January 5 2013

Practice Video: A Tale Of Two Cities; Book 1, Chapter 1

I like practicing to captioned videos because it makes for a versatile practice due to the fact that I can practice with the sound on or off.

Here are some briefs from the video:
period= PERD
wisdom= WIZ
winter= WIRNT
despair= SDPAIR
heaven= HEFN
insisted= KBIFTD
superlative= SAOURPLT
comparison= KPAIRN
preserve= PREFRB
prophetic= PRO*FKT
herald= HERLD
deficient= DPIRBT
originality= ORJT
congress= KO*NG
British= BRIRB
spiritual= SPIRL
achievement= KHAEFMT
sawn= SAUN
history= HIFT
adjacent= JAEFNT
heavy= HEF
silently= SLENLT
suspicion= SPIGS
justify= JUF
burglary= BLAER
caution= KAUGS
consequence= KWENS
magnificient= NIFNT
creature= KRAOEFPT
majesty= MAJT
contraband= KRAND
midst= M*IDZ
pamphlet= PAFRPLT
warehouse= WROUS
miscellaneous= SLAINS

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January 1 2013

Practive Video: Baseball ABC

This is great moderate lit practice. It is also great for people just starting speed. It incorporates writing letters of the alphabet along with a quick, elementary story about baseball…Fun writing with a bit of a challenge for people at a moderate speed level.

Here are some briefs from the video:
baseball= BAIBL
diamond= DAOIMD
on the ground= OG
cannot= KWOT
at all= TA*UL
must be= MUB
error= ROR

This dictation also contains a good word boundary test for your dictionary. When the story gets to the letter, “u,” and says “for umpire,” you should check to see if a conflict exists in your dictionary.

For me, I had to d-define, “for umpire” because it translated as “forum PAOEUR.”

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November 27 2012

Practice Audio: Lit and Q & A

This is a great combination lit and Q & A practice. The dialog (Q & A) part of the dictation is repeated twice in the audio. This practice is great for a moderate-lit workout, and a slow Q & A practice. The Q & A part is especially helpful for students who are also working on punctuation.

Here are some briefs and phrases from the video:

movie= MO*EF
champion= KHAON
season= S-N
cell phone= SLOEN or SFOEN
at the end of= TEFN
upset= SPET
football= FAOBL
baseball= BAIBL
restaurant= STRAUNT
especially= EP
United States= *US
negative= NEF
library= LAOIB

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November 12 2012

Practice Video: Medical 80 WPM

Here’s some great medical dictation:

Here are some briefs from the video:
pelvis= PEFLS
fracture= FRAUR
dislocation= SDLOEX
posterior= PRAOR
segment= SEGT
sacrum= SKRUM or SAI/KRUM
appendicitis= A/PEND/SAOITS or A/PEN/DA/SAOITS
colon= KLON
diagnose= D-G
diverticulitis= DAOIFR/TIK/LAOITS
appendectomy= AP/PEN/DEK/TOEM or AP/*EN/DEK/TOEM or AP/DEK/TOEM
abdominal= ABL
quadrant= QAURNT
nausea= NAUZ/YA
lumbosacral= LUM/BOE/SKRAL or LUM/BOE/SAI/KRAL
scoliosis= SKOELZ or SKOE/LAOE/OEZ or SKOE/LI/OEZ
intervertebral= INT/VERT/BRAL
diverticulum= DAOIFR/TIK/LUM or DAOIFR/TIK/AOU/LUM
cancer= KAERN
carcinoid= KARS/NOID
malignant= MALGT
central nervous system= KR-NS
nocturia= NOK/TUR/YA or NOK/TOR/YA
diplopia= DA/PLOEP/YA
dysphasia= DIS/FAIZ/*A or DIS/FAIZ/YA

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November 6 2012

Practive Video: Senate Session

I find senate sessions to be great practice for both congressional lits and Q & A designations. Below is a video from a senate session that took place in June, 2012:

Here are some briefs from the video:
assert= SAERT
U.S.= UZ
domestic= DMEFKT
energy= N-RG
he’s= HAOES
oppose= PAOS
opposed= PAOFD
mature= MAUR
benign= BA/NAOIN or BE/NAOIN
toxic= TOX
debate= DB-T
impact= KBAKT
resolution= REFLGS or ROFLGS
Mr. President= MR-PT
intelligence= TEJ
expired= XAOIRD
adoption= DOPGS

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November 2 2012

Practice Video: Jury Charge

Here’s some great jury charge dictation:

Here are some briefs from the video:
as a result= SRULT
of course= -FX
preponderance of the evidence= PEPD
rules of law= RAUFLS
bear in mind= BAERMD
concentrate= SKRAENT
volume= VAOUM
number of witnesses= NUNS
interested witness= TR-NS
matter of law= MAFL
matter of fact= MAFT
as a matter of fact= SMAFT
if any= FAEN
if you find= FUFND
credible evidence= KRAEFD
accident happened= SDAPD
accident occurred= SDURD

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November 1 2012

Practice Video: Q & A (120, 140 and 160)

Below is the same dictation at various speeds for speed building:
120

140

160

Here are some briefs from the video:
would you please= WOUP
buisness address= BAES
subpoena= SPAOEN
any further=NIFRT
transcript= TRIPT
do you have= DOUF
have you ever been= VUFRB
litigation= LIGS
let me ask you= SKLOU
let me ask you this= SKLOUTS
website= WAOIBT
download= DLOAD or DOUNL
full time= FOIM
high school= HAOL
motorcycle= MOIK
part time= POIM

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