March 29 2014

Practice Audio: Q & A 170-210 (2-Voice)


I’m a big fan of John DeCaro’s practice audio. I especially love the way he does the Q & A. His Q & A actually has different people dictating along with him so that you hear more than one person’s voice. This is helpful to me because I noticed that I have developed a habit of making a stroke for a speaker designation every time I hear a voice inflection from a speaker. I believe that I developed this habit from practicing too much Q & A dictation where one speaker is doing two voices. Hopefully, practicing to John DeCaro’s Q & A dictation, and other Q & A dictation, where there is more than one speaker will help me break this habit.

Here are some briefs from the dictation:
modification= MOIFGS
A. I= IFRPBLGTS
retrospect= ROERT/SPEK
negotiation= GOERBGS
did you have= SDUF
I don’t remember= YORM
do you understand= DOUNDZ
consult= SKULT
real estate= RAE
occupancy= OUPZ
A. Yes.= YEFRPBLGTS
A. Yes, sir.= SYEFRPBLGTS
A. No, sir.= SNOFRPBLGTS
furniture= FURNT
premises= PREMS
carpet= KARPT
air conditioning= AIRNG
repairs= R-PS
maintenance= MAINS
supervisor= SPRFR
thereafter= THRAF
installation= SNAULGS
fabric= FA*RK
leather= L*ERT
pursue= PRAOU
possession= PEGS
thermometer= THERMT
temperature= TEM
windows= WIDZ
front side= FRONDZ
cooler= KAORL
building= BLG
because of the= BAUFT
disposition= DPOGS
dirty= DOIRT
notify= NOIF
composition= KPOGS
degrees= DREZ
average= AFRJ

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March 28 2014

Friday Phrases


DEA agent= DAEGT
debit card= DERKD
credit card= KRERKD
highway patrol= HOIPL
in your experience= NURNS
in your mind= NURMD
in your opinion, Doctor= NURPD
Miranda right= MIRNT
Miranda rights= MIRNTS
Miranda warning= MIRNG

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March 27 2014

Rules Of Grammar: Queen vs Quean

Queen is defined as the following: “The female ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the position by right of birth.” “The most powerful chess piece that each player has.” “A woman that is foremost or preeminent in any respect.” “The fertile fully developed female of social bees, ants, and termites whose function is to lay eggs.”

A quean is defined as the following: “A overly forward, impudent woman.” “A prostitute.” By Scottish definition, it is defined as: “A woman who is young or unmarried.”

Briefs:
queen= QAOEN
quean= QAO*EN

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March 26 2014

Dictionary Builder: Asseverate

Asseverate is defined as “to affirm or declare positively or earnestly.”

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: asseverate= A/SEF/RAET
Option #2: asseverate= A/SEF/RA*IT
Option #3: asseverate= A/SEFRT
Option #4: asseverate= AS/SEF/RAET
Option #5: asseverate= AS/SEF/RA*IT
Option #6: asseverate= AS/SEFRT

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March 21 2014

Random Briefs


median= MAOEND
conciliation= SKILGS
specimen= SPEFM
straightforward= STRAIFRD
courthouse= KHOUS
seaport= SAEPT
apple= AEPL
addendum= DEND
addenda= DAEND
gastro (as a prefix)= SGROE

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March 17 2014

Random Briefs


reciprocal= RIFPL
reciprocate= RIFPT
recipient= RIPT
reiterate= RIT
rational= RAL
rationale= RA*L
leisure= LERB
radiate= YAET
radiation= YAEGS
rotate= RAET or RA*ET
rotation= RAEGS or RA*EGS

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March 14 2014

Friday Phrases


zip code= SKO*ED
ad hoc= DHOK
ad hoc committee= DHOKT
name of= NAIFM
name of the= NAIFMT
course of the trial= KRAOIL
during the course of the trial= DRAOIL
physical evidence= FAEFD
small claims court= SMAIMT
superior weight of the evidence= SWAEFD

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March 10 2014

Medical Monday: Abdominocardiac

Abdominocardiac means of or pertaining to the abdomen and the heart.

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: abdominocardiac= BAURK
Option #2: abdominocardiac= AOMD/KAURK
Option #3: abdominocardiac= AB/DOM/NOE/KAURK
Option #4: abdominocardiac= AB/DOM/NO*E/KAURK
Option #5: abdominocardiac= AB/DOM/NOE/KARD/YAK
Option #6: abdominocardiac= AB/DOM/NO*E/KARD/YAK

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March 9 2014

Practice Video: Indian Institute Of Technology Lecture On Highway Capacity And Level Of Service

Here is a lecture given by a college professor from the Indian Institute of Technology about highway capacity and level of service.

If you live in a city that is a melting pot like I do, it is wise to continue to become well acquainted with the various accents that you will be hearing throughout the course of court reporting, and/or captioning and CARTing. This professor, being from a school located in India, has an Indian accent.

Here are some briefs from the video:
transportation= TR-PGS
engineering= GERG
capacity= KPAFT
highway= HOI
roadway= ROI
freeway= FROI
facility= FAEFLT
factor= FAOK
traffic= TRAFK
lane= LAEN
surface= SFAS
vehicle= VAOEK
maximum= MAX
hourly= HOURL
prevailing= PRAILG
volume= VAOUM
clearance= KLAOERNS
meter= MAOERT
design= SDAOIN
pavement= PAIFMT
strategy= STRAJ
guideline= GLAOIN
effectiveness= FEFNS
curvature= KUFRBT
horizontal= HORL
essentially= SERBL
presentation= PRENGS
division= DWIGS
traffic control= T*K
service= SEFS
passenger car= PAERK
adjustment= JAUMT
density= D*ENTS
ideal= YAOEL
equivalent= QIF
population= POPGS
recreational= KRAOERLGS
volume= VAOUM
calculate= KLAIT
correction= KREX
access= SKES
commuter= KMAOURT

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