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Laptop for transcription? - Simmone

Posted: Oct 23, 2009

Can you use a laptop to do medical transcription if a different keyboard can be attached? Just wondering.

Laptop for transcription - MT55

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Yep you most certainly can -- my company provided me with a laptop.

Laptop - dsauverwald

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I use my laptop for transcription. I do connect a USB keyboard to make it a bit easier - but by using a laptop you can take your work wherever you go!

re laptop - sm

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correct me if i am wrong,but i believe you do have to plug your laptop in to connect the keyboard/mouse/headset etc. this may seem very elementary to some, but its not when you're new to laptops...

Response to your post re laptops - anon

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Hi, this whole thing should have gone to the "tech board" however, I will respond. My laptop has 4 USB ports -- footpedal plugs into one, my USB adapater for my keyboard and mouse plug into another USB port. I have a wireless printer so dont have to worry there and you can also buy a USB hub for about $20 which will give you more USB slots and it would only take up one USB port. Laptops are really no different than desktops in that regard
HTH

I've done it even without external keyboard or foot pedal. - CrankyBeach

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On a plane, even. Obviously, this is for an account where I do not have to work online.... I can run the audio file with hotkeys instead of the foot pedal, and get a couple of hours' worth done while in the air.

laptop for MT - 7DayMT

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I have been using a laptop for about 6 months and I love it. It has a fairly large screen and has XP Professional. It's called a "business laptop" - some of the smaller, cheaper laptops are really just good for e-mail and Internet surfing. It has 4 USB ports. I attach my footpedal, the mouse and a regular keyboard (the laptop keyboard is very difficult to use IMO). I rarely run it on battery. It cost about $1000.

Reasons I like it:
1. Can easily take to another room.
2. Can take it to someone elee's house. For instance, say it is a holiday and you are scheduled to work. There may not be a lot of work but you have to be there to do what comes in. With a desktop I have to stay home. With a laptop I can visit the family, go into another room and work if there is something to do. If not, I can visit with the family.
3 - I can work for more than one company on the same computer because it is mine. Only once I ran into a problem - could not take the job because they required a different VPN they said would not work unless I took off the VPN already on my computer.

hey 7-day, I was told that once about VPNs and believe that a hoax by some companies for whatever re - anon

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could be - 7DayMT

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job did not pay that well anyway

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