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What does $1 per audio minute amount to? SM - Totally in the dark

Posted: Jul 12, 2013

I've never been paid per audio minute. What would 1 dollar per audio minute come to if I can type 300 lines per hour? Does anyone have an equation I can plug the numbers in to or any idea what a ballpark figure would be for this? Thanks.

For instance OP - SM

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It took me just under 4 minutes to type a 2-minute report just now. Can I assume that on a very good day it would take me 120 minutes to type 60 minutes worth of audio and therefore I would be paid 60 dollars for that hour?

No, $30/hr. The range for someone experienced is...sm - oldtimer

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2-3 minutes per audio minute depending on the dictator and the type of dictation.

I think the math is off here.... - just saying

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It is more like 3+ minutes to do every 1 minute of audio. 60 (minutes in an hour) divided by 3 is 20.

I'd be very surprised if you could make $20 or more per hour, but that's what it's closer to.

You can't think lines per hour at all here. Its how many minutes of audio can you do per hour - and keep in mind that includes your proofing.

That almost seems to good to be true. - I remember I use to

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could straight type a 15 minute report in like a half-hour and have done 30 minute reports in just under an hour. So that would mean that yes, you definitely could make like $30 an hour, but whats the gimmick? I don't know of any MT jobs out there in this day in age where it is still possible to make that kind of money unless you are still one of the very few to still be working in the hospital setting with a good hourly rate and a fairly decent incentive plan.

i make a lot more than that and it is not in the hospital setting - mtr

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it is very possible to make that and more depending on how much shorthand you are willing to produce and use.

Where?? - oldandgray

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Please be kind enough to share how and who with!!!!!

of course you cannot assume that there are many variables - mtr

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my audio equation - Freebie

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I don't know if this will help but I've noticed that I get about 100 lines per minute of audio. That would be $1/100 lines or 10 cents a line which would be pretty good.

Platforms - oldie

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I think it depends on the platforms too - you have to allow for 5 minutes at minimum an hour to get the patient demographics The pay is awesome once you get used to it...

on the other hand - Freebie

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I just did a 21 minute report that was actually only 79 lines so for that you would get paid $21 but at 10 cents a line it was only $7.90 - so that would be a bit plus.

Be REALLY careful with some of these replies - just saying

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Because I HAVE worked on the audio minute before.

If you have a fast/difficult speaker dictating a report that is 5 minutes long it will take you at least 15 minutes to type and more like 20-25. You get $5 no matter how long it takes you or how many lines there are in the report. Period.

Take the same 5 minute report with a good dictator at normal speed and WITH formatting and proofing, etc., you can do it in 12 minutes. You have now made $10 with about 26 minutes remaining in the hour. The next two reports could either be a fast ones and you would make $20 for the hour, or they could be very difficult and you would make $15 for the hour.

The point being that you have to gauge your *hourly* earnings on how many minutes per hour you can transcribe AND SEND BACK FULLY FORMATTED and proofed.

Keep in mind many of these jobs take up a lot of time with formatting, (timestamps for example).

I am not saying it is impossible to make $30 or more in one particular hour, but that ON AVERAGE I don't think you can make that much.

Again, it depends on quality of audio, formatting requirements, and proofing. So ask those questions, and about the dictators when determining whether this is a $10/hour job, or upwards of $30/hour.

just want to add, if this is not medical, it might be more than one speaker - even only 2 end up talking over each other a lot.

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you go over those parts more than once trying to hear the one and get that down, then start that process over to get what the other person is saying. And if a focus GROUP? Well, good luck.

Not sure if you mentioned what type of work -

Sounds like the ad I saw for telephone conversations and focus groups - april

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That's not a bad pay rate compared to many others I have seen. When I worked by the audio minute doing acute care for many years, I generally transcribed 120 minutes in an 8-hour day. If my math is right, that is $15/hour. But, and a big but, this ad sounded like phone conversations and focus groups, which I have never done, but I agree with the poster above that I think you would be doing a lot of listening and re-listening to get what each person is saying, and I think that would be difficult and time consuming as they will be talking over each other. Good luck in your endeavor!

In theory 1 min equals 10 lines, that all depends - sm - XXX

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on the dictator, do they talk fast, super slow, clear, mumble, horrible ESL, good ESL, good/bad American. I have an ESL who will dictate a 17 min report and I am lucky if it breaks 100 lines, takes me about 35 mins to type. (2:1 to 3:1 for this particular doctor). I can usually estimate my work by the # of mins, if I have 60 mins I will most likely make $60 (paid by line), but that is not carved in stone, some days I make a lot less, others a lot more. I have seen on here that $1 is the absolute lowest anyone should go when paid by the audio minute. If you are transcribing meetings though with multiple speakers it should be more though as that is a lot harder to do. ----------so to actually answer your question, based on the 1 min = 10 lines, then 300 lines would be 30mins of the dictation, and you would make $30 an hour.

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