September 3 2015

I Love Steno: The Student Edition- Great Practice For Theory Students!

A great way for theory and low-speed students to practice is to write to “Learn to Speak English” audio recordings and videos. This is such a great way to practice because the speakers are usually speaking at a fairly slow and steady pace due to the fact that they are trying to teach someone to speak a new language (just like us learning steno). Also, the speakers are usually using vocabulary that is on the basic or intermediate level- just what you need as a newcomer to steno.

There are also great “Learn English” videos that contain conversations between people. This is a great resource for students who are just becoming acquainted with Q & A.

You Tube is my favorite place to access “Learn English” videos. Here are some channel names and links you can visit:

Learn English Conversation: https://www.youtube.com/user/englishlearnspeak/videos

Learn English Fast 1: https://www.youtube.com/user/LearnEnglishFast1/videos

BBC Learning English: https://www.youtube.com/user/bbclearningenglish/videos

Pod English: https://www.youtube.com/user/podEnglish/videos

Speak English With Mister Duncan: https://www.youtube.com/user/duncaninchina

Simple English Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/vickihollettvideo/videos

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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 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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