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How long to complete 550 lines? - nn

Posted: Apr 17, 2014

The company I am testing with requires 550 lines per day for part time. I know there are many factors, but on average how many hours does that take? I currently work part time and get paid by the hour. I have never been paid by the line. I really like my current job, but may be laid off in June or July. For now, I would do both jobs. I also have two young children and don't want to take on too much. Any info would be great!

LPH question - sadie

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Say you go low-ball figure with 150 LPH, then you should be able to complete 550 lines in under 4 hours. If you will have exclusive doctors and they're not horrible, when you've created normals and gotten them down to a science you could do it easily in less than 3 hours

takes me an hour and 15 - mjr

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but there are a ton of variables to consider such as how long you have been typing, do you use shorthand, and many more etc etc etc.

550 lines - experienced

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Straight typing or editing... If editing speech recognition, this should only take a little over an hour, two tops. Straight typing probably 4 hours or so. I think the standard is 125 lines per hour straight typing, don't quote me on that please. Editing is double that I think or more.

My lines per day have to be 1500 plus for an - noneya

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8 hour day. If you are part-time, you must average 750 lines per day.

I work part time and I average typing - 200-250 lph

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so that would take me at the most 3 hours to type, possibly 2-1/2 hours.

However, I have the same doctors/accounts everyday and I shortcut everything to death, not just medical terms but regular words so I can usually fly and sometimes type as fast as they dictate. But again there are many variables involved, how much research you have to do, filling in demographics, etc. Overall though, it shouldn't take you very long.

Let yourself get laid off....you would make more collecting UC - Anon

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Thanks - nn

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Thanks for the info. I think I'll hold off on testing for now and wait and see what happens with my current job.

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