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Does anyone still use those phone-in dictation machines? - backwards typist


Posted: Nov 02, 2012

I'm resigned to the fact that I will not be working anymore and there's no sense having this thing hanging around collecting dust.

I sold one on Ebay for about 5 bucks - downtime

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and that was a couple years ago. Why do you think you won't be working anymore?

$5! I was afraid of that but that's just my luck.. - backwards typist

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I gave up MT'g. EMR took over in my area and the docs used their own employees. No use fighting the inevitable anymore.


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