I Love Steno: The Tour- The Gallery Of Shorthand
Last week, I had the pleasure of visiting The Gallery of Shorthand. The gallery is located at the Federal Courthouse in Central Islip, Long Island (New York) (Eastern District).


The gallery exhibit is a comprehensive timeline of recorded words. It is organized in epochs, starting with the first epoch that depicts the ancient scribes of Egypt.

The timeline ends with Epoch X, modern day CART and closed-captioning.
There is a very cool display of the various steno machines that have been invented throughout time. Amongst the machines are steno notes (on paper), and a variety of stenography educational tools (past and present).

The Gallery of Shorthand also displays speed contest medals.

There is also a section of the gallery dedicated to “Legends of Shorthand.”

I loved perusing all of the exhibits at The Gallery of Shorthand! I look forward to visiting the gallery again. Kudos to the gallery’s owner and director, Dominick M. Tursi.
I Love Steno: The Student Edition- A Court Reporter Advises Students To Be Consistent
I Love Steno: The Tour (Coming Summer 2014)
This Song Impeccably Describes How I Feel About My Steno Journey At This Point…
I’m taking a break from my early morning steno practice, and I want to post a song that was apropos to how I feel about my steno journey right now. I have a feeling that even after I become seasoned in this profession, I’ll still feel the same way. 🙂
I’ve always loved this song:
“We’ve Only Just Begun,” By: The Carpenters
Love, Speed and Accuracy,
Elsie Villega
How I Feel About Being 1 Test Away From Finishing Court Reporting School…
Actor Harvey Keitel The Court Reporter
Steno Comedy: Long Writing vs. Short Writing
Practice Video: Mock Trial- The State vs. Golden Locks
This is my favorite practice video that I’ve posted so far! The children did a stellar job! I think I want to make an actual transcript for this one. Can you imagine the caption? Lol.
Briefs from the video:
liberty= LIBT
coalition= KOLGS
enjoy= GOI
golden= GOENLD
buglary= BLAER
state of= STAIF
circuit= SIRKT
opening statement= OEPGS
your Honor= URN
ladies and gentlemen of the jury= LAIJS
in this case= NIK
forest= FREFT
graciously= GRAIRBS/LI
manners= MARNS
typical= TOIP
destruction= SDRUBGS
yes I did= YID
I object= IB
I object to= IBT
did you see= SDUZ
cross examine= KR-K
specialty= SPERBT
yes, Your Honor= YURN
state your name= STURN
stipulate= STIP
for the record= FRORD
upstairs= UPTS
move to strike= MOFTS
my name is= MAOINS
academy= DWAD
breakfast= BREFS
birthday= B*IRTD
living room= LIFRM
television= T-FGS
bedroom= BERM
let the record reflect= L-KT
baby= BAEB
thank you= THAUNG
how much= HOUFP
prosecutor= PRR
haircut= HAIRKT
if anything= FAEN
do you mean= DOUM
asleep= SLAEP
sustained= STAEND
where do you live= WROUF
of course= -FX
I believe= AOIBL
not guilty= N-G
beyond a reasonable doubt= Y-RD


