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Jeez. Instead of Boostaroo, they could - sm

Posted: Apr 30, 2015

just email the few dictators who are laying the phone down and whispering. THAT'S the problem. Not the audio. The individual dictators. Why should we have to buy extra equipment for the few jerks who don't care if you can hear or not when they lay the phone on the desk so they can flip through the chart?!? How hard is it to ask the client to send out a nice generic email reminding them that we can't hear it if they aren't holding it to their mouth and speaking clearly in a quiet background?? No, we should take our minimum wage and invest it in more equipment instead........

Apparently they haven't even bothered to - sm

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listen to the dictators we're complaining about to see, yes, it's them laying the phone down, not our audio gear. Things like this completely aggravate me. When many of us are telling you there are a couple of dictators who are the problem, don't tell us to buy more equipment. Just email the client and ask them to pass along the message. Problem solved. I know one is either a PA or a resident and may not even realize we can't hear him.

Or when the line is solid static. There's no - sm

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equipment on earth we can buy to fix that. That's up to MM's techs and the client to take care of.

I have a new way of handling things - sm

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If they won't make them accountable for their actions, I do..I leave the blanks and a note that the audio was too low, or too much background noise, whatever. The ones that fly through the reports and you need to go in and out of other reports to find what they are saying? Blank blank blank, fire me please..I have complained and complained to no avail, so..you leave me no choice. Happy fill in the blanks day

That's what I've been doing too. Surely - sm

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some of them will listen back to their recording and hear for themselves why they're getting so many blanks. We can only transcribe it if we can hear it...

Inability to hear dictator - katem

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I had a radiologist I couldn't hear. When I called an administrator about it, I was told the doc had a germ phobia and refused to hold the mike, and that I should "mash" the earphones into my ears to hear him better. Sigh.

Omg... You know what germaphobia gets you? - sm

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Lots of blanks!

they can mash the earphones - sm

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but it won't be in my ears, and it won't be comfortable either..Agree...blanks away, let them hire someone to dictate for them.

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