[nabop] medical transcription, court reporter careers

[cheryl echevarria]

I went for training as a court reporter before losing my vision in 1998 it 
is very hard and never got my speed up, you have to go for specialized 
training which is very expensive.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kurt Edwin Yount" <blsmass at juno.com>
To: <nabop at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: [nabop] medical transcription, court reporter careers


> I have been a MT for over 25 years and I would no longer suggest it as a
> career.  You will probably end up working for 7-9 cents a line and it is
> very difficult to make a real living at that rate.  I used to work in a
> hospital where I made a lot more, but those days are mostly gone.  As for
> court reporting, (and this is only my impression) they use a specialized
> machine and symbols you must learn and it can take literally years to get
> up to the speeds they need and I am not certain such devices have been
> adapted for the blind but I doubt it.  Sorry to be so discouraging, but
> whereas I used to love my job, I now still love it, but the stress levels
> are so high trying to know everything you need to know and get sold so
> cheap by the "sweat shops" that I would not recommend it anymore.  Kurt
> On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:58:01 -0500 "Sarah" <sarahandfamily at live.com>
> writes:
> > Hello. I would like to hear from medical transcriptionists and court
> > reporters. those are the careers I am considering. Would a career in
> > one of these fields enable me to provide for my children? I am a
> > single mom. Feel free to email me off list. Thank you.
> >     Sarah
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