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You would think that with all the tracking of ASR - dnr

Posted: Feb 04, 2011

mouse clicks and cursor movement, they would be able to tell just how much typing we have to do to fix this mess. But, then, again, I doubt they care, especially as they are getting the work done for 40% off.

mouse clicks - vicki

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I was just comparing the first report I got to the second one - I tried to cut back on mouse clicks and I did, almost in half, but guess what, it had no effect on my gross lines produced, so why waste the time to generate this stupid report - oh and then my use of navigation keys doubled - well duh - if I'm not using my mouse then I'm using my navigation keys.

tracking of ASR - sm

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They can track all they want. Get more done with mouse than trying to use their 3-fingered shortcuts. Just hit delete on that message!!! If I read it, I might reply with a nasty message, which I have done in the past. Just to keep my bp down, I just delete them.

Nearly all the keyboard shortcuts are useless, and - dnr

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using the keyboard short cuts a lot results in wrist pain. None of the suggestions for keyboard short cuts are usable for getting where you want. They apparently think that, if you are using the mouse, your hands are off the keyboard and you can type faster with your hands on the keyboard. Well... ASR editing does not work the same as straight typing. If I am going to do ASR documents faster, they have to give me better ASR output. I've been working my fanny off with no distractions this week (95+% ASR) and my net income did not change. Also, none of the cursor or word tracking tools stop where I want it to stop.

Shortcuts - MT

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I find the shortcut keys to be most helpful, BUT, it took a few runs. It's repeat, repeat, repeat, and I think you'll see a change. It's like anything else, the more you do it, the faster you get at it.

Muscle memory. The old muscles are a lot better when - they do not have to run everything through

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the front brain. My keyboard shortcuts are real enablers, but if I don't like the keys assigned, I used my expander to assign different keys to the shortcuts.

Yep, Muscle Memory - MT

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Agree with muscle memory. Like touch typing. You don't even think about it, the fingers know where to go. In fact, it would be hard for me to even tell someone the keystrokes and what they do, without having a sheet in front of me, but I know what to do when I'm sitting there--with no instructions.

You too? When the muscles themselves forget, I - often have to type it out longhand. :) NM

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ASR tracking is preparing the way for..... - NCMT

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the big drop in ASR rate to .04 per line for everybody....they can say that they gave us the opportunity to be more productive by tracking us and making suggestions to become faster and more efficient...this is just my paranoia rearing its ugly head,of course!!

totally agree - NJA Queen

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It is only a matter of time before us old timers and "rich" MTs are forced out and the threat of 4 cpl ASR would pretty much do it. I feel your paranoia and raise you a MQ is preparing the way for upping the minimum lph because they gave us the opportunity to be more productive and those darn MTs aren't reading those emails and learning how to stop using the mouse.

ASR has already brought me down to minimum wage. - dnr

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So, a decrease in cpl won't make a difference to me. If they decide I can't make the minimum lph, then lay me off. Please, please so I can get unemployment.

Sorry, DNR, can't buy that. Time to fix your problem. - Your experience is

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still a tremendous asset if you decide to be good at this again. What else are you mostly trained for that many other people are earning $40K at? Go get it. 8 hours today, 8 tomorrow, every other commonly corrected term not already in your expander stuffed in as you come to it. You'll make about $2/hour that way initially, but you'll love never typing them out again and next week you'll already be significantly faster. On Wednesday (that's 2/9) pick your most irritating grammar-type correction you make all the time, copy those keystrokes into your expander, and give it a short name. How about MM for more money?

My take on this has been with tracking our mouse - sm

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clicks and giving us feedback this is supposed to help us make more money (what they tell us) by using shortcuts, etc., even though I'm sure it's so the work gets done faster. Wouldn't it be much easier just to give everyone a raise! Hahahaha!

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