August 30 2012

Steno Fun Fact: Charles Dickens The Stenographer

At the age of 18, Charles Dickens reportedly became a professional stenographer. He used his verbatim skills for the newspaper, the Mirror of Parliament. He worked there for about half-a-decade before launching a career as a novelist. His work as a stenographer clearly influenced his writing. He made one of his most popular characters, David Copperfield, a parliament stenographer too.

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August 27 2012

Practice Video: Asking For Directions

While practicing this video, I used “THE COURT” designation for the voice of the narrator.

Here are some briefs for some of the words and phrases spoken in the video:
do you know= DAOUN
excuse me= SKAOUM
library= LAOIB
polite= PLOIT
along= LAONG
capitol= KPOL
(as opposed to capital=KPAL)
practice= PRA
let’s= LETS
let me= LEM
beach= BAOEFP
movie= MO*EF
anything else= NILGS

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August 27 2012

Practice Video: Basic Conversation

This video is great for practicing speaker designations, especially if you’ve recently advanced from theory. It’s a good video to get you comfortable using Q & A symbols. A third party even interjects a couple of times.

Here are some briefs for some of the words that come up in the video:
graduate= GRAUT
river= RIFR
study= STOI
o’clock= KLK
jump= JUFRP
fiction= F*IBGS
tragedy= TRAJD
adventure= DWUR
comedy= KMAOED
romance= ROE/MANS

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