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nuance platforms advice - wondering

Posted: Dec 29, 2014

Considering Nuance... please do not steer me clear, need income so looking. Any advice on the platforms they use would be appreciated.

Platforms - Chi-town MT

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The platform I was on was Bayscribe, straight typing. My new job which I start next week coincidentally is Bayscribe, straight typing. No I didn't go back to Nuance.

Many platforms (at least 5 that I know of) - FrustratedNuancer

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I know of at least 5, if not more, platforms. I work on Dictaphone (also known as ExEditor). In addition to BayScribe previously mentioned, there's also eScription, Integra/FutureNet, and EmDat360, (those last 2 getting paid less than all the others).

Why do the last 2 get paid less? Because Screwance recently changed their "compensation" (read: base pay) for lines, and think that those working on Integra/Futurenet and EmDat360 have it "easier" than those on Dictaphone and eScription. But then eScription apparently have it harder and get paid a little (we're talking less than 1%) more.

Now, if what you're really asking about is the accounts, there are thousands. There are some really great ones on some platforms (meaning, they are mostly straight transcription [which, I think most of us would say we can type faster and more accurately than we can edit] but happen to have almost all English-speaking doctors who take their time to dictate, and there are some that are mostly straight transcription because speech wreckognition cannot understand what they're saying, so good luck to you. But there are also accounts that are a good mix of both and some that are 99% editing.

What I've always found so funny is that our profession has gone to a standardized rate for a while now, but there is nothing standardized about what we do. This new plan where we get a little more or a little less based on platform is the first I've seen in a while of any indication that they recognize that we're not all equal on our footing (I'm not praising this new plan AT ALL, because really, we should all be on a base plan and only be given MORE money, not have money taken away, like they're doing).

Anyway, you didn't want people telling you to steer clear. I work here because, like you, I have to have SOME income. But it's not getting to the point where I am making minimum wage or a little more and that's not going to cut it! So take your best work, take off 15%, then multiply that by either $0.07 or $0.035 (for editing) and see how you do. If you can survive on that, then welcome aboard!

A couple more to add to your list - AnotherAnon

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Enterprise from Webmedx.
BeyondText from Transcend.

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