Typing what you hear

Re: Typing what you hear


I know we used to talk about the fact that in order to be a good MT you
had to have "IT." Of course, "IT" is a bit nebulous to describe on
paper. Some of us are self-taught and excellent at what we do. I'd call
myself that. I did do some AAMT study tapes at one point and, of course,
being a member of various on-line communities for years has provided
insights one wouldn't have otherwise. I think I was good at it from the
start - except for the fact my style would have been off - not knowing
anything about AAMT, which was probably still in its early infancy the
first time I put on a headset.

However, people like this do not even know what they don't know. If one
has never been edited or mentored, and they are never told something is
wrong, it may never occur to them. Typing what you hear might work for
the occasional silver-throated dictator who rarely misspeaks, always
spells correctly, and knows how to put a coherent, gramatically correct
sentence together on the fly. It doesn't work so well for the doctor who
says (always) "No palpations, rubs, or thrills" or who makes word salad
out of a sentence and you have to un-toss it on the fly or who dictates
an incorrect or impossible drug dosage, etc. I'd love to edit someone
like this against the voice.


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Re: Typing what you hear

No, you wouldn't; trust me on this one! I do it all the time, and HATE it
with a purple passion.

Anne

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>Typing what you hear might work for
> the occasional silver-throated dictator who rarely misspeaks, always
> spells correctly, and knows how to put a coherent, gramatically correct
> sentence together on the fly. It doesn't work so well for the doctor who
> says (always) "No palpations, rubs, or thrills" or who makes word salad
> out of a sentence and you have to un-toss it on the fly or who dictates
> an incorrect or impossible drug dosage, etc. I'd love to edit someone
> like this against the voice.
>
>
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Re: Typing what you hear

Thank you everyone for responding. The women is upset at me now because I
guess I made her look bad. But, honestly, I cannot stand people who think
anyone can do this job and it is easy. I know for a fact this woman could
not type one day for the interventional radiology or operative notes I type.
It's scary to think that she has just typed what she hears. There could have
been some horrible errors made. Hopefully, someone was editing her reports.
Again, thanks so much.
--
Sue (mom to three girls)

"Sue" <sburke9368@wideopenwest,com > wrote in message
news:k6KdnY50OuyHL47VnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@wideopenwest,com ...
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am in the midst of an argument with someone who thinks they know all
> there is to know about transcription. I was helping someone else out on
> another group about training for a transcriptionist and this other woman
> pipes in. I am copying what she had to say in two posts about it. I am
> going to get back to her about this, but I was wondering if I could
> collect your infinite wisdom on things to set her straight. By the way,
> just in case no one remembers me, I mostly lurk on this group and have
> been a transcriptionist for 17 years.
>
>> Have you tried to listen to a tape and type it on your own?
>>
>> I did medical transcription for a few years and I never took any
>> courses for it. I still do transcription of my own tapes for my
>> articles that I write. If you know how to type and have a medical
>> dictionary and a dictaphone, it shouldn't be a problem. All you do is
>> put the tape in the dictaphone, push the pedals, type what you hear
>> and use a dictionary for questionable words. I never had a problem
>> when doing this and I worked for both doctors and employment
>> agencies.
>
>
>
> I worked as a medical transcriptionist for five years with no training
> (3 years for a group of doctors and two years for two employment
> agencies, doing transcription for at least 20 different medical
> groups/hospitals). And then I did it at home for a while. My BIL now
> owns his own medical transcription business. He never had any
> training.
>
> Anyone who has intelligence, knows how to type, has a basic knowledge
> of medical termininology, owns a medical dictionary and can use a tape
> recorder can teach medical transcription to themselves like I did and
> like my BIL did.
>
>
> Thanks so much.
>
> --
> Sue (mom to three girls)
>

Re: Typing what you hear

Don't tempt me. I have the book this is apparently a parody of, and even a
couple of things in that are a little too liberal for me. This one sounds
funny, but someone just gave me a box of old books, and I have sworn off
buying books until I read them, or at least the ones that interest me, and
there are several. Buying books is one of my vices, and library is too far
away, especially with gas prices!

