I was told by my hearing impaired friend that I lower the volume of my voice at the end of a sentence. But did you know that more importantly, the best favor you can do for a hearing impaired friend is to slow down? Place just a fraction of a second between each word. First, when speaking to someone with a hearing deficit, you know immediately that you need to raise your voice a little. Because of this, you have to be more diligent with your diction to compensate for the lack of visualization.īefore you begin, visualize someone sitting in front of you who is hard of hearing, sweet and elderly. Likewise, the person listening to you cannot see you. So when you speak into a mouthpiece, you are basically speaking to yourself because you’re not using those subconscious visual cues. When you talk to yourself, articulation declines because you already know what you’re saying. One must first be aware of the fact that today’s technology does not allow you to see the person to whom you’re dictating, and that is a liability when you speak face to face with someone you and the listener are using many subconscious visual cues to see that the speaker is being heard correctly and that the listener is understanding. They give me clear, precise dictation, so I can give them clear, precise copy.Īre you the former or the latter? Below are a few important tips on the mechanics of dictating well. These are the well-paced, clear, and organized dictators.
I feel energized and ready to do a good job. When I see certain names pop up in my queue, I smile. Then there are those jobs that can make a transcriber’s day. Have you ever thought about what your transcriptionist might be thinking while listening to your dictation? “That one must put marbles in his mouth before he starts dictating,” is one of my favorite complaints.
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