Insurance transcriptionists often come across the phrase “accident report.” With a text expander, you can eliminate ever needing to type this phrases out, letter by letter, again. Text expanders use custom abbreviations to insert words or phrases for you automatically. Think of text expanders as similar to the auto-complete or predictive typing on your smartphone. Luckily, it’s possible to automate the typing of repetitive words and phrases and increase your turnaround time (TAT). Repeatedly typing the same words and phrases is mind-numbing, increases keystrokes, and burns precious time. Text expanders can increase your typing speed (up to 30 percent) and you can earn more as a result. If you’re not familiar with text expanders and how they work, then this post is precisely for you. Recently, we surveyed several hundred transcriptionists on their usage of text expanders and, to our surprise, discovered that only about 70 percent use text expansion. By Tyler Marshall for Allegis Transcription How to Start Transcribing with a Text Expander
