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Speaker Settings - Jackie

Posted: Jul 27, 2011

I am just starting out in transcription and I am needing help on how to set my speakers in order to hear better. I currently have my bass down and my treble up but is there anything else I can do cause when the doctors get to talking really fast and running their words together it is hard to make any sense of it at all

Speaker Settings - Kat

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That is something that you have to figure out, but one thing that is part of learning to be a good transcriptionist includes being able to hear the dr's better, which includes speeding them up, slowing them down, turning the volume up and down, sometimes very all of them often. Also backing up the speech, sometimes it will land on a word just right and you will be able to finally hear what it was. You have to keep adjusting things to see what helps. Sometimes slowing them way down and turning the volume down will help you hear them, then other times turning that volume up will help, you just have to experiment to see which helps you hear them better.

Another Jackie? - Jackie

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Welcome to the field. I've been at this for 20+ years. It's a different world now.

It threw me when I saw myself asking for help here. :)

Using headphones will help a lot - sm - Zorro

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when you say speakers, I presume you are just using your desktop speakers, IMO it is harder to hear on the desktop speakers. Headphones are a must. I have both over the ear (completely cover/encase ear) stereo headphones, and also Skullcandy earbuds (very comfortable) and do a great job locking out external noise, much better than my headphones, which my current pair does not fit optimally so I pretty much just use the earbuds now. I find I work much better with the earbuds too. As for hearing the docs that is something that comes with time as you get your ear for them. Try slowing them down if it is possible (the platform I am on does not allow you to do anything with the recording, sucks). If you use Express Scribe or any other independent player you should be able to change the speed. When I first started MT ten years ago I had to play the files at about 80%, over time I played them at regular speed of 100%, just takes time to adjust and learn any new doctor. Also see if you can get examples of previous reports of the work type you are doing of that doctor, really helps a lot.

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