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99% of the time, I feel like I am being ripped off when I do MM's SR. - dnr


Posted: Oct 27, 2012

Too many corrections!!!

On the new and improved SR? How could that be? - defeated MT

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I am totally being sarcastic. I also have a fix a WHOLE LOT and dont think the new SR is better at all.

SR - MT

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tons of corrections for me too! I dont understand the "paragraph". Sometimes SR inserts an empty line, and other times not. Random punctuation is also fun. I think will leave SR mainly as it is for now. See what happens ;)

Me too - me

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I am so discouraged. I have been an MT for 30 years and just started doing SR for the first time. Thought it would be fun. Wrong!!! It's downright ridiculous. What we get paid for it is so unfair, and I sure don't do any more lines an hour than I did straight typing. :-( Plus it's so boring!!

Add to this that some of the output is unbelievable! - dnr

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Where does SR get this stuff? Output contains things that were never said sandwiched between some rare correct output.

Is this really SR or is it ILP???? Rhetorical question.

I've noticed that, too. It's VR's way of "thinking" and "learning" - nm

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nm


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