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MT India Digest
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"Effective MT Forum"
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Amit Chatterjee,SM
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Sep 05, 2000 Digest #051
.................................................. .....IN THIS DIGEST..... =========MODERATOR COMMENT===== ~Corporate "eMpTy" Talk~ ===========NEW===================== -=Quality Assurance=- ~Kishore
"A good MT is the one who maintains a low proof rate" ~Dr. Rahul J Navandar
"how do these people claim this sort of thing" ===========CONTINUING============== -=Spam=-
~Linda Formichelli
"If the recipient didn't ask for it, it's unsolicited; if
it's unsolicited, it's spam" ===========BILLBOARD============== -=Facts on India=-
~Joy Augustine ===========GEEK TIPS============== -=Windows 95 performance tip=-
~ Sherlock Holmes =========MODERATOR COMMENT===== Hi Fellow MTIDers.... Helping you figure out those slick and glossy ads from companies
recruiting, here is what they actually mean when they say - "JOIN OUR INCORPORATED, US BASED COMPANY"
We have no time to train or talk to you; you'll have to introduce
yourself to your co-workers - if there are any! "JOIN OUR FAST-PACED COMPANY"
We have actually no work at present; however we work overtime in
looking for work. "IMMEDIATE OPENING"
The MT who used to have this job walked out a month ago. We're
just running the ad. now. "COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT"
We have a lot of turnover - in fact, we change our MTs and clients
every month! "EXCITING AND PROFESSIONAL WORK ENVIRONMENT"
Guys in grey suits will bore you with tales of midnight binges and
their weekends on the golf greens. And of course, they are all US
returned! "MUST BE DEADLINE ORIENTED"
You'll be presented with six weeks of backlog on your first day -
and be expected to clear it in a week! "FLEXIBLE HOURS"
Three shifts; 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year!
Work 48 hours a week and get paid for 36.:) "DUTIES WILL VARY"
Anyone in the office can boss you around, including the system
administrator and the janitor. "MUST HAVE AN EYE FOR DETAIL"
We have no quality control systems or procedures! You have to be
client ready!! "SEEKING CANDIDATES WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF EXPERIENCE"
You'll need it to replace three people who just left, and were
dealing with different specialties and difficult dictators! "PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS A MUST"
You're walking into a company in perpetual chaos. Do not point this
out to the management - you have to swim in this! "REQUIRES TEAM LEADERSHIP SKILLS"
You'll have the responsibilities of an account manager, without the
pay, perks, respect or even the credit! "GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS"
Management communicates in something vaguely resembling Greek; you
listen, try to figure out what they mean and want done. "ABILITY TO HANDLE A HEAVY WORKLOAD"
You whine, you're fired. That's it for now ! Regards to all, Your Striving Moderator,
Amit C.
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===========NEW===================== From: Kishore JS <
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Subject: The process of quality assurance MTs are put on 100% proofreading when he/she begins transcription
of any new account. Any MT maintaining a consistent above 98%
accuracy comes into the fold of Quality Assurance Department. His
proof rate maybe varied from 3% to 99% depending on his/her QA
accuracy. A good MT is the one who maintains a low proof rate. The
incentives per line can also be increased depending on their proof
rates. QA accuracy This means quality assurance accuracy. A computer/manual program
should track the accuracy of an MT and vary his/her proof rate. A
general rule that could be followed is to put an MT on 3% proof
rate once he/she maintains a consistent above 98% for about 1500
lines. It means that three out of every hundred of his/her reports
will randomly be proofread and his/her future proof rate depends on
the average accuracy of the QA reports. Proof rate Proof rate means the number of files of an MT that will go into
Quality Assurance checks. This is usually out of every 100
reports. The usual questions one MT asks another: ? Hey! What's your line count for the day?
? What has been your proof rate this week?
? What was your QA accuracy of yesterday's reports? Regards to all, Kishore JS
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++++ new post - same topic ++++ From: "rahul navandar" <
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Subject: What are the accuracy levels? Dear Amit and MTIDers, I have been reading the MTID from last 6 months or more, and it is
really appreciable for the efforts you have put in. As you have always being inspiring and spreading out the message of
Medical Transcription, I have certain questions regarding accuracy.
I will be thankful to you to know what are the exact levels of
accuracy. What is the required accuracy from an medical transcriptionist?
What is the required accuracy from an editor/proof reader?
What is the required accuracy from an quality analyst?
