Re: Instant Text on eBay
From: Bellatrix Lestrange, CMT (bellatrix_lestrange_cmt_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/03/04
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Date: 3 Sep 2004 09:13:09 -0700
Donna <donna@croakerkillspamwoods.com> wrote in message news:<Xns955861689A0D7donnacroakerkillspam@68.6.19.6>...
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> Is this software worth the money? Whew, that's a buncha dough!
Instant Text is priced at $189:
https://fitaly.securesites.com/order/it-order.htm
Only you can decide if it's worth it, but for me it's a definite yes.
Way back a decade or so ago I paid $400 for PRD+ when I was using
WordPerfect 5.1 in DOS. That was a lot of money, but the program paid
for itself many, many times over.
Unlike conventional expanders which can increase your production up to
30%, expert use of IT can result in as much as 70% greater
productivity. The IT forums have an article about how one MT averaged
9.8 characters per keystroke when demonstrating IT at a convention:
http://textware.com/board/itmainforum/posts/819.html
What's so good about IT?
1. IT is phrase oriented instead of word oriented, like Stedman's
Smartype. While all expanders, even the stripped-down AutoCorrect
version included in the DocQscribe platform, can be used to expand
phrases, the IT training materials specifically focus on this. Using
IT means you don't have to memorize the abbreviations. Another
article on the forum explains why phrases are better:
http://textware.com/board/itmainforum/posts/2065.html
2. IT can analyze files of completed reports and compile glossaries
of frequently used phrases for you. I find this feature invaluable:
http://textware.com/overview/glocomppage.htm
3. IT's continuation feature allows you to type tppw;;;;;. and see
"The patient tolerated the procedure well and was brought to the
recovery room in good condition," WITHOUT having to memorize
abbreviations. When you enter the beginning of a sentence, IT's
Phrase Advisory suggests the most likely conclusions; you just type ;
to accept the next one:
http://textware.com/overview/medicalcontinpage.htm
4. The custom glossaries allow me to include just the right form of
medication abbreviations and headings/subheadings for each account I
transcribe: http://textware.com/overview/customglopage.htm
5. You can import your existing abbv/expansion lists from a huge
variety of programs, including both Word's and DocQscribe's
AutoCorrect. [The DQS conversion may not be available yet, but it's
in the works.]
5. IT is the most versatile expander program. IT is the only
expander, other than the built-in AutoCorrect, to work with
DocQscribe, the platform that MedQuist is transitioning all of its
accounts to, which is also used by Dictation Services Group and
Accuscribe of South Carolina, and probably by lots of other companies
that I don't yet know about. This means that an MT who decides to use
IT is able to use her glossaries at more national companies than any
other expander. If a particular platform doesn't currently support IT
use, the people at Textware Solutions will probably be able to figure
out a work-around. The customer support is excellent.
6. The customer support is excellent. The tech people will walk an
MT through importing her previous word list and getting started with
IT. I've yet to hear a complaint about support.
7. If an MT wants, she can purchase a variety of premade glossaries,
including medical glossaries compiled by Jon Knowles, Robert Hill, and
Mike DeTuri (http://home.earthlink.net/~agjon/majfs.htm) and a variety
of general-purpose glossaries:
http://textware.com/glossary/glossary.htm
8. MTs can find discussion of features and an abundance of word and
phrase lists at Harrie's Productivity Talk for MTs forum:
http://s3.invisionfree.com/Productivity_Talk/
9. There's a money-back guarantee if an MT doesn't like IT.
10. I understand IT works with many email and IM programs too.
Of course use of text expanders is only one component in an MT's
comprehensive system of productivity enhancing tools. I find my
productivity soars when I go to the next step -- saving nearly every
report I complete so that I can make normals out of them for each
doctor, work type, operation, and procedure. Even if all I can
harvest from a report is the headings, plopping a normal outline of
headings into my report saves me a huge number of keystrokes. If the
dictator uses basically the same H&P or ROS phrases, I save even more.
I edit a Notepad version of my normal side-by-side with my reports
until it's as near to perfect as I can get it, then I insert it into
my expander for easy access. I describe this process access to my
desktop filing system via the taskbar on my forum under Working with
Windows, Files and Folders:
http://tripiforum.proboards28.com/index.cgi
What can I say that's bad about IT?
There's a learning curve to get through.
Joi
Tripichik's MT Productivity Forum
http://tripiforum.proboards28.com/index.cgi
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