It's been 100 years since I transcribed ...

Thought that after not having enough work for a couple years now and always chasing work, I'd now have a "real job" as an employee and wouldn't have to worry about a steady paycheck and paying the bills anymore. The reason I thought this was because at the interview and in their professional company emails, they use all the "real job" words: Shift, scheduled hours, overtime, PTO, benefits, etc. I felt relieved to finally have a "job." What a big bunch of BS! I was "hired" ...

There is much speculation about the field of transcription - how many of us actually plan to be here 5 years, 10 years, 20 years from now. I realize that the field is going to change, which will contribute to your answer. Will there be enough transcriptionists/editors to fill the need in 5 years and in 10 years? Will the industry be forced out of offshoring because of taxes? Will there be a need even for editors if VR gets better? These are all unanswered questions, but my question is, what ...

She’s had a T&A of tubal ligation. ...

When transcribing review of systems are they capitalized? Cardiovascular, GI, GU, etc or cardiovascular, GI, GU etc. ...

I transcribed D5.45 normal saline. Is D5.45 correct, or how would you transcribe it? ...

I am not familiar with the terminology and I want to make sure I have this transcribed correctly. This is what I have, "CT of the head shows an old posterotemporal, intraparietal, and right occipital cerebrovascular accident." Is this correct? ...

Cholesterol profile: Total cholesterol 182, LDL 120, HDL 82, triglycerides 75. ...

several hundred cubic centimeters? ...

I was a transcriptionist for 30 years. I have been away from it the last 4 years, except I am a full time online MT student at an approved school through AHDI. I'm due to graduate in July and get my RMT, then I want to get my CMT. I can't find a job transcribing! Does anyone have any suggestions? Everyone seems to want someone with "recent" experience. I haven't forgotten much after transcribing 30 years and I need a job! Help, please! ...

I'm missing any reports that were transcription. I believe I have all my correction reports listed in statistics. Has anyone else had this problem today? My payscale is low enough, I don't need to be ripped off!! ...

A dictator fed up with a word being repeatedly typed incorrectly (and didn't even exist by the way) by the ILPs, after repeating what he wanted multiple times said: I have now made this clear to the dumbest person under the sun. Please type correctly. Wow. Guess what, stop letting ILPs type your reports, you may just get things right. Too bad they are making us look bad. ...

This board has some TT posts, some good and some bad. My questions are: 1) Is it all VR or are there some transcribed accounts? 2) What do they pay; is it per line or per report (Radiology)? Thanks. ...

Hi all, When do you proofread your transcribed report? Do you wait until you are finished or do you proofread each section when finished? And, do you ever get faster? I'm afraid if I wait until I'm finished I will not remember things. Also, do you re-listen to the dictation or not? Thanks. Many questions. KB. ...

Class four heart disease. ...

A friend of mine who works in a medical office told me this afternoon that they've started getting records that are transcribed overseas. She said the records are done so badly that they can't use them, can't trust that the information in them is correct. When I told her my job may go away soon & be sent to India, she said "it can't!" She said these records are obviously done by people who don't speak English. What I don't understand is how work can still be off ...

Lately, I've been getting legal notices mailed to my home from I believe the east coast somewhere informing me of a class action lawsuit against M*Modal and inviting me to joint if I have a claim. I don't think I have a claim, but then again with all the shady practices in this business, I'm not so sure. I'm just curious what the heck is going on. Anyone care to give me the lowdown? ...

It is beyond me how I made less on my pay check, but typed over 1500 more lines than last pay period. ? Anyone else notice that? ...

When searching for a dictator, I keep getting "No matches were found for the Client Facility details you entered." even when I tried putting in a dictator that dictates a lot. Anyone else having that problem? ...

Any comments on compensation by transcribed time (i.e.$1.25/minute) versus per line (i.e. $.09/65 character line with spaces)? Any actual experience being paid by transcription minute? Advantages/disadvantages? Thanks. ...

My employer has recently gone from straight transcription to VR (using MedQuist's DocQSpeech). At this point, after 4 months on VR, production is up 11% overall. The employer says they believe it will go up 48% overall (60% for VR lines, no change of course for transcribed lines, 80% of lines VR). At this point, indeed, at least 80% of lines are VR. (The quality of the VR output, however, is pretty bad.) We're union, and I'm one of the MTs participating in the wage ...

The dictator clearly dictated a word with an apostrophy following it. The word actually has an accent mark following the last letter, but he specifically dictated an apostrophy. I got it marked as an error. I don't get it -- it was a verbatim account -- I did what he said - and now it's error. Frustrated!!!! ...

how difficult is this specialty to learn? I consider ophthalmology very difficult. Is it comparable to this? Appreciate any and all comments. ...

I have a new client that would like for me to transcribe their reports which I do all the time, so no problem. They would like to send the reviewed/edited letter back to me to either attach and email or fax. Any suggestions on a per letter price? I would not have long distance charges for faxing. Thank you! ...

How is Nuance able to legally justify paying only 88% of typed lines? I am really curious if anyone has any indea how that can be done. They are obviously trying to get transriptionists to leave in significant numbers. There must be some motive we are not seeing. This must be some attempt to get transcriptionists to leave in large quantities. What other explanation could there possibly be? ...

horrible ESL accounts, horrible teaching facilities with residents who don't know how to dictate. By the time you get used to them, they're gone. I have been insulted by taking an enormous pay cut for the over rated, under performing ASR. Through all of this, I have mostly been happy with my job. Now, however, I will finally say that I hate MQ. I hope they lose all their accounts to nice mom and pop people. I hope they go bankrupt and have to move in ...

A 12-second dictation interrupted secondary to .... orgasm Did they ever show this on ER? ...

Twenty-six years ago I had a part-time job on the side working for a local service in CA, and I was paid 6.5 cpl as an IC way back then. It's shocking to me that all these years later, the rate is still so low. ...

So, got my congratulatory e-mail from medquist today for working here for 18 years as of this month How ironic . . . I got that e-mail on the same day that I got the call from the Department of Welfare telling me that due to my low income (despite working full time) my kids are eligible for medical benefits from welfare! I even replied to my "congratulatory" MQ e-mail stating so! I know some of you will retort with "why stay?" but I have a disabled husband to take care of, ...

I wanted to take a moment to tell you all how grateful I was to find this board over a year ago. I was sitting there not understanding why I couldn't make any money, why I felt like a piece of crap about my abilities. Having this board, people who understand and validate my feelings made a huge huge difference for me. My last day is tomorrow. I got a medical records job. I'll work days, I'll have Friday and Saturday nights off again, ...

Is anybody out there making very good money with speech recognition? It seems anybody I talk to indicates they are making a lot less with speech than straight typing. Course the MTSOs want you to believe you can do the speech in half the time of straight. ...

It's been 100 years since I transcribed ... - evelyn

G3, P 2-0-1-2 - NM

Thank you. nm - evelyn

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