The End of Capitalism?

re: The End of Capitalism?

Meg Jordan — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:53:44 GMT

Jay - What is your opinion on whether or not EMR will be the final nail in the MT profession coffin? (after voice rec, overseas, template systems, etc.) Or have you already written an article on it? From what I've read so far that you've written, I would really value your opinion on this topic. I've been hopeful all these years that "they" would finally realize just how valuable a good MT is - I know I do - but I'm not holding my breath any more, as this seems to me to be the final push. Please feel free to e-mail your response too. Thanks.

re: The End of Capitalism?

Patricia Godbey — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:08:31 GMT

Wow Jay, well said. You're right, too, when you suggest we all have some responsibility in the way things have gone in this country. We Americans just got too lazy and sure of ourselves....sure that we'd never fall from grace and yet we're doing just that. The scripture that says "your sins shall find you out" comes to mind!

On the transcription front, I sat in my own doctor's office not too long ago and watched the doctor himself input info into his laptop. No real capitalization, no punctuation, just words here and there to document the current situation. Does nobody care anymore about well documented records? Then, you're told just leave most of the speech recognition input as is, except for absolute obvious mistakes. It used to be a transcriptionist's job to edit and to make that document the best it could be (not changing meanings, etc., of course), but a document that was professional. New people are told to "just type what you hear" basically and move on. Why is transcription starting to "dumb down" as I call it? I hate that. I have been transcribing for nearly 31 years and I see changes that I do not particularly like. I guess it's just produce, produce! If I could retire right now, I would, but that just isn't possible.

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Carolyn — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:55:57 GMT

Bravo and well-said. Sometimes I wonder if we're in a dying profession... but this old beach is too old and cranky and stubborn to learn new tricks, and at the rate things are going, they will probably have to carry me out feet-first at the age of 90....

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MIke Anderson — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:11:18 GMT

Jay, you hit the nail on the head with this one. Brother, my thinking has gone down nearly the same lines. Of course my examples and my thoughts are tied to my job just as yours are to the work you do. Did you know that I am contemplating, heavily, walking away at the end of my enlistment in 2010? That is 18 years... 2 shy of retirement. But it means that much to me.

God bless you, Jay. You are in our prayers, keep us in yours.

SF~

Mike