A community of 30,000 US Transcriptionist serving Medical Transcription Industry

Escription reviews? - Elsa

Posted: Feb 09, 2011

My company is switching to escription in a few months. We've heard the spiel from Escription. Now I would like to hear from transcriptionists who use it. What is the actual productivity improvement? Any gliches with the software? Do you like editing versus transcription? Do you earn more or less now? When your companies switched over to escription did the productivity improved as they said it would and how much reduction in staff occurred? We've been told people can edit 500, 750, even 1000 lines an hour, which seems hard to believe, but if it is true then it seems like staffing would have to be reduced quite a bit. So, anybody who has switched over to Escription, please share your opinions. Thanks.

Escription - Rabbit1000

[ In Reply To ..]
My company switched to eScripton about 7 months ago. Their requirements are a minimum of 300 lines/hr or 12,000/wk. Those numbers you gave are not realistic even on work you are familiar with. I have been transcribing/editing for 18 years and I would love to make those kind of lines, but anyone who tried would have to sacrifice accuracy to do it and with a 98% required accuracy rate it is just not possible. The format is not hard to learn, but I still prefer transcription to editing.

About 4 years ago I did 550-750 LPH on familiar - accounts. On the one hand,

[ In Reply To ..]
there was little correction to do on those. It was mainly learning to read really fast as I listened to helium-voiced dictators, and I probably averaged a little over 600, up into the 700s only on a real cream puff work type. On the other hand, back then I had almost no editing-oriented shortcuts in my expander and far fewer word and term shortcuts. I'd be faster today.

So strictly speaking I suspect some hot people somewhere are doing up to 1000 LMH on their best accounts, but that really does mostly sound like sales hype--UNLESS your particular employer's contracts with your providers are to only run the best dictators (i.e., work well with SR to produce very clean reports) through SR and pass the others on for transcribing. At my current job (not EditScript) I may get up to 500 briefly on my cream puffs simply because there's heavy editing involved.

1000 lph...? - LMAO

[ In Reply To ..]
1000 lph, I'm sorry, this would only be possible in Bizarro World where the Bad Superman lives and Green Kryptonite is good for you, and everyone is drinking the Kool-Aid... LMAO. I just don't think so... 1000 lph? OMG, I might just hurt myself laughing so hard...

Umm...1000 lines/hr - are you kidding me - can - Get Real

[ In Reply To ..]
you read ANYTHING on a printed page at 1000 lines an hour let alone find errors and make corrections. How stupid do they think we are? Don't believe the hype. I work on another VR system and can sometimes barely make 200 lines/hr due to the most horrible ESL dictators, VR system needing too many corrections, changing accounts for every report with different guidelines, etc. I think requiring 300 lines/hr is stretching it. Good luck!

Know what you mean, GetReal. 1000 is not a realistic - goal (!), but you work at the

[ In Reply To ..]
other end of the mess spectrum (as I do now) from those frequently scary-clean reports. If I averaged over 600 lines some years ago, I suspect 750 on similar reports might be within reasonable range of a good editor now. BTW, some people doing this ARE training to speed read. Wonder why...?

Similar Messages:

Feb 08, 2013

Why does this company love to review the crap out of us? EVERY time I log on to a different account, there is a new review. Several in one day. I'm happy to say so far they are all 100% or close to it, but sheesh!! ...

Feb 14, 2013

What is the difference between the reviews we have when we log onto an account and Fiesa reviews? ...

Jan 01, 2013

Considering buying Smartype. Looking for reviews on it. Thanks! ...

Mar 28, 2014

HI! Does anyone work for QMedET? How are they to work for? They have an ad on MTJobs and I was just curious about them. Any info would be helpful. Thank you! ...

Dec 13, 2014

How hard is it to make a living on triton? ...

Mar 25, 2015

I saw a listing on my jobs.com from Precyse. The most recent review I see is several years old. Does anyone know about this company? I don't want to spend hours testing only to find out they're no good. Thanks in advance! ...

Mar 10, 2010

Just wanted to give a heads up to anybody considering this company. Even though they don't offshore, they are one of the worst bait-and-switcher MTSOs I've encountered. I was promised a non-overflow account by the talent acquisitions staff and then, once I actually started training, was moved to another account that at least had the work types I wanted. But that was only overflow, so I got put on a secondary with specs so ridiculously different from my primary that I would ...

Jan 11, 2012

I'm looking into maybe working for Transcend. I would welcome any and ALL reviews. Feel free to post here, or e-mail me privately. Thanks very much. ...

Jul 02, 2013

Has anyone ever worked for CastlePointe Management before? I can not find any reviews on them. All I know is they are a labour management service company, CastlePointe Management (CPM). CPM is subcontracted by IntelliType Corp. to provide the transcription service. ...

