May 21 2015

Theory Thursday: Speaker Designations

I Love Steno Logo (Cropped)When doing Q&A, or in other situations where there may be several different speakers, it is important to have a variety of designations to identify the multiple speakers. Below is a list of steno briefs that can be used to indicate multiple speakers by number. (Remember, most of the time, these speakers will be defined as colloquy. Also, this list does not include the basic Q and A designations):
#01= STPHAO
#02= SKWRAO
#03= EUFPLTD or *EUFPLT
#04= EURBGSZ or *EURBGS
#05= STPHAOEU
#06= SKWRAOEU
#07= AOEUFPLT
#08= AOEURBGS
#09= STPHAOEUFPLT
#10= SKWRAOEURBGS
#11= 1234/1234
#12= 6789/6789

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May 7 2015

Theory Thursday: Prefix/Suffix Exercise

Source: Moss4ACI (You Tube)

Machine briefs from video:
Prefix out-= AOUT
operation= PRAIGS
promotion= PROMGS
please= PLAOES
Prefix up-= AUP
we need= WAOEFRN
to do= TAOD
competitive= KPEFT
is there= STHR
anybody= NIB
available= VAIBL
for the= F-RT
afternoon= AFRN
Prefix on-= AON
investigation= VEGS
century= SEN
when was= WHFS
doesn’t= DOENT
traffic= TRAFK
surgery= SURG
Prefix over= AUFR
robbery= ROIB
to get= TO*GT
system= ST-M
patient= PAIRBT
brief= BRAOEF
shadow= SHAOD
tradition= TRA
whenever= WHEFR
Mary= MA*ER
on the= ONT
any= NI
body= BOED
moving= MOFG
resulted= RULTD
flew= FLAOU
Suffix -over= O*EFR
anymore= NIM
inspection= SPEX
will be= L-B
conducted= KUKTD
Suffix -of= O*F
performance= P-FNS
who was= WHOFS
Prefix under-= N-R
policy= POIL
friends= FRENDZ
weekend= WEND
how much= HOUFP
invited= VAOITD
service= SFS
having= V-G
defendant= D-FT
support= SPOR
everyday= EFRD
trial= TRAOIL
season= S-N
are the= R-T
supporting= SPORG
disease= D-Z
dishes= DIRBS
vacation= VAIGS
October= OKT
assessment= SAEMT
several= SEFRL
New York= NORK
quiet= QAET

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April 30 2015

Theory Thursday: Indefinite Pronouns (Briefs Included)

I Love Steno Logo (Cropped)Indefinite pronouns refer to something that is unspecified.

Here’s a list of indefinite pronouns and their machine briefs:
anybody= NIB
anyone= NIN
anything= NIG
each= AOEFP
either= AO*ERT
everybody= EFRB
everyone= EFRN
everything= EFRG
neither= NAOERT
nobody= NOB
no one= N*ON
nothing= NOG
one= WUN
somebody= S-B
someone= SWUN
something= S-G
several= SEFRL
many= MAEN
few= FAOU
both= BO*ET
some= SM-
most= MOFT
none= NON
all= AUL
any= NI

Pronoun Source: English Grammar Revolution

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April 23 2015

Theory Thursday: Time

I Love Steno Logo (Cropped)o’clock= KLK
one o’clock= 1K
two o’clock= 2K
three o’clock= 3K
four o’clock= 4K
five o’clock= 5K
six o’clock= K6
seven o’clock= K7
eight o’clock= K8
nine o’clock= K9
ten o’clock= 10K
eleven o’clock= 1/1K
twelve o’clock= 12K

a.m.= AM
p.m.= PM

(NOTE: Your software should be set to automatically add :00 after any digits of 1-12 that you write before writing a.m or p.m.)

(ALSO NOTE: Your software should have a command for a number conversion that will allow numbers to be converted into “clock mode.” In my dictionary, the clock mode designation is KLM, defined as {Number Conversion}[nN:NN] If I write KLM on my machine and then write numbers on my machine following the clock mode stroke, the numbers will convert into a time format that includes a colon (00:00).

