The XY Files in an MT World : August 2008

How Much More Of This Are We Going To Take? August 28, 2008 9:28 AM by Jay Vance: I recently came across a post on one of the online MT forums from an individual who has found herself in a financially challenging situation. Because she's a skilled, experienced transcriptionist, she's gets all the really difficult dictators that no Read More...
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A Lesson from the Presidential Campaign August 22, 2008 1:35 PM by Jay Vance: I recently came across an online article from the New York Times about the presidential political campaign of Sen. Barack Obama. The article quotes several Democrats voicing concerns about Obama's "hope and change" approach to the campaign thus far: Mr. Read More...
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Editing Speech Recognition Transcripts--Multitaskers Beware! August 15, 2008 10:29 AM by Jay Vance: Over the past few years I've had the opportunity to speak to MT groups across the country and write professional journal articles on the realities of speech recognition editing. Since the vast majority of my live audiences are women, I like to break the Read More...
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Is It Really "a Man's World?" August 14, 2008 10:59 AM by Jay Vance: Let me tell you what I know about medical transcriptionists. I know that by and large they're working-class people who aren't too proud to shop at Wal-Mart because they want value for their money. Although a lot of them dress casually for work, they do Read More...
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