March 5 2015

Theory Thursday: Practice Video (30 WPM Dictation)


Here are some briefs and phrases from the video:
afford= FAURD
that= THA
coat= KOET
did you= DU or SDU
learned= LERND
sword= SWORD
cattle= KALT
roamed= ROEMD
we need= WEFRN
gourds= GOURDZ
decorate= DRAIT
became= BAIM
aware= WAIR
that the= THAT
prevailing= PRAILG
we would= WELD
precautions= PRAUGSZ
overhear= VAER
conversation= KFRGS
for instance= FRINS
airline= AIRL
improve= KBROF
service= SEFS
at this time= TIT
identification= AOIFGS
difficult= DIF
medical report= MORP
worry= WOIR
patient= PAIRBT
are you= RU
emergencies= MJS
it was= T-FS
public= PUB
announcement= NOUMT
in regard= NRAR
painful= PAIFL
one of the= WUFNT
escrow= SKROE
cannot= KWOT
outcome= OUK
under the influence= NUFL
alcohol= KHOL
element= L-MT
substance= SB-
diagnose= D-G
illness= INLS
is this= ST-H
signature= SIGT
female= FAEL
injured= J*URD
in a= NA
number= MUB
condition= K-N
critical= KRIBLG
I understand= INDZ
has been= HAB
hospital= HOPT
ambulance= BLANS
degrees= DREZ
Fahrenheit= FRENT
autopsy= AUPZ
confirmed= KFRMD
fractures= FRAURS
or not= ORNT
expect= XEKT
reporter= RORPT
administer= M-R
program= PRAM
inch= N-FP
proposal= PROEPL
concrete= KRET
legislate= LAEGT
morality= MO*RLT
worth= WO*RT
employer= PLOIR
called= KAULD
do you think= DOUNG
letter= LERT
appropriate= PROEPT
carbon dioxide= KBOX
another= NOER

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March 4 2015

Steno Fun Fact: The 90-Minute Focus Peak

I Love Steno Logo (Cropped)Under a sub-heading entitled, “Time Your Breaks,” the March 2015 issue of Money magazine states: “Research shows your brain losses focus on a task after about 90 minutes.”

Based on this information, it wouldn’t hurt to take a 5-minute break after an hour and a half of practice to get a focus reboot.

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March 3 2015

Random Briefs


foresee= FOERZ
forethought= FOERT
forgery= FOERJ
forgeries= FOERJS
machine= M-N
machinate= M-NT
machinated= M-NTD
machinates= M-NTS
machination= M-NGS
matter of fact= MAFT
matter-of-factly= MAFLT

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March 2 2015

Steno Resources: Printed Testimony

I Love Stenography Logo (Cropped)If you have an Android phone or tablet, or a Google Play app, you can get some printed testimony that can be used for practice. If writing from paper is part of your steno study, or if you are looking for printed material that you can time and record, this is a useful resource.

Doing a search for “testimony” in Google Books will bring up several Q & A documents. Most of these documents, judging by the date they were created, are likely public domain works. The available free testimony, as of today, includes: Testimony of Attorney-General Brewster, Testimony: New York State Legislature Joint Committee, and many others.

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March 2 2015

Medical Monday: Anociation

Anociation is defined by Merriam-Webster as follows: “A method of preventing shock and exhaustion incident to surgical operations by preventing communication between the area of operation and the nervous system especially by means of a local anesthetic or sharp dissection.”

Machine Briefs:
OPTION #1: anociation= A/NOE/SHAOE/A*EUGS
OPTION #2: anociation= A/NOE/SAOE/A*EUGS
OPTION #3: anociation= A/NOERB/YA*EUGS
OPTION #4: anociation= A/NOERB/YAEUGS
OPTION #5: anociation= A/NORB/YA*EUGS
OPTION #6: anociation= A/NORB/YAEUGS

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