November 30 2012

Friday Phrases: Blood Phrases


blood cell= BLAOL
blood cells= BLAOLS
blood clot= BLAOKT
blood count= BLAOK
blood pressure= BLAOPS
blood sample= BLAOFRPL
blood serum= BLAORM
blood stream= BLAOFM
blood sugar= BLAORB
blood sugar level= BLAORBL
blood test= BLAOT
blood transfusion= BLAOFGS
blood type= BLAOP
blood vessel= BLAOFL
blood vessels= BLAOFLS
blood alcohol= BLOL
blood alcohol level= BLEFL

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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 16 2012

Friday Phrases


primary care= PRAIRK
first-degree murder= F-MD
murder in the first degree= M-FD
as many= SMAEN
as many as= SMAENS
medical records= MORDZ
police car= PLIR
police vehicle= PLIFK
rate of speed= R-FPD

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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 9 2012

Friday Phrases


degree of= DREF
degree of care= DREFK
degree of medical certainty= DREFMT
degree of the= DREFT
did your= DUR or SDUR
one of= WUFN
one of the= WUFNT
operating room= ORM or PRAOM
or not= ORNT
P.O. Box= PO*X
peremptory challenge= PRERJ

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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 2 2012

Friday Phrases


income tax= N-KT
tax payer= TAERP
instruct the jury= STRUJ
intensive care= SBEFK
intensive care unit= SBEFKT
officer of the law= OIFRL
police officer= PLOIFR
undercover officer= NOIFR
court officer= KROIFR
post office= POFS
doctor’s office= DOFS

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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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October 26 2012

Practive Video: Deposition Reenactment

This is a funny one-minute skit about answering questions at a deposition. Depending on your speed and your familiarity with Q&A designations, this could be a good burst of practice for you.

Here are some briefs for some of the words and phrases used in the video:
my name is= MAOINS
in this case= NIK
Have you ever had your deposition taken before?= VUFRPD
for the record= FRORD
Where do you work= WROURK
urinalysis= AOURNLZ
unemployed= TPHROID
airport= AIRPT

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October 26 2012

Friday Phrases


off and on= FAON
up and down= POUN
promissory note= PROET
off the record= FRORTD (NOTE: As a parenthetical I type, “OF/OF”)
subpoena duces tecum= SP-D
than the= THANT
thank you very much= THAUFP
thank you, Your Honor= THAURN
up-to-date= P-TD

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