Barb C.
"Sue" <sburke9368@wideopenwest,com > wrote in message
news:lfidnRkEcckbWYjVnZ2dnUVZ_uGdnZ2d@wideopenwest,com ...
> Thank you everyone for responding. The women is upset at me now because I
> guess I made her look bad. But, honestly, I cannot stand people who think
> anyone can do this job and it is easy. I know for a fact this woman could
> not type one day for the interventional radiology or operative notes I
> type. It's scary to think that she has just typed what she hears. There
> could have been some horrible errors made. Hopefully, someone was editing
> her reports. Again, thanks so much.
> --
> Sue (mom to three girls)
>
> "Sue" <sburke9368@wideopenwest,com > wrote in message
> news:k6KdnY50OuyHL47VnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@wideopenwest,com ...
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I am in the midst of an argument with someone who thinks they know all
>> there is to know about transcription. I was helping someone else out on
>> another group about training for a transcriptionist and this other woman
>> pipes in. I am copying what she had to say in two posts about it. I am
>> going to get back to her about this, but I was wondering if I could
>> collect your infinite wisdom on things to set her straight. By the way,
>> just in case no one remembers me, I mostly lurk on this group and have
>> been a transcriptionist for 17 years.
>>
>>> Have you tried to listen to a tape and type it on your own?
>>>
>>> I did medical transcription for a few years and I never took any
>>> courses for it. I still do transcription of my own tapes for my
>>> articles that I write. If you know how to type and have a medical
>>> dictionary and a dictaphone, it shouldn't be a problem. All you do is
>>> put the tape in the dictaphone, push the pedals, type what you hear
>>> and use a dictionary for questionable words. I never had a problem
>>> when doing this and I worked for both doctors and employment
>>> agencies.
>>
>>
>>
>> I worked as a medical transcriptionist for five years with no training
>> (3 years for a group of doctors and two years for two employment
>> agencies, doing transcription for at least 20 different medical
>> groups/hospitals). And then I did it at home for a while. My BIL now
>> owns his own medical transcription business. He never had any
>> training.
>>
>> Anyone who has intelligence, knows how to type, has a basic knowledge
>> of medical termininology, owns a medical dictionary and can use a tape
>> recorder can teach medical transcription to themselves like I did and
>> like my BIL did.
>>
>>
>> Thanks so much.
>>
>> --
>> Sue (mom to three girls)
>>
>
>

Re: Typing what you hear

Some recently reminded me about half,com , and I bought a gigantic book
on Word for under $5, including shipping. It looked absolutely
unread. If you stick with "excellent" or "very good" condition, you
can get some used books in really good condition.

Margie

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:16:39 -0400, "Barbara Carlson"
<bbcarlson@snappydsl,net > wrote:

>Don't tempt me. I have the book this is apparently a parody of, and even a
>couple of things in that are a little too liberal for me. This one sounds
>funny, but someone just gave me a box of old books, and I have sworn off
>buying books until I read them, or at least the ones that interest me, and
>there are several. Buying books is one of my vices, and library is too far
>away, especially with gas prices!
>
>Barb C.
>"Sue" <sburke9368@wideopenwest,com > wrote in message
>news:lfidnRkEcckbWYjVnZ2dnUVZ_uGdnZ2d@wideopenwest,com ...
>> Thank you everyone for responding. The women is upset at me now because I
>> guess I made her look bad. But, honestly, I cannot stand people who think
>> anyone can do this job and it is easy. I know for a fact this woman could
>> not type one day for the interventional radiology or operative notes I
>> type. It's scary to think that she has just typed what she hears. There
>> could have been some horrible errors made. Hopefully, someone was editing
>> her reports. Again, thanks so much.
>> --
>> Sue (mom to three girls)
>>
>> "Sue" <sburke9368@wideopenwest,com > wrote in message
>> news:k6KdnY50OuyHL47VnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@wideopenwest,com ...
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I am in the midst of an argument with someone who thinks they know all
>>> there is to know about transcription. I was helping someone else out on
>>> another group about training for a transcriptionist and this other woman
>>> pipes in. I am copying what she had to say in two posts about it. I am
>>> going to get back to her about this, but I was wondering if I could
>>> collect your infinite wisdom on things to set her straight. By the way,
>>> just in case no one remembers me, I mostly lurk on this group and have
>>> been a transcriptionist for 17 years.
>>>
>>>> Have you tried to listen to a tape and type it on your own?
>>>>
>>>> I did medical transcription for a few years and I never took any
>>>> courses for it. I still do transcription of my own tapes for my
>>>> articles that I write. If you know how to type and have a medical
>>>> dictionary and a dictaphone, it shouldn't be a problem. All you do is
>>>> put the tape in the dictaphone, push the pedals, type what you hear
>>>> and use a dictionary for questionable words. I never had a problem
>>>> when doing this and I worked for both doctors and employment
>>>> agencies.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I worked as a medical transcriptionist for five years with no training
>>> (3 years for a group of doctors and two years for two employment
>>> agencies, doing transcription for at least 20 different medical
>>> groups/hospitals). And then I did it at home for a while. My BIL now
>>> owns his own medical transcription business. He never had any
>>> training.
>>>
>>> Anyone who has intelligence, knows how to type, has a basic knowledge
>>> of medical termininology, owns a medical dictionary and can use a tape
>>> recorder can teach medical transcription to themselves like I did and
>>> like my BIL did.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks so much.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sue (mom to three girls)
>>>
>>
>>
>