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Voice recognition and eyesight - Teresa

Posted: May 12, 2015

Is anyone having problems with their eyesight because of VR? I am a 20-year MT and find that my eyesight is fading fast and am having difficulty with my eyes watering and burning, unable to focus, after a few hours of work with VR. I am also finding that I miss more errors/mistakes because of not being able to type things manually. Would appreciate any a response from others with this problem. Have really lost faith in the transcription world thanks to VR.

VR - Eyes

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Voice recognition is doing two things to MTs; the beginning of carpal tunnel down the road and vision problems. (Of course with being a "robot" now, what can one expect)? Have been doing transcriptions for 27 years by this point, starting out on a Selectric (at least I had control over it). Last year, I had to have cataract surgery to both eyes because I too was having vision problems. I work PT now and do NO voice recognition ... I refuse!

When reading the OP was thinking perhaps - cataracts

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If you live long enough (and even some babies have them) you will have cataracts, not if but when. I was sitting here thinking why was the vision in my eye not so good and yes, it was a cataract that had matured, knew of it but surprised when the doctor said what it was, thought just needed glasses. I do not feel VR has ruined my eyes. I do not feel VR has caused carpal tunnel. After years and years if regular straight tying did not do, don't expect that to happen now. VR does not cause cataracts, aging can.

I had the same surprise you did...SM - Old Anon

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Six months ago I noticed I wasn't seeing well from my right eye. I knew I had cataracts; but a year ago, doc said they hadn't changed much and I was still doing okay with just glasses. Well a year later, the doc said it was time for the right eye cataract to come out. I thought, wow, that happened fast. He told me it is not unheard of to ripen that quickly. Also, I had not needed reading glasses even at age 65, but that has changed too all of a sudden. Doc said it had been because I am so severely nearsighted that my reading vision pretty much stayed intact, and he said he is exactly the same way. But bam, now my reading vision is shot too. Hello, reading glasses after cataract surgery.

cataracts - Teresa

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Cataracts can be caused by many things, including aging, but did you know that using a tanning bed can also cause cataracts? Just sayin, not everything is a consequence of age. I am not even 50 yet. And sorry, but years and years of typing has given me carpal tunnel and ulnar neuropathy, which I could live with. My eyesight I will not.

Yes, problems with vision...SM - Old Anon

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but may be age related, not necessarily due to VR/SR; although trying to see what's on the monitor has gotten harder, I think this is a symptom of deteriorating vision (the lens doesn't focus as well as it used to) and not the cause of it. I'm only guessing, but if you are in your 40s, it may be time to look into reading glasses or computer glasses that handle mid-range vision (which is where your monitor would be). I'd make an appointment with your optometrist or ophthalmologist to see what's up. They may also be able to help with drops for the watering/ burning issue.

I too miss more mistakes with SR than if I were transcribing manually. My brain has trained my fingers to put the correct words, but my brain hasn't yet trained my eyes to make sure the correct words are already there; and I'm not sure my brain is completely capable of doing that 100% of the time, well not as fast as they want us to.

IMO part of the problem - MT

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is that you tend to forget to blink while you're looking at the screen doing VR, something that seems less likely when ST. I find that if I look elsewhere while I'm doing SR, like at the calendar on the wall or something outside thru the window, even for just 15 or 20 seconds, it tends to make me blink and then my eyes don't bother me so much.

VR and - MOUSE-ITIS

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I can go much faster with the mouse than the keystrokes any day!

But my shoulder is killing me from all the mouse and keyboard arrow use.

I have tried the keystrokes and do use a handful of them, but the one that jumps you to the spot.. I still have to use the mouse or arrows to get to the end of the word or wherever to make the correction or addition.

With VR always use my mouse, still, not giving it - up, can do exceptionally well

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and after about 13 or 14 years on VR do not intend to give up my mouse.

Dry eye, episcleritis, and conjunctivitis... - Depressed

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...have been a major problem for me since starting work on VR. I have 4 different eye drops I use multiple times during the day. Also, the ophthalmologist says we don't blink enough while working on VR (we might miss something).

VR and Eyesight - Teresa

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Thanks for the input everyone. I guess I am off to the doc since I seem to be doing all that anyone is recommending these days (looking away, blinking, etc.) and supposedly have "computer" glasses and I'm still having problems. I think I will look at this as just another reason why it is probably time for me to move on and find something else. This saddens me to no end when I think of all the hard work and time I put into being the best I could be only to be replaced by software that is not nearly ready enough to be put into place and then have my pay cut by over $60,000 a year. Yes, I said 60 THOUSAND dollars.

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