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On average how many hours would it take to type 1750 lines per day with straight typing??? Thanks. n - wilson

Posted: Jun 01, 2012

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About 8 for me - sugaar

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If I take a couple 15 minute breaks and a short lunch.

That's a lot of lines and intense typing - pr

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I used to have the stamina to do that many lines in a day, but not anymore. My days are broken up into segments of 2 hrs. all day long and I can do about 1500 lines in 8 hours.

I would say.... - Carley

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8 hours with the help of shorthand :)

impossible to answer - too many variables

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1. report type
2. dictators
3. platform
4. MT knowledge base
5. diversions

I straight type 2500+ in about 6-7 hours. So you can't really base this on anyone's experience but your own.

However, that's just over 200 lph for 8 hours, so it should be doable.

Honestly.... - Sue

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I type about 85 wpm, and at my company it would take me about 12-14 hours if I had really good docs that day. If I was doing the crap drs and their ER notes, it would be more like 18 hours (lucky to make minimum wage on those). I don't know where the rest of you work, but I think I need a change after I get back from vacation.

Plus, more and more of our work is going to VR, and that is even worse than the straight typing because our machines do not seem to understand these doctors' voices at all. It really stinks!

Health problems of typing - JW

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If you are going to type that many lines per day, you better be aware you can have arm, wrist, and hand problems. It happened to me with a very sore left wrist and thumb. Just be aware, I was not and this is permanent damage.

On an account I was familiar with that allowed an average - amount of templating, maybe 5-6. SM

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For perspective, I prefer working intensively for shorter hours. I'm not a great typist, but I use an expander extensively, and I really LOVE making and using as many templates as possible.

Addendum: Note that templates are a big reason why - so many make more transcribing than

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editing. Templates allow us to "produce" various blocks of lines in seconds, and people using them extensively boost their earnings very significantly.

With editing, though, we lose almost all use of templates and with them those additional lines per hour. Thus, our daily line counts rise with editing but not nearly as much more than transcribing as would be expected.

My lines - Jen

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In an eight-hour shift, I will type just over 2000 and I do radiology. I have sometimes done over 3000 but this exhausts me. I guess it depends on the caffeine intake that day! LOL

About 9-1/2 hours, but... - Depends.

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I am on a clunky platform. Those of us on this platform get paid a very slightly higher cpl rate than others to make up for it. I remember hitting the 1800 mark so easily in 8 hours, about 15 years ago, but that was when patient info and copies were included in the line count.

Clinic Stuff, No problem...nm - Acute Care/Hospital, Problem

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1750 lines - Ms. MT

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The question should not be how long does it take you to type it, but how accurate is it?

7-8 hours depending on the doctor. - me

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It depends ENTIRELY - anon

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on the company and the platform. I've had accounts where I could type 300 lph all day long and accounts where I couldn't get more than 75 lph no matter how hard I tried. I would say that on a decent platform a fast and experienced MT would average between 200-300 lph. When I was in school my instructor told me that as a rule of thumb you should be able to produce a report within 3 times or less the length of the dictation. Therefore, a 3-minute dictation should not take you more than 9 minutes to type.

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