Thanks, Linda! If it stays on, I have an interpreter WC depo on Thursday that may be a good one for her. I'll email her. If she doesn't use hyperkeys, though, she may not be "ready" enough for me!
Linda, How are you doing??? I'm way overworked! My next depo is Wednesday, so that gives me a few days, but I'll be at the computer the whole time.
Hope your weather is nice over there. We've got our heater on in the mornings now. The days are racing by! I'm wondering if you've got your workload at a manageable place by now, and if so, can you give me some tips as to how you did that!!! I'm trying to use scopists as much as I can ...
I'm waiting for a call to meet Pat Goulet, another reporter, this afternoon. If we can't get together, I may be here the rest of the day. Just not sure yet. I've been doing driver's ed - because of a speeding ticket I got - and it's taking forever!
If I end up going out today, I'll let you know. I'd love to speak with you. I will be here tomorrow as well. If you're not out all day tomorrow, we can maybe do it then.
Linda, so glad you're cooling off a bit. Yes, I'm almost done with my LAST job!!! If it were earlier for you, I'd say give me a call. Alan is out for the evening. I'm posting my number in case you don't have it. 831 338-0635. I'll be around tomorrow until around 3:00. Drop me a line if I can call you and talk macros and ...HYPERKEYS!
Just got back a few minutes ago. 6 1/2 hours of shopping! I'll report more tomorrow. I need to get my big job out. Must proof it over! The att. wants it!
Yes, I had to pull myself off the ceiling after reading your *confession*!!!
Not using hyperkeys!!! I have just sent a silent scream up to the heavens. Okay, you've got to get into the 4th Tutor - which comes with Eclipse. Go to the Eclipse group and do a search for my post. That's the absolute first thing you need to do - the simplest and easiest way to learn. I also recommend printing out and keeping by you the Hyperkeys document you get in the Eclipse documentation folder.
That's your homework assignment!!! We're getting a late start here, so may end up shopping another day. If we don't go today, maybe I can really finish my job and email it out. That would be good.
I did one mile last night, but it was the power mile tape. Great news you did your machine and you still feel good! Yippee!
You will be happy to know that I haven't had any ice cream in weeks! Yay!!!
Yes, when I get a block of time, I'll let you know. I think we can accomplish lots! I'm still not quite done with my job as I've been slacking the last three days. Hope you enjoy your break! I'll e-mail you as soon as I know more. Alan and I may go shopping tomorrow - kind of a day trip. I'll report back!
Linda, I'm constantly using RT macros when writing now. Just created four this past week for putting in the speaker Q and plain speaker, also inserting the Q and A when you've forgotten and have one long Q followed by another Q - meaning you forgot to hit the A stroke!
I could cry if you're not using some additional editing macros like searching for the words and, but, or and putting a comma in front of them! You are using hyperkeys, right? I'm sure I've asked you that in the past.
Glad your bylines are finally coming together. Hope support gets your paragraphs sorted out. My friend in SJ's speakers were such a mess. It took us an hour at least to fix them!
My massage really helped. Today I'll try to fit the chiro in to give myself the best comfort point possible. I still have 30 pages to scope on one job. It's taking extra time to fill in all the screaming the attorneys did!
We need to talk RT macros soon, for sure!!! When you slow down a tad. my weight is down one pound. Two more to go - then I'll be where I was a few months ago. Then five more down from there. We'll see ...
I just love these graphics. I've said before it's my only creative outlet these days aside from a few macros. Can you call creating a macro creative? Hope so!!!
Must finish 50 more pages of scoping today or else!!!
Linda, There's never any pressure to get back to me! I know you're busy. I'm busy right now too - and I have my massage at 1:30 so I've got that necessary deadline. I'll get back to you later, though!
Linda,
I was just helping a friend out with her speaker cables. She messed them all out. I thought of you as you had a question regarding your speaker tables as well, but yours was so complicated I could not figure it out. I am hoping by now you have cured your problem. I will tell you that I just hung up with Eclipse support, and the man was very helpful. He called me back really quickly too.
For more news on what I am doing, I would tell you to read what I posted on Lisa O'Sullivan's page, but hers might be private. Maybe I can copy and paste a bit.
