June 21 2014

Practice Video: Jury Charge

Here are some briefs from the video:
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury= LAIJS
in this case= NIK
recess= RES
jury instructions= JIRKS
bailiff= BIF
is that correct= STHARK
closing argument= KLAOUMT
discharge= DARJ
ignore= GOR
intoxicated= SBOKD
misdemeanor= M-M
law enforcement officer= LAUFRMT
motor vehicle= MOEFK
beyond a reasonable doubt= Y-RD
equivalent= QIF
impairment= KBAIRMT
direct evidence= DRAEFD
circumstantial evidence= SKAEFD
greater weight= GRAERGT
bias or prejudice= BOP
leniency= LAONTS or LAOENT/S*I

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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 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 2 2014

Q & A Phrases

Here is an excellent video I found on you tube of Q & A phrases. Briefs are given in the video for the phrases. The video also has sentences containing the phrases.
Here’s my hindsight is 20/20 advice: Learn these phrases as soon as you can after theory! If your school hasn’t implemented these phrases into their theory books, make sure that you study them!! These phrases will be extremely helpful when you are doing Q & A!

Here are some more briefs from the video:
to do= TAOD
last time= LAFMT
dirty= DOIRT
day of the week= DAIFK
midnight= MAOID
if I wanted= FIPTD
would you please= WOUP
no matter= NORMT
outcome= OUK
theater= THAOERT
ugly= OIG
awake= WOIK
alarm= LARM
bullet= BULT

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March 1 2014

4-Voice 160 Q & A


Here are some briefs from the video:
photograph= FOEF
degrees= DREZ
bicycle= BAOIBLG
arrow= ROER
area= AER
A. Correct= KRFRPBLGTS
let me see= LEMZ
physical evidence= FAEFD
anything else= NILGS
relied= RAO*ID
points of impact= POIFKTS
photos= FOEFTS
point of contact= POIFK
car accident= KARX
measurement= MURMT
highway= HOI
angle= AENL
designated= SDEGTD
deposition= DEPGS
do you remember= DOURM
discarded= DARD/-D
that’s correct= THAERK
do you know= DAOUN
would have been= WOFB
hypothetical= H*PT
in other words= NOERDZ
obviously= OEFLS
clarify= KLOIF
you want= UPT
that’s right= THAERT
I can’t see= YAZ
if you give= FUFG
necessarily= NEFL
he wants= EPTS
right side= R-DZ
that could= THAKD

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December 23 2013

Medical Monday: Gastr/o Words, Hepat/o Words, and More

This video is great for becoming familiar with the pronunciations and meanings of medical words and word parts. It is also great for dictionary building.

Here are some briefs from the video:
gastritis= SGRAOITS or GAS/TRAOITS
gastromegaly= GAS/TROE/MEG/LI or GAS/TROE/MEG/L*I or GAS/TROE/MEG/LAOE or SGROE/MEG/LI or SGROE/MEG/L*I or SGROE/MEG/LAOE
gastroma= GAS/TROEM or GAS/TROE/MA or SGROE/MA
gastralgia= GAS/TRAL/JA or GAS/TRAL/JA*
gastrodynia= GAS/TROE/DIN/YA* or SGROE/DIN/YA*
gastroplasty= SGROE/PLAEFT or GAS/TRO//PLAEFT or SGROE/PLAFT/YI or GAS/TRO/PLAFT/YI
hepatitis= HEP/TAOITS or HEP/A/TAOITS
hepatomegaly= HA/PAT/O*E/MEG/LI or HA/PAT/O*E/MEG/L*I or HA/PAT/O*E/MEG/LAOE or HA/PAT/MEG/LI or HA/PAT/MEG/LI* or HA/PAT/MEG/LAOE
hepatoma= HEP/TOE/MA or HEP/A/TOE/MA
thoracotomy= THOR/A/COT/M*I
gastroscope= SGROE/SKOEP or GAS/TROE/SKOEP
tonsillitis= TONS/LAOITS
tonsillectomy= TONS/LEK/TOE/M*I or TONS/LEK/TOE/MAOE or TONS/LEK/TO*EM
anesthesia= STHAOEZ
hyperthermia= HAOIRP/THERM/YA* or HAOI/PER/THERM/YA*
intramuscular= SBRA/MUFRL or SBRA/MUS/KLAR
paranasal= PA/RA/NAIFL of PA/RA/NAZ/A*L
polyuria= POL/YI/AOUR/YA* or POIL/AOUR/YA*

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