I never thought to put up a blog post that demonstrates what my job is actually like. So, click on this link to go to an MP3 file of a urology dictation (it's a dictation that I would place at exactly the 50-yard-line of the toughness scale), and click on this link to see the resulting report.
If you want to know what a tougher dictation would sound like, imagine the exact same report spoken at the exact same speed, but with a really thick Indian accent... or with a doctor who is only a fraction as awake as the doctor in this particular recording was... or both. It can drive you up the wall.
Of course, 50% of the jobs are easier than this one... so there is that.
Also, most doctors tend to say many of the same things over and over again, so once you know the parts that they repeat over and over again, you can put those bits and pieces into your text expander program (a program all transcriptionists use to help with typing speed) and just have them drop in ready-made when the doctor says them. (In an OP report like this, that would probably be... oh... a quarter or a third of the dictation.)
Jil Wrinkle (With One L)
Welcome to my jungle perch. From here, I grab vines and swoop around and crash into coconut trees.
Name:
Jungle Jil
Location:
Jasaan Village,
Mindanao Island,
Philippines
Originally From:
America, New York State
Political Mindset:
Libertarian, Social Liberal, Small Government Fiscal Conservative
Subjects of This Blog:
Thus begins part 2 of my overseas saga, as I moved to Cagayan De Oro in March of 2008 after 5 years in Thailand.
Name:
Jungle Jil
Location:
Jasaan Village,
Mindanao Island,
Philippines
Originally From:
America, New York State
Political Mindset:
Libertarian, Social Liberal, Small Government Fiscal Conservative
Subjects of This Blog:
- News and commentary about Cagayan De Oro
- My life and living in The Philippines
- U.S. political commentary (focusing on hypocrisy, contradiction, and dishonesty, and the struggle against it)
- Funny and amusing videos, photos, or articles found on the internet
Thus begins part 2 of my overseas saga, as I moved to Cagayan De Oro in March of 2008 after 5 years in Thailand.
4 comments:
That is a lot of mumbling. Was he always speaking English :) At one stage, there was just some sort of words after words at a million miles an hour.
I am glad you can understand that as I could listen to this guy for days and wouldn't be able to transcribe it.
Well, the mumbling parts weren't that bad compared to some doctors. Those are the parts that he says over and over again so often that he doesn't really pay attention to his diction or accuracy. Fortunately, once you get those parts into instant text, you don't have to worry about them too much.
Did you look at the "resulting report" link? You can read along at what he is saying there.
From Spencer Ackerman regarding a McCain campaign conference call regarding the Al Qaeda "endorsement":
What was absent from the call, oddly enough, was any discussion about why al-Qaeda might want McCain to win. And there the case is simple enough. al-Qaeda prefers an indefinite U.S. occupation of Iraq and a bellicose U.S. all across the Muslim world in order to radicalize Muslims to its terrorist cause and drain the U.S. of its financial wealth — what Osama bin Laden calls his "bleed to bankruptcy" strategy. Hence the reason why, as the CIA eventually concluded, bin Laden tried to help George W. Bush's reelection in 2004 by releasing a late-October tape. McCain pledges basic continuity with Bush on the Iraq war. As Scheunemann put it, "John McCain will spend what it takes to win."
Or, in other words: "What Jil said."
No I didn't. I will look at the resulting report and listen again.
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