Here's what I said about editing from the writer:
The job I'm scoping now, I would make comments to myself when reporting it like this:
I need a macro to do a lock space in the global box.
make a macro for putting in a period and a comma while editing from the writer.
And now while I am scoping, I am copying and pasting those comments into notepad so I can actually create and/or find those macros. I refuse to reach out to my computer to do any editing, but I love to do them from my writer.
Alan and I worked in the yard for the first time in about nine years. Here's what I told Lisa:
So funny you think our yardwork is nice and relaxing. You should have seen us out there going down the giant weeds. When I say giant, I mean thigh high. Our house and yard is the shame of the neighborhood. Unfortunately, it will remain that way until we shell out big bucks of our own redoing the deck and painting the house. Last week there was a beautiful buck with huge antlers sitting right outside our kitchen window. He was sitting in the shade of the redwoods, right in the middle of our side yard, grazing on our weeds. A beautiful sight! He and his buddies are part of the reason why I have not planted a single thing outside!
Yes, I was so happy to have gotten rid of that horrible, horrible job. Now I am working on a few short ones. Next week does not look too busy for me, but that might be a good thing at this point. I need to start thinking about my Quicken work, which I have completely neglected. The weather here is absolutely fantastic, and I should have been outside all evening instead of sitting here. I figure I got enough fresh air this morning while working in the yard to keep me going! That was my exercise too, let me tell you.
I am glad you were able to get out and do some shopping, sometimes it can be fun. No, I have not been doing anything really fun aside from work - just reading a few books. Alan and I are trying to do a diet with no sugar, dairy or wheat for six weeks. He is being extremely good. I am being medium bad. I know there is ice cream in the freezer, and while he is out this evening, I am definitely sneaking some.
Wish I could help you on the speaker issues. Hope your body is feeling great by now!
Linda, to give you an indication of how I'm doing, I woke up at 10:00 this morning!!!
I have 10 more pages to scope on my terrible depo. I'm only doing 15 pages an hour as I have to relisten over and over to the witness. I've never done this before. He was way worse than I thought.
On the plus side, our weather here couldn't be better, and I'm trying to get outside a bit. I did a one-mile tape last night. A few days ago I did a two-mile, but with all my sitting, that was too much for me and I tweaked my low back a bit! It's okay now - after a major massage!
Linda, Your good vibes must have gotten me through the day! It was beyond horrid! Here's what I just wrote to the firm, who asked me how it went:
It was a huge, difficult technical job again, but this time the witness had rather poor English. When I asked him to clarify a few things when it was all over, even he had difficulty figuring out what he said! I'm talking broken English. Still, I am so thankful for the extra jobs these days. It will be around 300 pages. Thank goodness I was familiar with most of the terms from the previous two days on this case.
I'm hoping Mr. W recommends me for further depos as he told me they are now through with the scientists here. The words per minute counter on my computer was running between 225 - 300 the entire day. Good thing I'm a Merit reporter! (Like an RMR, but I passed it back when it was called Certificate of Merit at 260 wpm.)
Oh, just for practice, I set up my little Acer with Bridge, and wrote realtime on it the entire job. I have Wireless StenoCast RED now so when I edit the transcript on my computer, it will refresh on the Acer so the attorneys can see the corrected transcript. The more the attorneys know how nice it is, the more they may want to order that service in the future. Mr. W said he's old school and isn't interested. He may be when he isn't actually the one taking the depo, is what I'm thinking.
I want to keep the exhibits with me through the weekend. I'm hoping the attorneys don't request them. Thanks again, Jenny
Linda, I'm talking super, super broken English with scientific terms all day long. We started at 9:00. I hardly got any sleep the night before. Way too many hot flashes, etc. I ordered a bed fan that may not work, but I'm going to try it out. I'll get it next week. So then I had to do the rough last night. I spent one hour and 45 minutes only on it. I had dinner with my friend on the way home, so I started working on it at 9:30 when I was practically comatose!
I am so glad I ordered that keyboard. Typing on it is a breeze. I may have to bug you about it. You do your own scoping, don't you??? Also, the Grand worked great, I did the entire 300 pages on one file. My left hand bothered me towards the end so I just adjusted the left pod on the Grand a bit and it really helped. I can't wait for my massage tomorrow.
