04 August 2009

The Devil's in the Details


Every transcriptionist or typist has a couple of words in their repertoire that, no matter how many times we type the word, more often than not we get it wrong. My pet words in this category are: individual, difficulty and significant. (See the pattern?) These are essentially simple words but ones in which I habitually transpose letters. Thinking that I may well be the only transcriptionist experiencing this particular problem, I broached the subject recently in a transcription forum and to my relief I discovered that most transcriptionists have a couple of "devils" in their repertoire too. It would seem most of us adjust auto correct to fix errors of this type or consciously slow ourselves down when typing these words. When all else fails, practice makes perfect! So ... this individual has significant difficulty ... this individual has significant difficulty ... this individual has significant difficulty ... this individual has significant difficulty ...

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