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company is going to be switching to voice recognition - honey

Posted: May 13, 2011

My company is going to be switching to voice recognition soon instead of plain transcription and was wondering if anyone has any experience with this and what it is like compared to transcribing. Was the transition diffficult? What is the usual pay rate?

You can - sm

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go to the VR/Speech board on this site and find out what people think of it.

Yes, time to start reading, Honey. There are years - of discussion on this topic. But first

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rev up that old can-do spirit. You'll find very quickly that some like SR better than transcription and do well (probably not coincidence), some are neutral, and some very vociferous people resent and hate it and are not doing well (also probably not coincidence). Since SR is here now and is the future, I'd strongly recommend taking note of what those who are failing have to say but only taking advice from those who are doing well.

A voice of reason! - mt

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VR is here to stay. Some ways I have found to improve your skills:

Learn keyboard shortcuts to move around the text in the software without using the mouse (faster).

Learn the keyboard shortcuts in whatever platform or software you work in that open demographics screens and to move around in them, format, insert QA markers, etc. - essentially every shortcut you can. I don't usually touch the mouse when working.

Train your eye to catch the small missing words (and, the); proof carefully at first and you will begin to catch these more consistently. This is what most people complain about - getting "dinged" for missing these.

Play the voice file at the fastest speed you can and still not miss words (again there are always keyboard shortcuts to speed up/slow down the speed that save you time by adjusting quickly to each new job and within each job if you need to relisten to something).

Learn to quickly proof each sentence as you go along after you have made changes. As you gain confidence, you will no longer need to re-proof an entire document before sending.

I am obviously one of those who likes VR and (not coincidentally) does well at it. Since I can move around a document very quickly with keyboard shortcuts by rote, I can concentrate on proofing as I go which equals higher production for me.

It has to do a lot with - sm

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The platform you are using and the dictators you have. Some platforms are good, so I hear, but ours is terrible. In my company there are so many doctors that have no business being on VR, about 30-40 percent accuracy and you have to weed those out. I am one that hates VR, but there are some that like it. I guess it depends on what you get on a daily basis and how much editing you have to do. The work I get is not done in half the time it takes for typing, which was promised to us, thus losing money when doing it. Again, you will just have to see how it goes when it happens. Hopefully, you will get a good platform and good dictators.

You'll starve! - MT

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They will lie to you and tell you that, even though you're paid less per line, it won't matter because your productivity will SOAR! And your checks will remain the same or INCREASE.

That is NOT the case. I don't know of a single MT who went from transcribing to VR who didn't have a pay cut.

It's good for the HOSPITAL or company, though, because they will be paying YOU less money.

Or end up homeless - NM

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VR - Pam

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It sucks. Mumbai wages.

Voice recognition - MTReno

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The last company I worked for had sent out a monthly news letter stating that one of the transcriptionists had edited 53,000 lines in that two week period! 53,000?? Was she listening to the dictation or just skimming the reports? Was there quality to that work? was there 98% accuracy? I am with the other ladies who say that the service will tell you that your productivity will soar but in reality, when you are listening to every word spoken and editing, it takes alot longer to edit than you think.

VR, editing, etc. - LTDN

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I'm with the majority....they're going to tell you you'll be able to edit twice as many lines as you type. It's not true. Unless of course, you were EXTREMELY slow at typing in the first place. Not the case for me, and I'm really feeling the effects. Good luck, but don't believe everything they try to tell you. It simply isn't true!

I agree with both of you, the misconceptions about this platform are outrageous!!! - JMO

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