How's your body doing today? Will you get a weekend break from the work?
Hey, you're going out of town? Does that mean vacation??? I hope so.
I'll try to write well tomorrow, but I've just been testing this afternoon, and I'm pretty bad. I adjusted my Grand a bit, and I may need to tweak it some more during the job. With a tiny screw. Hopefully, the witness won't be a fast talker! I'll report back as soon as I can to let you know if your good wishes worked!
Man, when it rains it pours and all that! I had a hard time getting out my last two jobs. Just went to the post office with them this afternoon. Now there's nothing pending except my usual office mess, bill paying, and getting ready for tomorrow!
You've sure got my sympathies regarding your work and your overwhelmedness! I'll be joining you with that at my job tomorrow, I'm sure!
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When is your next massage? You need some neck work, for sure.
Just coming down here and starting to work is getting to me. What a mess! Got 30 more pages to go proofing a big job. It's going slooooow!
We'll get some rain in a few days, but we really need it. Hope you get some nice sunshine soon!
Hope your weather is nice over there. We've got our heater on in the mornings now. The days are racing by! I'm wondering if you've got your workload at a manageable place by now, and if so, can you give me some tips as to how you did that!!! I'm trying to use scopists as much as I can ...
If I end up going out today, I'll let you know. I'd love to speak with you. I will be here tomorrow as well. If you're not out all day tomorrow, we can maybe do it then.
Yes, I had to pull myself off the ceiling after reading your *confession*!!!
That's your homework assignment!!! We're getting a late start here, so may end up shopping another day. If we don't go today, maybe I can really finish my job and email it out. That would be good.
I did one mile last night, but it was the power mile tape. Great news you did your machine and you still feel good! Yippee!
Yes, when I get a block of time, I'll let you know. I think we can accomplish lots! I'm still not quite done with my job as I've been slacking the last three days. Hope you enjoy your break! I'll e-mail you as soon as I know more. Alan and I may go shopping tomorrow - kind of a day trip. I'll report back!
I could cry if you're not using some additional editing macros like searching for the words and, but, or and putting a comma in front of them! You are using hyperkeys, right? I'm sure I've asked you that in the past.
Glad your bylines are finally coming together. Hope support gets your paragraphs sorted out. My friend in SJ's speakers were such a mess. It took us an hour at least to fix them!
My massage really helped. Today I'll try to fit the chiro in to give myself the best comfort point possible. I still have 30 pages to scope on one job. It's taking extra time to fill in all the screaming the attorneys did!
We need to talk RT macros soon, for sure!!! When you slow down a tad. my weight is down one pound. Two more to go - then I'll be where I was a few months ago. Then five more down from there. We'll see ...
Must finish 50 more pages of scoping today or else!!!
Here's what I need to post more often:
glitter-graphics.com
glitter-graphics.com
I'm so happy Keith is back and answering questions over on CRF. I've emailed some of his replies to myself for future reference.
Hope you're having some fun this weekend. I've been forcing myself to exercise - trying for something every day. How about you???
I was just helping a friend out with her speaker cables. She messed them all out. I thought of you as you had a question regarding your speaker tables as well, but yours was so complicated I could not figure it out. I am hoping by now you have cured your problem. I will tell you that I just hung up with Eclipse support, and the man was very helpful. He called me back really quickly too.
For more news on what I am doing, I would tell you to read what I posted on Lisa O'Sullivan's page, but hers might be private. Maybe I can copy and paste a bit.
Here's what I said about editing from the writer:
The job I'm scoping now, I would make comments to myself when reporting it like this:
I need a macro to do a lock space in the global box.
make a macro for putting in a period and a comma while editing from the writer.
And now while I am scoping, I am copying and pasting those comments into notepad so I can actually create and/or find those macros. I refuse to reach out to my computer to do any editing, but I love to do them from my writer.
Alan and I worked in the yard for the first time in about nine years. Here's what I told Lisa:
So funny you think our yardwork is nice and relaxing. You should have seen us out there going down the giant weeds. When I say giant, I mean thigh high. Our house and yard is the shame of the neighborhood. Unfortunately, it will remain that way until we shell out big bucks of our own redoing the deck and painting the house. Last week there was a beautiful buck with huge antlers sitting right outside our kitchen window. He was sitting in the shade of the redwoods, right in the middle of our side yard, grazing on our weeds. A beautiful sight! He and his buddies are part of the reason why I have not planted a single thing outside!
