Re: AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!

A friend of mine couldn't read one lick of stenotype notes, but she
knew how to transcribe. She worked for court reporting companies in
an administrative capacity, like copying transcripts, binding them,
answering phones, putting transcripts together from multiple files, et
cetera. So she knew the industry, so to speak.

She taught herself scoping. Of course, she had a good resource in
that she had worked for several court reporting companies and was
familiar with a variety of court reporters. It made it easy for her
to get work when she was starting out, working from home. She did
teach herself, without the benefit of school or training.

Scopists are fortunate, being that the audio is digital, and a scopist
is not restricted to a geographic location. Scoping is not as hard on
the body as transcription. It is a good option for a
transcriptionist, IMHO, because a transcriptionists already knows the
basics.

Jennie
Washington, D.C.

On Apr 27, 9:51 pm, "Kathycarp" <kathyc...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Judging from what Melinda posted as being "output" from a stenotype machine,
it doesn't look like something you could just start doing (scoping).

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Kathywww.ambergriscaye.com/villadelsol"Barbara Carlson" <bbcarl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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I am not the world's best proof reader, though it sounds interesting.

The people at the company you gave me the web site for seemed nice. They
were very up front. If I had wanted full-time work the pay was quite a
bit better, but I wanted only part time work, and would guarantee the 20
hours they considered minimum. There were bonuses, etc., but for part
time it just wasn't enough. I would have had to learn Word, too, which I
could do, but it would have been slow-going to begin with. I really
needed the work, having lost a good client to retirement, but I'm glad now
I did not take the job, as I am having trouble keeping up with the clients
I have with the carpal tunnel. I'll have the surgery if it keeps up. It
was very successful on my right hand, and it has been years!

Where would you look for scoping jobs? I'm not going to look right now,
but might think about it later.

Barb C.

"Jeannie" <jwilson...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Jennie <jamal...@xxxxxxx> wrote in news:1177710674.727880.23960
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I do know that most companies will not start somebody out with a top
rate because, truth be told, they don't know how competent you are or
maybe how much experience you have. I am sure with all of your
expertise in the industry, you would be earning an equitable rate in
no time.

That's where testing or whatnot comes into play. I don't start everyone
out at the same rate and I have subs that make all different rates. I
guess, though, if you were a true employee you would take what employee
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