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making enough money to live on, is this even possible anymore since everything is changing to voice - sm


Posted: May 19, 2012

everything changing to voice - mt22

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1. Everything isn't changing to voice.

2. If you find the right company, you don't go broke editing.

My company gets straight typing jobs from new - accounts, but as soon as they -(sm)

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can, they switch it all over to voice. Even the crappy dictators. The good VR goes to india, and we are stuck with the ones that turn VR into gibberish. They only pay 3cpl, with no spaces. This has cut our wages to 1/3 what they were just 2 years ago.

It is just not humanly possible to try to decode this mess into readable records within an 8 hour day. Often even a 12 hour day still yields far less than what is needed to live on.

They either have to find a way to simplify this and make it work more in the MTs favor, or else up the pay per line, or go back to hourly pay. What they're doing currently isn't sustainable, and will ultimately come back to bite them. I sure hope they're working on a solution, but I sincerely doubt any of them have the intelligence to do so. Too bad for them.

Making enough money - Fatigued Fingers

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I make enough money to live on and then some. I'm fortunate to have multiple accounts and to work for a company that treats me fairly.

Yes, possible but get your own accounts - just me

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Get your own accounts. If you produce high-quality work and pay attention to detail, you will have more work on your desk than you know what to do with. Trust me. I make great money but unfortunately have huge medical expenses. I set up every short cut, template, and text expander I can and make sure the dictators speak clear on a land line. Good luck.

Getting Own Accounts - Hello

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Any advice on getting own accounts? I was thinking about making a page with my info on it. My specialty is psych transcription. Can I just send out my info page to various psych clinics to see if they are looking for a transcriptionist?


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