do an entire report without stopping the audio. I wonder also, if the speed that you normally "type" may influence how well you get get along with VR. I have pretty fast fingers and I do believe that I could type alot of the reports (especially the shorter ones) faster than I can edit them. Also, with VR, I don't get to take advantage of all my InstantText entries and normals that I have for myself - some of which I can simply plug into the report when I am transcribing at 8 cents a line instead of having to make corrections at 4 cents a line. All things to consider.

Those who talk about having the right software program and they can make the "half" rate work for them - you are very fortunate. We can't pick the software or the accounts. We may work for companies that we have been comfortable with for years, but VR is making it very difficult to stay in the business. I have gone from $25 to $30.00 an hour down to $7 to $8 some hours. I am no longer getting a day's work in by 3:00 p.m. - I am now often still working at 6:00 p.m. when I started at 5:30 a.m., just to get enough money for a day's work. I have about five years until retirement. I no longer suggest MT as a career for young mothers - I don't know that MT will be here five years from now.

I will try to do what I can to avoid VR, but I know that isn't an option for everyone.

You said working on VR but trying to avoid? - VR person

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Confused by that statement. I would never suggest this as a career just because of being a "young mother." That is never the reason to get into this profession just so you can stay home with your kid. You should love the medical field, be fast at typing and/or editing either one and like/love this type work. I really would not suggest to anyone now because of the lowered pay, just not a job most can support their families on. I work doing VR (and straight) for a hospital where I have worked (inhouse and now out for MTSO) for 19 years - BUT it is not the same in that we have so many more ESLs than ever before so it is like a whole new ballgame. Oh, my straight speed is above 120 but I love VR best.

You are right! - Rose

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Loving the work should be your first priority - but it is an added bonus to be in a field that you can do at home while raising your children. We all know someone who went to school/took classes to become an MT "so they could be home with their children" and didn't last beyond the first six months because they got into it for the wrong reason.

I'm glad for you that you can do VR and like it. I wish that it could be a choice for us.

No, I donâ��t know anyone who got into this field - VR person

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to stay at home with their child. You see, OMG, when I started and for a long time afterwards all transcriptions worked OMG, how could we, in an office setting. I donâ��t know how in the world we all survived and plus we all had children. We did not have to work at home as others say on here- I have a child, I have to work from home- we really had no choice IF we wanted to work. But the payoff here is we made some heck of good salaries then, the 50-60 thousand ranges, benefits, etc. We were able to raise families, put them in college and pay out of pocket for it (my daughter turned down for financing as I made too much) and we did not miss out on family life either. We worked 8 hours day, 5 days a week, no weekends so glad I was there when the getting was good.

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