Re: Typing what you hear

Oh, agreed they aren't self-taught -- but schooled in classes. I'm just
saying my CMT and further made me question exactly why bother with the test
because in my book she was proof it meant nothing! I do feel you need to be
educated. I had plenty of it before I went in the field. I had done
transcription since I left school, all through college (paralegal). Then
took medical classes and then worked in pathology in a hospital. I feel I
lucked out with the best training ever. My classes were the best (a
wonderful terminology teacher). But I will never waste my time with
certification with what I've seen come out of the certification group.
Sorry, they haven't impressed me. Just give me well educated, hard workers
with common sense and good skills. Not someone that just tests well.

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Sue -- Firefighter mom -- still rabid UW DAWG fan!
"Gisele" <Gisele.38iaz6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It always cracks me up when people say this, but I do think that there
are
some lousy "certified" MTs as well. I have had subs that have all taken
all
the testing, passed and have the CMT or whatever it is and R whatever
it is
and I would no more let them do my work than a bum off the street. So
certification doesn't mean crap either. I agree with what Barbara says,
you
need grammar skills and spelling and just some plain old common sense.
The
one I had (multi-certified) would constantly make the same errors, even
after I would correct it over and over and advise them to have a "cheat
***" to remember, would shuffle between 2 spaces and 1 between
sentences
(let's at least be consistent) and always used contractions -- don't,
doesn't, etc. Something I don't allow unless it's a verbatim account. I
think it looks unprofessional. (That's my old court reporting manager
days
coming out).

Well, I've proofed plenty of MTs in my day, and I had far less trouble
with CMTs than I did with self-taught MTs who never took a class, had
been "typing what they heard" for 20 years, thought it was great, and
would never stand to be corrected. That's been my experience.

Gisele


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