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 23 2012

Practice Video: Opening Statement

Below is an instructional video for making opening statements. I found it to be good practice on the machine.

Here are some briefs from the video:
cocaine= KOIK
perfect= P-FRT
informant= N-FNT
police department= PLEPT
identity= AOEUD
transport= TR-PT
simply= SOIM
prosecution= PR-GS
reasonable doubt= -RD
expert= SPERT
pressure= PRERB
ask you= SKU
impossible= KBOB
at the end of= TEFN
positive= POF

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October 17 2012

Practive Video: Dictation On Economics

The following video is great lit practice. The background music is also great for practicing focusing while there are distractions.

Here are some briefs for some of the words and phrases used in the video:
income= N-K
composition= KPOGS
economic= KMIK
in fact= N-FT
possession= PEGS
transform= TR-FRM
let us= LETS
arise= RIS
enterprise= SBRAOIS
commodity= KMOD
entrepreneur= SBRAOUR
airplane= AIRP
automobile= AOBL
entity= SB-T
consume= SKAOM
consumption= SKAOMGS
durable= DURBL
intermediate= SBAOED
infrastructure= STPHRUR
airport= AIRPT
depreciation= DPRAOERBGS
depreciate= DPRAOERBT

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October 1 2012

Practice Video: Medical Q & A (120)


Here are some briefs from the video:
duly licensed to practice medicine= DLIM
New Jersey= NAOURJ
medical school= MAOL
ophthalmology= OPT/MOLG or MOLG
ophthalmologist= OPT/MOLGT or MOLGT
memorial= MAERL
with reference= WREFRNS
neoplasm= NAOE/O*E/PLAFM or NEO/OE/PLAFM
as a result= SRULT
melanoma= MEL/NOE/MA or MEL/A/NOE/MA choroid= KOR/ROID or KHOR/ROID [SIDEBAR: I like to use the brief KHOR/ROID because it doesn’t conflict with “corps reside” like KOR/ROID does.]

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September 28 2012

Practice Video: Commonly Used Words with “L”

This video is great practice for theory students.

Here are some briefs from some of the words spoken in the video:
little= LIL
along= LAONG
below= BLOE
children= KHIRN
almost= L-M
example= KP-M
himself= HIMZ
usually= AOURBL
early= ERL
leter= LERT
English= GLIRB
built= BILT
special= SPERB
already= L-R
longer= LORNG
carefully= KAIFL
although= AOL
simple= SIM
suddenly= SULD
itself= T-Z
language= LANG
listen= L-N
lost= LO*S
travel= TRAFL
yourself= YOURZ
yellow= YOEL

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September 11 2012

Practice Video: 4-Voice

Here‘s a great video that I practiced to today. I LOVE practicing to these “learn English” videos. In this particular video there are 4 voices. However, the conversation is spoken in 3-voice; a narrator is also present.

While practicing to this video, I used the following designations:

The question bank= Elena
The answer bank= Agatha
SKWRAO= Victor
The Judge (KORT/KORT)= Gabrielle, the narrator

Here are some briefs from some of the terms and phrases spoken in the video:

delicious= DLIRBS
I’m sorry= AOIMS
good night= GAOIT
darling= DARLG
custom= KUFM
especially= EP
somebody else= SBLS
possessive= PEFS
masculine= SKLIN
goodbye= GAOIB
good morning= GORNG
part time= POIM
native= NAIFT
Washington, D.C.= WARBDZ
weekend= WEND
how old= HOLD
thank you= THAUNG
do you remember= DOURM
French= FREFP
in my opinion= NAOIP
relax= RAEK

[SIDEBAR: At approximately the 13 minute 20 second mark, there is practice for the days of the week. At approximately the 14 minute 30 second mark, there is practice for numbers one through twelve.]

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August 27 2012

Practice Video: Asking For Directions

While practicing this video, I used “THE COURT” designation for the voice of the narrator.

Here are some briefs for some of the words and phrases spoken in the video:
do you know= DAOUN
excuse me= SKAOUM
library= LAOIB
polite= PLOIT
along= LAONG
capitol= KPOL
(as opposed to capital=KPAL)
practice= PRA
let’s= LETS
let me= LEM
beach= BAOEFP
movie= MO*EF
anything else= NILGS

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August 27 2012

Practice Video: Basic Conversation

This video is great for practicing speaker designations, especially if you’ve recently advanced from theory. It’s a good video to get you comfortable using Q & A symbols. A third party even interjects a couple of times.

Here are some briefs for some of the words that come up in the video:
graduate= GRAUT
river= RIFR
study= STOI
o’clock= KLK
jump= JUFRP
fiction= F*IBGS
tragedy= TRAJD
adventure= DWUR
comedy= KMAOED
romance= ROE/MANS

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