I would like to know that what are the accuracy levels for a
general dictation, not a very hard one, or the one which is
audible? Do let me know these levels, and also the time one
requires to achieve these levels? There are lots of institutes mushrooming around and all claim
to the doctors that, if they join with them, they will be reaching
to a level of highest in a short span of time, and they will
absorbed anywhere as editors/proof readers!!!! For I feel it's
not that easy, then how do these people claim this sort of
things. Thanking you, Dr. Rahul J Navandar
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================CONTINUING======================= From: Linda Formichelli<
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Subject: Spam As someone who has interviewed many people on both sides of the
spam issue for several publications, I have to chime in on the
definition of spam. Spam and UCE are interchangeable. The fact that an e-mail has
correct headers and an opt-out mechanism does not change the
definition. Targeted or untargeted, forged or not forged, previous
contact or no previous contact with the recipient--it doesn't
matter. If the recipient didn't ask for it, it's unsolicited; if
it's unsolicited, it's spam. Creating a false separation between
the two only complicates matters and works to obscure the fact that
advertising to unwilling recipients at their own expense is wrong. >From the Indiana University Knowledge Base: "In Internet parlance, the term 'spam' refers not to a famous
canned meat product, but rather to a single article posted
repeatedly to a large number of Usenet newsgroups, or
unsolicited, often irrelevant e-mail sent to a large number of
e-mail addresses. While the definition of spam used to be
strictly quantity-based, it has evolved to include any unsolicited
commercial e-mail or news posting." Content is also irrelevant. It can be an advertisement for porn
sent indiscriminately to old ladies and children, or a solicitation
for a charity e-mailed to people who have signed a guest book or
donated previously. It's still spam. I suggest that we stop turning our brains inside out to justify
forcing unwanted advertising into unwilling recipients' private,
costly e-mail boxes--and instead put our minds to finding less
intrusive and non-cost-shifting ways of advertising. Thanks for listening, Linda Formichelli, Independent Contractor
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================= BILLBOARD =================== From: joy augustine <
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Subject: Some interesting facts on India Hello everyone! You may be aware of that after IT now India moving towards
biotechnology. According to one research India will emerge as a
super power in IT & Medical research by 2025. Q. Who is the Co-founder of Sun Microsystems?
(The company which is sweeping the internet with its brainchild
Java) A. Vinod Khosla Q. Who is the Creator of Pentium Chip? (Needs no introduction, 90%
of
the today's computers run on it) A. Vinod Dahm Q. Who is the third richest person on the world? A. According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Aziz
Premji, CEO, Wipro.. The Sultan of Brunei is at 6th position now. Q. Who is the current president of AT&T Bell Labs? (AT & T Bell
Labs is the creator of C, C++, Unix to name a few) A. Arun Netravalli Q.Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail? (Hotmail is world's
No.1 web based email program) A. Sabeer Bhatia Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard? A. Rajiv Gupta Q. Who is the Testing Director of Windows 2000? A. Sanjay Tejwrika Q. Who are CEOs of the following well known
companies? Please find the answers yourself. AppNet
America Online (The Largest ISP in the World)
WebMethods
Lucent Technologies (Pioneer in Fiber Optics)
Proxicom
Network Solutions (The sole web domain assigner)
General Dynamics Corporation
Lazard Freres
Litton PRC
Columbia Capital
Primus Communications
Discovery Communications
Bell Atlantic
Cable & Wireless
The Motley Fool
Hughes Network Systems
Cybercash
MCI Worldcom
PSINet
Motorola
MicroStrategy
Equalfooting.com
Teligent, Inc.
MindBank
U.S. Airways
CIENA Corp.
BioNetrix
Net 2000 Communications
Computer Associates
SAIC
Startec
INOVA Health System
Cvent.com
Eglobe
Metrocall, Inc.
DynCorp
Consumer Elec. Ass'n
The Carlyle Group
Cyveillance
Nextel Communications
Fannie Mae
Intelsat
Draper Atlantic
Venture Fund, L.P.
Freddie Mac
Manugistics
Raytheon Systems Corporation
Spacevest What did you find? Do you find anything common between them ? Yes, they are all Indians. We are known as the Indian Mafia (or Internet Mafia?). We are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, even
faring better than the whites and the natives. We are the success
story in America. Let the world know what we stand for. There are 3.22 Million Indians in America. 38% of Doctors in America are Indians. 12% of Scientists in America are Indians. 36% of NASA employees are Indians. 34% of MICROSOFT employees are Indians 28% of IBM employees are Indians 17% of INTEL employees are Indians. 13% of XEROX employees are Indians Some of these facts may be known to you. Say Proudly, I am an INDIAN. Take care. Joy Augustine Comment?
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=================GEEK TIPS======================== From: Sherlock Holmes <
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Subject: Free valuable disk space. 1.By deleting animated help files:If you know how to scroll,
minimize windows, etc., you can recover 7.1 Megs of disk space by
deleting the .AVI files from /windows/help
2.By deleting extraneous or leftover files:You can safely delete
the following files in the root directory: *.txt, *.prv, *.log,
*.old, *.___, and *.dos (unless you use dual-boot).
3.You can delete these files from the Windows directory:
*.log, *.old, *.___, *.bak, and, *.000, *.001, etc. Regards,
Sherlock Holmes Comment?
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