Medicine transcription - Hands-free Telephone Digital Recordings?

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Hands-free Telephone Digital Recordings?

Karen C

2005-02-12, 1:34 pm

As you may know, the majority of my work is now legal. I have a couple of
clients who would like to go digital--but only if they can record their
phone discussions AND be able to be hands free. One of the guys is okay
with a headset, but the other won't use one. He also insists on being able
to walk around the room.

Does anyone have any idea if any such system exists? I looked at the
HTH/StartStop "Andrea," but it appears you have to be within 24". This guy
travels all over a room when he conducts interviews.

Any feedback you can offer will be very much appreciated. Thanks!

--
Karen C.

Karen C

2005-02-12, 1:34 pm

"djgordon" <danigordon@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> Karen, this product is exactly what they need, but whew I can imagine the
> price on it and the fact that it's in the UK, but with a little research I
> bet it is in the U.S. too somewhere.
> http://www.retellrecorders.co.uk/re...g/phone/175.htm

Thanks, Dani! I'll look into it.

Karen C.

Karen C

2005-02-12, 1:34 pm

"djgordon" <danigordon@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> Oops, looked again and saw the price in fine print. It's 899 in the UK.
Eek.

Well, I'm not paying for it, so . . . <g>. Thanks!

Karen C.

Jay Vance

2005-02-12, 1:34 pm

Karen, does he want to record only his voice or his and another party also?
A wireless lapel mic would work for recording his voice, but not sure how
well it would pick up the other party.

Jay

"Karen C" <kcunnin502@aol.com> wrote in message
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> As you may know, the majority of my work is now legal. I have a couple of
> clients who would like to go digital--but only if they can record their
> phone discussions AND be able to be hands free. One of the guys is okay
> with a headset, but the other won't use one. He also insists on being
able
> to walk around the room.
>
> Does anyone have any idea if any such system exists? I looked at the
> HTH/StartStop "Andrea," but it appears you have to be within 24". This
guy
> travels all over a room when he conducts interviews.
>
> Any feedback you can offer will be very much appreciated. Thanks!
>
> --
> Karen C.
>
>

Eliyahu Rooff

2005-02-12, 1:34 pm

"Karen C" <kcunnin502@aol.com> wrote in message
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| As you may know, the majority of my work is now legal. I have a
couple of
| clients who would like to go digital--but only if they can record
their
| phone discussions AND be able to be hands free. One of the guys
is okay
| with a headset, but the other won't use one. He also insists on
being able
| to walk around the room.
|
Sounds like what he needs is a secretary who can take Gregg
Shorthand. They're getting hard to find these days...

Eliyahu

Karen C

2005-02-12, 1:34 pm

"Jay Vance" <info@vancedigital.com> wrote in message
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> Karen, does he want to record only his voice or his and another party
also?
> A wireless lapel mic would work for recording his voice, but not sure how
> well it would pick up the other party.

Unfortunately, that wouldn't work. They do want both parties. They
interview people over the phone, and I transcribe the interviews.

They use a tape system now, and it works okay, but we're still left with P&D
of the tapes. I want to get away from P&D runs and get them to move to
digital. He's pretty set in his ways, and he doesn't like change, so it's a
major ordeal. He's not willing to wear a headset, and he *has* to be able
to move about the room and not be stuck at the desk while the interview
takes place. His partner says if we can find a way to make the switch for
him but keep his method the same, we can get him to move. I'm beginning to
think nothing exists that's exactly like the way he's done things up to this
point.

Thanks!

--
Karen C.

Karen C

2005-02-12, 1:34 pm

"Eliyahu Rooff" <lrooff@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Sounds like what he needs is a secretary who can take Gregg
> Shorthand. They're getting hard to find these days...

Yes, that's exactly what he needs. (But I ain't about to tell him I still
know how to take Gregg Shorthand.)

--
Karen C.

Barbara Carlson

2005-02-12, 1:34 pm

I keep that a secret, too, though I admit it's a bit rusty. I still use it
occasionally for personal note taking, etc. I used to be VERY good at it.

Barb C.
"Karen C" <kcunnin502@aol.com> wrote in message
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> "Eliyahu Rooff" <lrooff@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3751crF4me9r0U1@individual.net...
>
> Yes, that's exactly what he needs. (But I ain't about to tell him I still
> know how to take Gregg Shorthand.)
>
> --
> Karen C.
>
>

Karen C

2005-02-12, 1:34 pm

"Barbara Carlson" <bbcarlson@snappydsl.net> wrote in message
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> I keep that a secret, too, though I admit it's a bit rusty. I still use
it
> occasionally for personal note taking, etc. I used to be VERY good at it.

I know what you mean. It comes in handy, especially during the Christmas
season (drives my daughter crazy that I write my shopping lists in shorthand
<g> ).

I actually liked shorthand in school and business college. I grew to
dislike it when I had to take minutes of boring board meetings or when I had
to drop whatever I was doing so some old windbag could dictate at the spur
of the moment. (Sometimes I thought they did that just to make themselves
feel important.) At any rate, I was extremely happy when transcribers
became more common in the workplace around here.
--
Karen C.

Karen C

2005-02-15, 8:22 am

"djgordon" <danigordon@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> I made the mistake of taking notes in shorthand with my boss standing over
> my shoulder...shees, that was stupid. I had two years of it in high school
> and still can't get it out of my head 15 years later.

You only make that mistake once <g>.

Brings me back to the discussion about word-expansion software that we had
the other day. The word-expansion concept is kind of like what we did in
shorthand. You know how we'd put two or three strokes together on paper to
mean two or three different words? That's kind of along the lines of how
word expansion works--only word expansion is better, because you can string
just a few letters together and get a whole paragraph or page to pop up.
Sure wish I'd had an expander in the '70s and '80s!
--
Karen C.

Eliyahu Rooff

2005-02-15, 8:22 am

It's easy to inadvertently tattle on yourself that way... Back when I
got married, my wife had me convinced that she couldn't type, so I was
taking care of everything myself. When I got transferred and we were
packing, I came across her 80 wpm certificate from high school...

Eliyahu

"djgordon" <danigordon@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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>I made the mistake of taking notes in shorthand with my boss standing
>over
> my shoulder...shees, that was stupid. I had two years of it in high
> school
> and still can't get it out of my head 15 years later.
>
> Dani
>
> "Barbara Carlson" <bbcarlson@snappydsl.net> wrote in message
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> it
> still
>
>