Category Archives: Steno

Job shadowing Lisa Lamberti

Posted on May 10, 2013 by stenoodie

I shadowed another court reporter today. Yay! I’ve actually shadowed her before too, Lisa Lamberti, so it was quite nice when she came into the room and said, “Hi Karen! Good to see you again!” This was another examination for … Continue reading →

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Job shadowing Teresa Forbes

Posted on May 7, 2013 by stenoodie

Today, I got to job shadow Teresa Forbes for the second time. She’s a realtime court reporter who has worked for many many years. The first time I heard of her was actually the very first day I also saw a steno machine … Continue reading →

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Chinese Steno

Posted on May 5, 2013 by stenoodie

In one of the steno groups on facebook that I belong to, one of the members mentioned that a stenograph in Chinese is called a 速录机. I Googled this and this gave me a fantastic array of pictures of Chinese … Continue reading →

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Cake

Posted on April 23, 2013 by stenoodie

I made a funny today. During the break time, one of the lawyers was eating a slice of cake from the kitchen and commented that the reporting agency had really good food. I said, “So I guess this place takes … Continue reading →

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So close

Posted on April 22, 2013 by stenoodie

I know I’m going to be saying this a lot as I continue testing for speed tests in my journey towards the 225, but I was SO close. I got back my test result for my LIT 160 wpm test … Continue reading →

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Waiting for test grades!

Posted on April 20, 2013 by stenoodie

I’m excited to say that for the first time in… months almost a year, I submitted a test after self-grading it! In short, this means that I have a very good chance of passing it. Yay!!! *throws confetti into the … Continue reading →

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Ways to alleviate test anxiety

Posted on April 19, 2013 by stenoodie

A student of mine just sent me an e-mail to ask me how to combat her testing anxiety. I offered the following e-mail and thought I would share with you here as well. If you are a court reporting student … Continue reading →

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Today’s practice — April 17

Posted on April 17, 2013 by stenoodie

I finally got in some solid practice time today. Yay! I’ve been craving it since I started teaching Phoenix Theory full-time. It’s 6:44 p.m. now and I have over 2.5 hours of practice. I did some Speed Plus (still doing … Continue reading →

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Motivation for court reporting students, or really just anybody trying to reach their goals

Posted on April 14, 2013 by stenoodie

I’ve been practising today. Practising for accuracy. I just need to make sure I do this every single day. Consistency is #1.

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Writing fast

Posted on April 9, 2013 by stenoodie

I love how when I’m practising on my steno machine and I glance upon my CaseCAT software and I see that my WPM counter rises and rises with each stroke I make. I was practising just now and I spotted … Continue reading →