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Editing Test? - dlcarrington


Posted: Apr 21, 2012

Is there such a thing as an "editing test" or simulation so I can gauge ahead of time whether or not I could make a living at it?  I've never done it before.  I was laid off from my last straight typing hospital job and rejected at the one local venue that did VR!  I have since made my living at EMR scribing but frankly, don't deal well with the public.  I would deal with VR in a heartbeat if I could make a living from it, but looks like all of it is Dickensian and less than minimum wage.

Does the software tell you how many lines per hour you're accumulating as you go?

Pardon my ignorance.

Editscript, probably the most popular software, - has a feature that tells

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you how many lines per hour you have edited or typed, as well as line count for the end of a session.

And by the way, editing is not the worst thing in the world; one only has to demand a decent line rate for doing it, NOT 3 to 4 cpl. I make 6 cpl and do quite well, and I'm a terrible slacker!


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