Mar 23, 2014

for MModal from yet another Indian employee: “Horrible company to work, near to hell” ...

Dec 24, 2014

They had me LOLing and appreciating the expressive writing skills of my fellow MTs. One especially good one is in toto below. We should all go on there and add to their sterling, well deserved reputation. This is in the public domain, so I don't think I am breaking any rules copying this, but by all means if anyone wants to put their name on this, I don't blame you. Great review of terrible employer. To wit: “Working for them is like drowning and they are holding your he ...

Feb 07, 2015

Can anyone provide what it's like to work for this company? Do they have enough work, benefits, etc. Thank you ...

Mar 28, 2015

Anyone know what the cut-off date is for QA? I know we have until 04/03 for reversals. ...

Apr 22, 2015

Does anyone have any updated reviews on AssistMed? Considering leaving one of the big ones for them. Good or bad idea? Any input on the "new rehab account" they are staffing? Thanks ...

Jan 12, 2010

Has anyone worked for this company? I would like to know the usuals - how they pay, good to work for?, etc. I can't find one thing by running a search. Thanks! ...

Oct 10, 2013

http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/nuance-reviews-SRCH_KE0,6.htm Has anyone seen this site before? You can read a few reviews then it asks for facebook sign in. ...

Feb 12, 2015

I just want to say I'm grateful for this forum and the people who take time to post. My local Craigslist (North Texas) had an ad today for an IC transcriptionist for Babbletype. I just googled the name and found an MT Stars Babbletype discussion from 2012. Thanks to all those comments, I didn't waste my time nor get ripped off. ...

Oct 15, 2009

x ...

Mar 17, 2014

I really hate to add to the conspiracy theories (as I generally just don't believe them), but I can't help but add to this one! I can definitely tell that the quarter is almost up because I've started receiving more and more post-audit reviews, and of course they are just enough to knock my out of the running for bonus, despite having a near 100% score of QC1 and post-audits earlier in the month. Any post-audit QA's out there want to comment on this? It's a ...

Oct 23, 2011

I am looking for a FT job with benefits and steady work. I am considering applying to these 2 companies so I am hoping some will share their experiences good and bad so I can have something to compare to. I currently am working on eScription through a local hospital as an IC so I wanted to apply at companies that I knew had eScription as I feel I am most productive on this platform. ...

Mar 23, 2010

Is this platform good/bad/indifferent. I have used ExSpeech which was a horrible platform. Just wondering what is an average line count/hour that you can get on this platform. I know there are a lot of variables, but a "ball park" idea would be great! Thanks, ...

Jun 17, 2011

Hey, I am curious as to whether anyone is using eScription out there. If so, for what company and do you like it? Thanks for your help! ...

Jan 28, 2011

Does anyone else use escription? If so, how do you get the line count? ...

Aug 24, 2012

I have no choice but to accept because the rug has been pulled from under me and my fellow co-workers. Hospital outsourced to a transcription company and 0.37 cpl is what they are offering us using eScription. ...

Feb 16, 2013

I am new to escription and start with my new job on Tuesday. Is there any advice beforehand? I really need a job at home right now or I wouldn't even give VR a second look. But because it is what it is I was wondering if anyone could give me pointers? Thanks. ...

May 08, 2013

Hi there! I posted a while back b/c i was a bit nervous after 20 years going to voice rec. Its only been a week now and i really REALLY love it. I enjoy it. Okay shoot me now I konw most of you hate it. Anyway, I remember when i started a regular transcriptiion job a few years ago and i had to get used to an entirely new system, i was going so incredibly slow i never thought id be able to make a living with all the little bits and details. But it worked out fine and i eventually got it down ...

Sep 06, 2014

Does anyone who does QA on escription/editscript know how to get their counts? I know MTs get their line count through the transcription metrics, is it the same for QA? Thank you, freesf ...

Jan 25, 2015

For a company with technology in its name, I find this platform sorely lacking. Constantly having to correct capitals I don't want when I take out a period, it not putting a macro over what I want to change and all this backing up and retyping to change stuff or get a macro to work where I want it is driving me crazy (I know, short trip) and wasting a lot of time. Don't they have any engineers or programmers who can get around this? Guess I just got spoiled at Precyse; mac ...

Mar 05, 2015

Anyone on this platform, please tell me it gets better. I spent 2-1/2 hours and got absolutely nothing done. Demographics locked up completely and I had to X out, sending the work back to pool. Tried to upload, but kept telling me to confirm demographics which I did, then demographics header grayed out completely, then tried to upload, and again message to confirm demographics, which had been confirmed and were now locked up and grayed out. The entire platform seems just plain overwhelming wit ...

Mar 24, 2015

Thanks in advance for any information. ...