January 21 2013

Practice Video: As A Man Thinketh Part 1

Thinking positively is such an important factor to what we do as stenographers. Due to this fact, I think that practicing to material that reinforces positive thinking is very beneficial to us on a variety of levels. Therefore, I will be regularly posting the type of material that will, hopefully, keep our attitudes upbeat, as well as enhance our typing skills.

Love, Speed & Accuracy,

Elsie Villega

Here are some briefs from the video:
volume= VAOUM
exhaustive= XAUFS
suggestive= SUGT
explanatory= SPLANT or SPLARNT
discovery= SKOIFR
perception= SPEFPGS or SPEPGS
virtue= VIRT
encourage= NURJ
garment= GARMT
ignorance= GORNS
happiness= HAEP/-NS
chapter= KHARPT
comprehensive= KPREFNS
spontaneous= SPAINS
premeditated= PRAEMTD or PRAEMD
deliberately= DLIBL or DLIBLT
executed= SKAOUTD
shadow= SHAOD
deviate= DWAIT
deviating- DWAIGT
visible= VIFBL
continued= T-ND
weapons= WEPS
fashion= FAGS
perfection= P-FRGS
descends= SDENDZ
pertaining= PRAING
confidence= K-FS or K-FNS
intelligence= TEJS
agency= AEG
abandoned= BAUND
household= HOUFLD
conscious= KONS
diamonds= DAOIMDZ
obtained= BAIND
investigation= VEGS
understanding= NANGD
wisdom= WIZ
practice= PRA
temple= TEFRPL

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January 7 2013

Practive Video: Medical Lit


Here are some briefs from the video:
miracle= MIRBLG
digest= DJ
digestive= DFT
excrete= XRAOET
lifetime= LAOIFT
all the= AULT
cycle= SAOIBLG
chemcal= KHEM or KHEM/KAL
and a half= NAF
grocery= GROIR
cereal= KRAOERL
vegetables= VEJS
skeleton= SKENLT
muscle= MUFL
coordinated= KAORNTD
interestingly= TR-LG
passively= PAFL
computer= KPAOURT
energy= N-RJ
organic= GO*RNG
animal= ANL
diversity= DWEFRT
species= SPAOES

Conflcits to be mindful of:
waste= WAEFT
waist= WAIFT

meat= MAET
meet= MAOET

piece= PAOES
peace= PAES

bear= BAER
bare= BAIR

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January 6 2013

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

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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 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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