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March 26 2015

Theory Thursday: Practice Dictation: Lit (30, 40, 50 WPM)

Here are some briefs and phrases from the video:
my name is= MAOINS
of the -FT
experience= XERNS
I think= AOING
you should= URBD
little bit= BLIT
that you are= THAUR
to this= TOTS
navy= NAEF
although= AOL
throughout= THROUT
interest= TR-
politics= PLIKS
learned= LERND
system= ST-M
become= B-K
I wanted= IPTD
to see= TOZ
pressured= PRERBD
into= NAO
immediately= MAOELD
inside= N-DZ
on the= ONT
to have= TOF
living= LIFG
responsibilities= SPONLTS
that was= THAFS
months= MOS
morning= MORNG
proportion= PRORGS
publicity= PUBT
until= N-L
think of= THIF
scandal= SKANLD
in my= NAOI
picture= PIR
when I think= WHING
think about= THIB
what I wanted= WHAIPTD
to find= TOFND

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March 12 2015

Theory Thursday: Stitching

I Love Steno Logo (Cropped)Stitching is used in steno to indicate that a speaker is spelling something out. For example, “Her name was Linda Straight, S-T-R-A-I-G-H-T.”

Machine Briefs:
{Glue}-A= ARBGS
{Glue}-B= PWRBGS
{Glue}-C= KRRBGS
{Glue}-D= TKRBGS
{Glue}-E= ERBGS
{Glue}-F= TPRBGS
{Glue}-G= TKPWRBGS
{Glue}-H= HRBGS
{Glue}-I= EURBGS
{Glue}-J= SKWRRBGS
{Glue}-K= KRBGS
{Glue}-L= HRRBGS
{Glue}-M= PHRBGS
{Glue}-N= TPHRBGS
{Glue}-O= ORBGS
{Glue}-P= PRBGS
{Glue}-Q= KWRBGS
{Glue}-R= RRBGS
{Glue}-S= SRBGS
{Glue}-T= TRBGS
{Glue}-U= URBGS
{Glue}-V= SRRBGS
{Glue}-W= WRBGS
{Glue}-X= XPRBGS
{Glue}-Y= KWRRBGS
{Glue}-Z= S*RBGS

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March 5 2015

Theory Thursday: Practice Video (30 WPM Dictation)


Here are some briefs and phrases from the video:
afford= FAURD
that= THA
coat= KOET
did you= DU or SDU
learned= LERND
sword= SWORD
cattle= KALT
roamed= ROEMD
we need= WEFRN
gourds= GOURDZ
decorate= DRAIT
became= BAIM
aware= WAIR
that the= THAT
prevailing= PRAILG
we would= WELD
precautions= PRAUGSZ
overhear= VAER
conversation= KFRGS
for instance= FRINS
airline= AIRL
improve= KBROF
service= SEFS
at this time= TIT
identification= AOIFGS
difficult= DIF
medical report= MORP
worry= WOIR
patient= PAIRBT
are you= RU
emergencies= MJS
it was= T-FS
public= PUB
announcement= NOUMT
in regard= NRAR
painful= PAIFL
one of the= WUFNT
escrow= SKROE
cannot= KWOT
outcome= OUK
under the influence= NUFL
alcohol= KHOL
element= L-MT
substance= SB-
diagnose= D-G
illness= INLS
is this= ST-H
signature= SIGT
female= FAEL
injured= J*URD
in a= NA
number= MUB
condition= K-N
critical= KRIBLG
I understand= INDZ
has been= HAB
hospital= HOPT
ambulance= BLANS
degrees= DREZ
Fahrenheit= FRENT
autopsy= AUPZ
confirmed= KFRMD
fractures= FRAURS
or not= ORNT
expect= XEKT
reporter= RORPT
administer= M-R
program= PRAM
inch= N-FP
proposal= PROEPL
concrete= KRET
legislate= LAEGT
morality= MO*RLT
worth= WO*RT
employer= PLOIR
called= KAULD
do you think= DOUNG
letter= LERT
appropriate= PROEPT
carbon dioxide= KBOX
another= NOER

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