Yes, I was so happy to have gotten rid of that horrible, horrible job. Now I am working on a few short ones. Next week does not look too busy for me, but that might be a good thing at this point. I need to start thinking about my Quicken work, which I have completely neglected. The weather here is absolutely fantastic, and I should have been outside all evening instead of sitting here. I figure I got enough fresh air this morning while working in the yard to keep me going! That was my exercise too, let me tell you.
I am glad you were able to get out and do some shopping, sometimes it can be fun. No, I have not been doing anything really fun aside from work - just reading a few books. Alan and I are trying to do a diet with no sugar, dairy or wheat for six weeks. He is being extremely good. I am being medium bad. I know there is ice cream in the freezer, and while he is out this evening, I am definitely sneaking some.
Wish I could help you on the speaker issues. Hope your body is feeling great by now!
Bet you're thinking about the Diamante ...
Am I wrong?
I have 10 more pages to scope on my terrible depo. I'm only doing 15 pages an hour as I have to relisten over and over to the witness. I've never done this before. He was way worse than I thought.
On the plus side, our weather here couldn't be better, and I'm trying to get outside a bit. I did a one-mile tape last night. A few days ago I did a two-mile, but with all my sitting, that was too much for me and I tweaked my low back a bit! It's okay now - after a major massage!
Don't do too much - ease into work if you can!
glitter-graphics.com
Linda, note there is no computer in this pic! Welcome back!!!
It was a huge, difficult technical job again, but this time the witness had rather poor English. When I asked him to clarify a few things when it was all over, even he had difficulty figuring out what he said! I'm talking broken English. Still, I am so thankful for the extra jobs these days. It will be around 300 pages. Thank goodness I was familiar with most of the terms from the previous two days on this case.
I'm hoping Mr. W recommends me for further depos as he told me they are now through with the scientists here. The words per minute counter on my computer was running between 225 - 300 the entire day. Good thing I'm a Merit reporter! (Like an RMR, but I passed it back when it was called Certificate of Merit at 260 wpm.)
Oh, just for practice, I set up my little Acer with Bridge, and wrote realtime on it the entire job. I have Wireless StenoCast RED now so when I edit the transcript on my computer, it will refresh on the Acer so the attorneys can see the corrected transcript. The more the attorneys know how nice it is, the more they may want to order that service in the future. Mr. W said he's old school and isn't interested. He may be when he isn't actually the one taking the depo, is what I'm thinking.
I want to keep the exhibits with me through the weekend. I'm hoping the attorneys don't request them. Thanks again, Jenny
Linda, I'm talking super, super broken English with scientific terms all day long. We started at 9:00. I hardly got any sleep the night before. Way too many hot flashes, etc. I ordered a bed fan that may not work, but I'm going to try it out. I'll get it next week. So then I had to do the rough last night. I spent one hour and 45 minutes only on it. I had dinner with my friend on the way home, so I started working on it at 9:30 when I was practically comatose!
I am so glad I ordered that keyboard. Typing on it is a breeze. I may have to bug you about it. You do your own scoping, don't you??? Also, the Grand worked great, I did the entire 300 pages on one file. My left hand bothered me towards the end so I just adjusted the left pod on the Grand a bit and it really helped. I can't wait for my massage tomorrow.
How's your body doing today? Will you get a weekend break from the work?
I'll try to write well tomorrow, but I've just been testing this afternoon, and I'm pretty bad. I adjusted my Grand a bit, and I may need to tweak it some more during the job. With a tiny screw. Hopefully, the witness won't be a fast talker! I'll report back as soon as I can to let you know if your good wishes worked!
You've sure got my sympathies regarding your work and your overwhelmedness! I'll be joining you with that at my job tomorrow, I'm sure!
I got my new Kinesis Freestyle keyboard yesterday, and I'm loving it! If you get time, read my page and Trina's page for more info.
Tomorrow is my big video depo day. I'm a little freaked!
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