March 2008 - Posts

Consistency
March 26, 2008 12:00 PM by Jeanne Johnston

When we learn to do transcription, one of the key things we need to learn is the various abbreviations and acronyms for things. Sometimes, they have more than one possible expansion (like CVA can mean both cerebrovascular accident and costovertebral angle Read More...

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I Don't Think I'm in Kansas Anymore
March 19, 2008 8:34 AM by Jeanne Johnston

As a tantalizing clue as to my decrepitude, I have vague recollections of life before color TV. For some reason, my family was slow to embrace new technology (which probably explains my geeky obsession with Everything New) and I spent a good deal of my Read More...

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Hey, the world really IS my oyster!
March 12, 2008 12:09 PM by Jeanne Johnston

Well, whaddya know. . . I may have missed my calling here. I've been so focused on what makes a good or bad MT course and trying to move upward and onward into CTR that I totally neglected other possibilities. Those of us who've been around any length Read More...

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Is Transcription Even Viable Anymore?
March 5, 2008 1:28 PM by Jeanne Johnston

I've been watching the various online forums with a new eye since embarking on my journey to a new career and I think it's done nothing but bolster my jaded view of the MT world. In the Advance forums , Lisa Algeo asks for feedback on bad transcription Read More...

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