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Nuance: Speech recognition versus transcription line counts - Moi

Posted: May 13, 2012

As I was working today I thought about speech versus transcription, and it occurred to me that I was transcribing a good deal in each speech report I "edited." Why is transcription done for a full report paid any differently than transcription done in a speech report? In other words, why don't I get paid my transcription line count for the characters I am transcribing in a speech report, particularly since a great deal of these speech reports require almost re-transcribing completely due to the poor products with which I am presented? This seems very unfair. Perhaps that could be added to this lawsuit looming over Transcend, which will now be Nuance, hopefully, as they do deserve it.

You are exactly right - suethemall

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They should be forced track the amount of change a "speech recognized" document requires (that is keystrokes, characters, what have you) - and pay you the transcription, not editing, rate for those lines - 'cause it does add up to whole lines, doesn't it????

Come up with the right formula - 'cause the 50% pay cut 'cause your 50% faster doesn't capture the actual "in the field" amount of WORK we are doing for these companies!!!

Transcription pay - Moi

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There are 2 reasons why they will not pay all transcribed work at the transcription pay scale:
1. They would have to admit how much of speech comes to the MT totally incorrect, which in turn would show how much of a scam speech recognition really is, regardless of their incessant hype of it as being the best thing since white bread.
2. They would then have to pay much more to each MT.

Very true - josie

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That never dawned on me! I had a speech report today where it listed the allergies in caps, and then the entire rest of the report was in caps until the end! I had to retype it replacing all the caps. And I only got SR pay for doing that? The rat smell is getting stronger!

Suggestion - Nuance MT

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If you get a report that is in all caps, you can just highlight that section and use the Ctrl + Alt + L combo to change the case (at least in Enterprise). You don't have to retype it all.

I agree that VR stinks and we should get paid more to do wholeheartedly. Just trying to help you here.

Josie, there are a lot of tips you can use to get faster. - Maybe start researching and asking questions? NM

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