May 9
2013
May 9
2013
Stenspiration™
May 7
2013
Week 18: 13,000 Words in 2013 Dictionary Challenge
Week 18: 261
Week 17: 255
Week 16: 272
Week 15: 507
Week 14: 280
Week 13: 264
Week 12: 265
Week 11: 680
Week 10: 307
Week 9: 266
Week 8: 248
Week 7: 292
Week 6: 390
Week 5: 578
Week 4: 258
Week 3: 252
Week 2: 274
Week 1: 470 Entries
Total Tally: 6119 Entries
Happy dictionary building!
Love, Speed & Accuracy,
Elsie Villega
May 7
2013
Legal Vocabulary: Devise
May 7
2013
Practice Video: Jury Charge
In this video Judge Thomas Stark reads a jury charge that he gave a jury in a 1975 murder trial, People vs. DeFeo.
jury instruction= JIRK
jury instructions= JIRKS
under the influence= NUFL
first degree= F-D
second degree= S-D
murder in the second degree= M-KD
disturbance= DURNS
extreme= STREM
manslaughter= MAUTS
homicide= HOM or HOMDZ
under the circumstances= UTS
viewpoint= VAOUPT
question of fact= KWEFT
contention= KENGS
passionate= PARBT
clarity= KLART
insanity= SNAET
for the purposes= FORPS
by reason= BIRN
disprove= SPROF
common law= KMOL
contrary= KRAIR
State of New York= STOERK
statute= STAOUFP
psychosis= SKOES
psychotic= SKOKT
convert= KWERT
May 6
2013
Medical Monday: Tramadol
Tramadol is a man-made (or, synthetic) pain reliever. It binds to the receptors in the brain that are responsible for transmitting pain throughout the body. Tramadol is prescribed to manage moderate to moderately severe pain.
Machine Briefs:
Option #1: tramadol= TRAM/A/DOL
Option #2: tramadol= TRAM/DOL
May 5
2013
Legal Vocabulary: Impeachment
Impeachment is defined as: (1) “The process of calling a witness’s testimony into doubt.” (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may accuse high officers of the federal government of misconduct. These officers are then tried by the Senate.
Machine Briefs:
Option #1: impeachment= KBAEFMT
Option #2: impeachment= KBAOEFMT
Option #3: impeachment= IM/PAOEFP/-MT
May 4
2013
Practice Video: Lit
My husband is so helpful with my quest for steno gold! 🙂 He found this video for me to practice to. This is a video of Mr. Rogers appearing before the United States Senate. This is great lit practice. I’m not sure of the average WPM for this video, but on the scale of 60-225, it seems to be on the slow/moderate side of things.
Here are some briefs from the video:
philosophical= FLOEFL
children= KHIRN
educational= JAEL or JAELGS
television= T-FGS
affiliated= FILTD
program= PRAM
haircut= HAIRKT
program= PRAM
inner= NER or KBER
as well as= SWELS
expression= KPREFGS
unique= YAOEK
Happy practicing!
Love, Speed & Accuracy,
Elsie Villega
May 4
2013
Stenspiration™
May 3
2013
Friday Phrases
traffic accident= TRAFX
this accident= TH-X
after the accident= AFRX
after this accident= A*FRX
as a result of the accident= SRUX
as a result of this accident= SR*UX
at the time of the accident= TEFX
at the time of this accident= T*EFX
before the accident= B-FRX
before this accident= B*FRX
day of the accident= DAIFX
day of this accident= DA*IFX
date of the accident= DAFX
date of this accident= DA*FX
following the accident= FEX
following this accident= F*EX
night of the accident= NAOIFX
night of this accident= NAO*IFX
prior to the accident= PRAOIRX
prior to this accident= PRAO*IRX
scene of the accident= SNAX
scene of this accident= SNA*X
