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Hourly MT Compensation Plumets from Dictators Refusing to Use 'Pause' - Angie

Posted: Jun 05, 2013

Last night I was stuck editing an ESL doctor who pauses so long between words my hourly rate dropped down to less than $2. an hour! I filed & painted all my nails between words, cleaned and organized my desk and sat for an agonizing minutes with nothing to do but wait. The neighbors could probably hear my yelling "COME ON!!!!! SAY SOMETHING YOU ____ _____ _____ _____" Why do these ... people not even think to use the pause command?

The clients and MTSOs can bitch about TAT, yet this must be the biggest contributor to reports being late. We can only edit them as fast as they are dictated, and this is with the speed turned all the way up so we have to edit chipmunks!

This account is 3 days behind yet there is not a thing I can do about it no matter how fast I try to work with these dictators who don't even care that we are having to spend a shift earning nothing and just getting further behind. How would they like it if I made an appointment to see them and spoke 1 word a minute while chatting with friends on my cell?

I just WISH these MTSOs and software sales people would teach the pause command as it would solve so many problems. The clients apparently haven't a clue.

Notify your supervisor about the issue - They can choose to advise the dictator

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about it or they can choose to ignore it. At least if the MTSO or client ever complains about TAT or your production speed, you have one of the reasons documented and can remind them about it at that time.

We're not magicians. We can't produce lines out of dead air.

Good idea. I don't want to be fired for this production problem this dictator has created. (sm - Angie

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But at the same time, I don't want to be a "complainer". Hard to know what to do as you can be fired if you do, and fired if you don't. I seriously doubt any MTSO would inform the dictator to use the 'Pause' command, but appreciate your input.

My impressionation of your CEO - Tess

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Just think of all the money you saved on a profession manicure/pedicure . . .

Oops, that should read impersonation! - Tess

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Working the night shift--need more coffee!

HAAA! As if we could afford it anyway. Thanks for the laugh. - Angie

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If this happens to you again and it's a SR dictation - this is what I do.

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You have to be careful with this but it works. If it's sound rec, put your cursor on the next word in your document and press Shift+ALT+K and bring your voice up to the cursor and go on. Be careful!! Make sure it makes sense. It SHOULD match up. You can also really SCREW up too but he says something in between but most times you can tell.

Sorry...typo...."screw up too IF he says - something.....NM

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Wow! Does that work on most platforms? I'll try it. THANKS! - Angie

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The problem is, depending on the platform, it might - get kicked back...

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for "did not listen to entire dictation." If anyone tries it, be sure to definitely listen on the last bit through to the very end. I think it's worth experimenting with at least once, and you should be paid for it, regardless, but if one's platform works that way and you keep doing it, there might be repercussions.

I've got an account with tons of these types of dictators. My problem with them isn't the fact that they're ESLs so much as it is the interminable pauses. I'm not using this kind of in-between skipping, though (even though I technically could on this platform, as long as I listen to very end), because I have indeed missed something doing that before, so I would also recommend backing up a little bit extra after doing each skip. What I really want is an increase in the maximum speed of 200 up to 300 or 400.

I assumed that the OP was talking about - skipping around in

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sentences and phrases. I wasn't talking about skipping to the end of the dictation. I think "he/she" understands what I was talking about too as she didn't say anything about "skipping to the end". I've been doing this procedure for almost 2 years now on 3 different platforms with no repercussions BUT...LIKE I SAID....you MUST BE CAREFUL with it and make sure the SENTENCE AND/OR PHRASE that you are jumping around in, STILL MAKES SENSE.

I didn't say that either, I was talking about skipping small, apparently silent sections. - kicked back

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What part of "in-between skipping" and "each skip" did you not get?

I'm just trying to give a warning, as I have had it happen to me in terms of being kicked back. Not ALL platforms are created equal.

I completely understood. Thank you! - Angie

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