VR question...accidentally activated something - SadToLeaveMT

To make a LONG story as short as possible... 

Background info: I am an MT who works from home for a hospital. I have full-time employee status, and we do have a Union.  After several years of working onsite, I finally started working from home in May of this year. I am not a "Medical Records" MT. I was/am considered a "specialized" MT as I was hired to transcribe for two different specialties (20 hours each week for both specialties). Last year, one of the specialties decided to outsource their transcription (much to the chagrin of the physicians) at all branches. ALL of the MTs who did this specialty FT at the other branches were laid off. I was the only MT who was not laid off, I believe, for two reasons... (1) The fact that I still had the 20 hours for the other specialty, and (2) the Union.  Through Union negotiations, we were able to change the position to a FT position for the one specialty, which is/was an extremely busy practice with enough work for a FT position. In fact, because the practice was so busy and I was/am the ONLY MT for the practice and was only given 20 hours per week for the position (including doing mailings for all reports), I was asked to try and keep the reports within a 2-week window from the date of dictation. I was also allowed to do OT if I chose to, AND the Medical Records MTs also helped with the reports because of the amount of work in the queue at any given time. Not once in over 4 years of working onsite was the queue ever empty. 

After being home for the position full time for only 1 month, I began running out of work, with some weeks being as low as 18 hours per week!  I kept track of all information before I got home for the entire time onsite (average number of dictations per day/week, average line count per report), and according to the hospital's own standards, the position was beyond a FT position before I began doing it FT from home.   

Onto my question...

While I was transcribing a few weeks ago, I apparently activated something somehow, and I heard a "computerized" voice saying everything the dictator had just said/everything that I had just typed.  I am a "straight" MT who has never dealt with VR/editing. My guess is that the system is automatically being utilized (even if the physician may be unaware) for comparison or even training purposes-- sort of like building a collection of dictations for each physician/dictator so that when the time comes for them to really begin training on VR, the transition is easier.  

Is there anyone out there who has had this experience of the "computerized voice" coming on while transcribing? Are my above ideas on track with this? 

Having the Union most certainly helps, but I do realize that it's just a matter of time before the position ends. We have a meeting scheduled for this Friday to try and get some straight answers as to where the work has gone. Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
SadToLeaveMT