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Posted: Apr 19, 2012

I have been a remote IC for over 10 yrs and am looking for information about doing editing. I would like to hear from someone who has been doing editing in regard to how much work there is out there and how much money is to be made and does it compare to straight typing.

Editing - Red

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I really think it depends on the person, as far as how much money is to be made. I thought I was a fast transcriptionist, always passed my audits, etc. but with large pools had trouble making money...... I turned to editing on a "well with VR that is the way things are going" thought process 5 years ago and have never turned back! I make half per line rate editing versus transcrption BUT and it is a big BUT, I make more than double as apparently I was not a as fast of a transcriptionist as I thought and I can edit and QA a great deal quicker than typing (and yes I do a very good job, I am one of the top QAs at my company). But again I have a friend who has done both and went back to transcription. She just could not make the money in editing. So transcrption versus editing is not "one size fits all" change. I personally think a one has nothing to lose by trying it out, who knows you may find the perfect fit like I did! Or at least you learned a lesson. When I tried it out at first I kept my transcription job as well before I made any jumps, and I would advise that to all, very much especially in this job market/economy. I hope this helps a little:)

Editing - sm

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I've been doing only straight transcription for my entire career until just last week, when I threw in the towel and got trained on VR. The platforms on which I was trained were probably a fair representation of current technology. For the record, I'm a VERY fast MT, and very accurate, to boot.

My experience: I was surprised at how accurate the VR translation was; it was quite remarkable, really. Every single word had to be examined, however, and this is tedious beyond description. Maybe I spent too much time making sure the documents were perfect? I don't know. Although the font could be adjusted to be less wearing on my vision, eventually it all became a blur. I never once had this problem with straight transcription. Lots of bells and whistles on these platforms, but I couldn't concentrate on what was important: The patient behind all the words.

The point is this: After 5 days, with some increase in speed, I could read the writing on the wall. It would have been impossible for me to make a living, and, well, the joy was gone. The discouraging line counts and the reduced cpl finally made me face reality. Almost any other means of earning a living would be more lucrative.

I had heard, or thought I understood, that a footpedal was not necessary with VR, so I had envisioned sitting in my recliner and getting some relief from back pain from 25 years of MTing. I guess it's possible to do this, but I found the footpedal necessary. The wear on my hands was somewhat less, but the stress was WAY more.

I don't know what my future holds, but I've pretty much burned my bridges with MT, and not a moment too soon. :(

Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

I totally agree. - me

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I've been doing VR for about 5 months now. I barely average $9-10/hour. There is way too much "extra" to do on here from account specifics to correcting an entire report most of the time. We need to be paid a better wage on this, but it will never happen. As long as these companies can hire at 3-4 cpl, it'll never change. I personally cannot make a living at this anymore so the writing is on the wall. It's too bad because I used to love being a MT. Good luck MTSOs with newbies and foreigners doing this work.

If we cant make it on 4cpl how do you think the - newbies will?

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The newbies will still be learning the ropes and that coupled with trying to make a decent line count to equal a good check, will drive them out as well.

VR one reason I'm leaving - LeavingMT

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I know the bigger MTSOs are more concerned with filling in blanks than being accurate, that I've always been somewhat able to reconcile.

But the mind numbing tediousness of VR. Wow. My husband couldn't understand why I could do this day in and out for 20+ years, I don't know the answer--but I do know after starting VR (which I find to be 30-70% accurate and generally 30% so IMO I should receive 70% of my straight transcription pay) I had had it. I hated that flexiblity changed 5-6 years ago and I had to go on a stricter schedule (I always worked Sunday through Thursday usually 8 hours a day in a 12 hour period). I knew benefits were changing everywhere. But this?

Good luck to the newbies because I do not think the majority starting now will be able to stick it out and become veterans without being bored to the point of tears (as well as underpaid as we are not considered anything more than typists now).

I hated VR - ltdn

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I've been in transcription for 20+ years...had to make a switch to VR last year (not by choice). I too, was extremely fast and accurate at actually typing, so VR was totally different for me. As one poster above said, it drove me crazy. It was boring, and I could only manage about $10.00. I compared that hourly wage to what my girlfriend's teenage daughter was making at the grocery store to bag groceries, only I had been at this for 20+ years! And yes, I did give it time....at least 6 months, and I still didn't make enough money to make it worth my while.

I got out...got a job back doing MT and I'll never go back to VR or any other method again. I'll retire before I'll do that.

It wasn't worth the stress, it wasn't worth my time, and I certainly didn't make double (like everyone claimed I would in the company I worked for). I was never happier to walk away from something in my life!!

I dont know who came up with the idea that you - would "make double" and then

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justified it by cutting pay in half. I think they know you dont make double and have seen it in their bigger profits since switching to VR.

They are probably earning about an extra $200 bucks a day for every MT they pay 4cpl.

So true - NM

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NM

I find - it is a

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completely different skill set and one I am unable to master. Always liked transcribing, find editing to be a ridiculous mess, except for an occasional report which I can breeze through. I have never used Alt command keys or function keys, and my hands do not know where to find them. Following the cursors, for me, is confusing, and when they get separated and I try to make a correction, I find the cursor is somewhere else, and I end up making an error instead of a correction. My command and function keys do not always work, my foot pedal reverses itself, computer freezes, and no one in the company has every heard of these problems before, so I am left to my own devices.

I have typically adapted to software changes over the years, but this is turning out to be the exception. I find I lose my focus with editing. I could pay attention with transcribing. The pay is demoralizing, and I am not producing twice as much to make up for the reduced cpl. This has just recently happened, in the past four months and don't plan to be doing it much longer.

you are so right... - ltdn

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Demoralizing is such a great word to use for us "lowly have been" transcriptionists who have been given a pay cut that wouldn't even be minimum wage most of the time. I'm so glad I got out...I'll be honest, the little I was making was worse than when I quit and didn't make anything. I felt like I worked tirelessly to make less than minimum wage...you're right, demoralizing!! You'll be so glad when you bail...TRUST ME!!

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