POWER OF ATTORNEY

 	KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints each of Mark Sullivan and
Jack Senechal as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:
1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in
the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or
director and/or beneficial owner of  MedQuist
Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
thereunder;
2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf
of the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form
3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or
amendments thereto, and timely file such form
with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and
3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the
opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-
fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-
fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every
act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to
be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of
attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-
fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file
Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings
of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused
this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 12th day
of September, 2008.

/s/ Andrew Vogel______________
Signature



Andrew Vogel _______     ______
Print Name

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