07-07-2015, 04:06 PM
Anand, your post seems to be copy pasted from some outdated articles which is not correct in the present circumstance. Please see my response:
1. It is totally incorrect to say that the need of MT is abolished after the advent of ASR. The need of an MT transcribing has become less. In that place, still an MT is required to do the editing. Also, not everyone has adopted the ASR technology. It is only the big hospitals that have adopted this technology. There are still plenty of Clinics and individual physicians and even hospitals who use the non ASR platforms. So do not say that the need of MT is abolished. The proof is just look around for the advertisement you see for the need of MTs. Just look at MTforum itself to see how many companies are still advertising for MTs.
2. EMR was considered to be a blow to the transcriptionists just like ASR was considered as a threat few years back. It is true that few hospitals have embraced the EMR. However, the doctors still prefer to use the conventional method of transcription rather than interfacing more with the computer. They are spending more time with the computer rather than with the patient. So do not make a blanket statement that it is a blow to the transcription field. We have many doctors who use the EMR but depends on us to update it on the EMR system as the doctor himself does not get any time to do so. They still dictate as they used to do earlier, our MTs transcribe and then update the same on the EMR system.
3. As I said in the beginning, the article you copy pasted was from one that was published many years back. Any industry you take there is a dearth for quality people. Man power requirement is huge in almost any industry. However, the rates of the MTs are not going high even though the demand for them is huge because of the reason I mentioned earlier, in my previous post. The demand for MTs still continue as very few new comers are coming to this field and the existing people who are well experienced are leaving the MT industry. Earlier you used to see many MT training institutes and companies, but we hardly find any of them now.
4. If somebody is paying huge money in MT training at this age, it is sheer foolishness. They haven't done their home work or as I said, this article is an obsolete one which you copy-pasted which was relevant say more than 10 years back. There is not a huge difference in pay scales for the MT as the industry has stabilized in India. If you do a research for 10 minutes you can easily find out the pay rate of the MTs. So if you fall prey to the false promises of the training institute it means you haven't done your home work properly. You yourself are to be blamed if you fall prey to such fall promises by training institutes or you allowed yourself to be a victim to such institutes.
5. Even for home MTs we are not finding quality people who can send files directly (DU). MTs who are direct uploaders are still in demand and are not paid poorly. So if your work is of a superior quality you will always be in demand and can command a better pay.
Anand, I can see a tinge of pessimism in majority of your posts. See things on a realistic angle, I am not asking you to be optimistic either. There is still future for high quality MTs as the industry is evolving towards real time transcription.
Thank you,
Lloyds Solutions
1. It is totally incorrect to say that the need of MT is abolished after the advent of ASR. The need of an MT transcribing has become less. In that place, still an MT is required to do the editing. Also, not everyone has adopted the ASR technology. It is only the big hospitals that have adopted this technology. There are still plenty of Clinics and individual physicians and even hospitals who use the non ASR platforms. So do not say that the need of MT is abolished. The proof is just look around for the advertisement you see for the need of MTs. Just look at MTforum itself to see how many companies are still advertising for MTs.
2. EMR was considered to be a blow to the transcriptionists just like ASR was considered as a threat few years back. It is true that few hospitals have embraced the EMR. However, the doctors still prefer to use the conventional method of transcription rather than interfacing more with the computer. They are spending more time with the computer rather than with the patient. So do not make a blanket statement that it is a blow to the transcription field. We have many doctors who use the EMR but depends on us to update it on the EMR system as the doctor himself does not get any time to do so. They still dictate as they used to do earlier, our MTs transcribe and then update the same on the EMR system.
3. As I said in the beginning, the article you copy pasted was from one that was published many years back. Any industry you take there is a dearth for quality people. Man power requirement is huge in almost any industry. However, the rates of the MTs are not going high even though the demand for them is huge because of the reason I mentioned earlier, in my previous post. The demand for MTs still continue as very few new comers are coming to this field and the existing people who are well experienced are leaving the MT industry. Earlier you used to see many MT training institutes and companies, but we hardly find any of them now.
4. If somebody is paying huge money in MT training at this age, it is sheer foolishness. They haven't done their home work or as I said, this article is an obsolete one which you copy-pasted which was relevant say more than 10 years back. There is not a huge difference in pay scales for the MT as the industry has stabilized in India. If you do a research for 10 minutes you can easily find out the pay rate of the MTs. So if you fall prey to the false promises of the training institute it means you haven't done your home work properly. You yourself are to be blamed if you fall prey to such fall promises by training institutes or you allowed yourself to be a victim to such institutes.
5. Even for home MTs we are not finding quality people who can send files directly (DU). MTs who are direct uploaders are still in demand and are not paid poorly. So if your work is of a superior quality you will always be in demand and can command a better pay.
Anand, I can see a tinge of pessimism in majority of your posts. See things on a realistic angle, I am not asking you to be optimistic either. There is still future for high quality MTs as the industry is evolving towards real time transcription.
Thank you,
Lloyds Solutions
