MEDICAL& GENERAL TRANSCRIPTIONING 101 for PROs, Dumies & Wannabees

[angel_brey]

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Hello Istoryans!

Here I am again but in another section of Istorya.net!

I have been working this job for quite some time now (aside from being a DENTIST) and I can't call myself a PRO of some sort coz even I still have a few things I wanna learn or need to learn especially the techy stuff! Ari ta share diri beh mga PROs, middle PROs, newbies, dummies and wannabees!

This has been a fastgrowing industry here in our country (WORK FROM HOME) so it would really be nice to share our knowledge to other people on the pasikot-sikots to doing this kind of job!

I am making this thread for ALL MT's & GT's as a GUIDELINE or HELPLINE for all of us! So to all you NEWBIES & WANNABEES out there, you can ask HERE!

RULES: (Again and PLEASE pretty PLEASE do FOLLOW!)

• No thread crapping!
• No OT posts please lang para dili kaayu HUGAW tanawun!
• Please DO NOT QUOTE the initial post start of THREAD or any other posts LABO na ang mga TAG-AS kaayo para dili na kaayo musamot ka taas ang inyung post PLEASE LANG!
• SHARE directly your VIEWS ug DILI mag ulaw2x palihug lang! Ayaw namo pag WAIT na mureact ko!

[angel_brey]

MY TAKE (post ko diri later wait lang mo!)

CLIENT SPECIFICS - These are the RULES that your client or the doctor gives the TRANSCRIPTIONIST (YOU).
Example:
LEGEND:

D: DICTATED
T: TRANSCRIBED

ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES

NUMBERS:

AS PER CLIENT SPECIFICS Numbers and dates: Do not use superscripts or subscripts. Use numerals and transcribe as you hear them.

Example: 8/22/2008
8/22/08
August 22, 2008
8/2008
August 2008
March 30th of 2008
30th of March 2008

Fractions: Use numerals. (Example: 1/2, 3/4, 2-1/2)

ABOUT Succeeding numbers.

D: Two four by four shelves.
T: Two 4 by 4 shelves. Or Two 4 x 4 shelves.

ABOUT Numbers in billions

D: Twenty five billion dollars
T: $25 billion dollars or $25 billion

AS PER CLIENT SPECIFICS Skip "Ahs", "Uhms", “Hmm” except “Uh huh” as this is equivalent to a “yes.”

D: Yep, Yup, Yeah, Uhuh
T: Yes

SONGS/LYRICS OF SONGS

If it’s a part of the AUDIO RECORDING and not a BACKGROUND MUSIC, then by all means, transcribe it. Still in Courier New size 10 format but ITALICIZED.

D: If you ever lived. Baby you can take away everything real in my life.
T: If you ever lived. Baby you can take away everything real in my life.