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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March 8 2014

Practice Video: 140 Lit


Here are some briefs from the video:
generation= JAIGS
encountered= KBOURNT/-D
eternal= AOERNLT
justice= JUS
affirmed= AFRMD
dignity= DIGT
delusion= DLAOUGS
supreme court= SKORT
first time= FIRMT
molestation= MREFGS
farmer= FRARM
republic= REB
citizen= SIZ
independence= NPS
brutal= BRAOUL
republican= REN
devastated= DWAEFTD
province= PROFNS
aspiration= SPIRGS
prevail= PRAIL
modernization= MOERNGS
ambassadors= SDORS
hostile= HOFL
applause= PLAUS
on the floor= OFL

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March 8 2014

Tired Of Writing Unconscious In 2 Strokes?

During a recent practice session where the word, “unconscious,” came up a multitude of times, I decided that I was tired of writing “unconscious” in two strokes. As a matter of fact, “tired” was an understatement it was more like, on the brink of exhaustion. Lol.

Therefore, I came up with a one-stroke brief for unconscious, KOUNS. It is similar to the brief I use for conscious, KONS. I just added a “U” to that brief.

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March 7 2014

Friday Phrases


low back= LOEK
lower back= LOERK
about the same time= BAIMT
it about the same time= TBAIMT
is it about the same time= STBAIMT
above the= BOFT
juvenile delinquency= JUFLZ
I guess= IGS
Immigration and Naturalization Service= INS/INS
mental health= M*ENLT
not to answer= NAONS
not to answer the question= NAONGS

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March 3 2014

Medical Monday: Urticaria

The more common name for urticaria is “hives.” Urticaria a skin rash is characterized by, “pale red, raised, itchy bumps.”

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: urticaria= UR/T*I/KAER/YA*
Option #2: urticaria= URT/YI/KAER/YA*
Option #3: urticaria= UR/T*I/KAER/A*
Option #4: urticaria= URT/YI/KAER/A*
Option #5: urticaria= UR/TA*/KAER/YA*
Option #6: urticaria= UR/T*A/KAER/A*

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February 28 2014

Friday Phrases


peripheral vision= PRIFRLGS
permanent physical impairment= PAIRMT or PA*IRMT
physical impairment= FA*IRMT
fair statement= FAIRMT
I’m sorry= AOIMS
I’m sure= AOIMZ
I’m the= AOIMT
I’m not= AO*IMT
I’m not sorry= AO*IMS
I’m not sure= AO*IMZ
irreconcilable differences= IRKDZ

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February 25 2014

Random Briefs


Here are a group of briefs that can be tricky and conflict with each other:
sing= SING
sink= S*ING
sync= SY*NG
zinc= SN*K
zing= S*NG
singer= SIRNG
zinger= S*RNG
sinker= S*IRNG
syncer (as in lip syncer)= SY*RNG
synchronization= SY*NGS

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February 21 2014

Friday Phrases


taxicab driver= TAEBD
(taxicab= TAEB)
cab driver= KABD
aggravated assault= GRAULT
aggravated assault and battery= GRAUBLT
aggravated robbery= GRARB
aggravated sexual assault= GRAUFLT
aggravating circumstances= GIRKS
object to the form= OFRM
object to the form of the question= OFRMGS

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