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Links
Free Intro Courses
These two programs also offer scholarships and free steno software to students who successfully complete the program.
Steno Schools
Platinum Steno Theory
Platinum Steno Materials Download
The Platinum school closed, and they put all their materials on the internet for free. If you need a low-cost way to learn steno, this is for you.
Platinum Steno Facebook Group
Mark Kislingbury Academy of Court Reporting
Court Reporting and Captioning at Home (CRAH)
Court Reporting Schools by State
Plover
Open Steno Helping people to learn stenography for free.
Beginner's Guide: Get Started with Plover
Plover - Suggested Learning Route
Learn Plover! Plover theory instruction
Art of Chording Plover theory lessons
Stenopad Helps you write in plover without having the Plover software working on your computer.
Typey Type Another Typey Type Link
Lessons, timed practices, dictionaries, flashcards, games and more
StenoJig Plover lessons
Plover Top 1000 Words Flashcards
Plover Steno Briefs Flashcards
Translation Language - How to Make Dictionary Entries
Translation English to Plover Steno Strokes
Spectra Lexer - Plover Dictionary Lookup
StenoKnight CART Services Mirabai Knight created Plover, this is her articles page.
Steno Blog Open Steno and Plover related
Lapwing for Beginners An open source steno theory with more consistent rules - the dictionary is in the appendix.
Why you might want to learn Lapwing theory! Youtube video by Aerick, the developer Lapwing.
Steno Jig with Lapwing Hints Great for learning steno with Lapwing theory.
Lim.au Here you can get steno software called Javelin, embeds on your keyboard so it can be used without Plover.
Magnum Steno
Magnum Steno Flashcards by Liz Brady Jones
Magnum Steno flashcards by Kelly Willcut
Mark Kislingbury's Youtube Channel
Mark Explains His Speed Building Methodology
"My Practice Regimen" Mark Kislingbury's Number One Student Shares Her Secrets
StenoMatt's Theory Concept Drills
Phoenix to Magnum - Matt's Journey
Briefs
Plover Steno Briefs Flashcards
The Brief Exchange on Facebook
Brief Relief Three books are available with thousands of briefs each.
Talk Steno To Me - Lecture by Donna Earl
Dictations
Dictations
Breaking News English Dictations at many speeds
Platinum Steno Extensive dictations all free on youtube.
Audio Archive of Shorthand Dictation on Internet Archive
80-120wpm Dictations on Shorthand Speed
Long Live Pitman's Shorthand Dictations
Pitman Training Dictations 40-130wpm
Free Dictation Material on SimplySteno
Dictations from John DeCaro's Podcast
Teeline Shorthand Dictations, 30-110wmp
A few challenging dictations on the Phonographic Society website
Querty Dictation Engine Insert any text and set to any speed.
Text-to-Speech Reader Input your text and set the speed for self-made dictations.
Time Reader A console-based Windows program that will display a text file at a user-specified word-per-minute rate.
Youtube Dictations
Sandra's Shorthand and Stenography Dictations
Speedbuilding
Facebook Groups
Encouraging Court Reporting Students
Steno Student Success -- Court Reporting Tips, Techniques and Training
The Court Reporter's Buy and Sell
Christian Court Reporter's and Friends
Steno101.com - Encouraging Stenographic Court Reporting Students
Court Reporting Student Swap & Shop
Studying Court Reporting At Home
National Court Reporter's Association
Other Social Media
Whitney Kumar Instagram account of the court reporter for Judge Judy
Blogs
Cheap and Sleazy by Glen Warner
Steno Nerd by Christine
Wizardry With Words by StenoMatt
Stanographer by Stanley Sakai
MGR Reporting Steno company blog
Migliore & Associate Blog Industry leader blog
Youtube Channels
Basic Training - Project Steno - A great beginning steno training series
CareerLuv by Laura Axelsen
Ken Wick Punctuation for Court Reporters
stenodrills by Stephan Shastay
Podcasts
Transcription Aids
13 Google Search Tricks That Make Life A Whole Lot Easier
Case Citations Be sure check the box next to Case Law.
Laws, Legal Information, Attorneys
Capitalization of Academic Degrees
An English Guide for Court Reporters - Morson A loaner from archive.com
Morson's English Guide for Court Reporters This is a pdf download for $65, which is a good deal since buying the physical manual is very expensive.
Free Resource Link: 99 Punctuation Rules for Court Reporters Videos
Texas Court Reporter Uniform Format Manual
Express Scribe Foot Pedal Controlled Digital Transcription Software
Court Reporting Supplies and Repair
Stenograph Manufacturer of steno machines, accessories, and software
Acculaw Sells and rents steno machines, accessories and software.
StenoWorks Court reporting store
Pengad Supplies for the legal professional
Advantage Eclipse software and other court reporting tech
ProCat Software and writers
The Steno Doctor Steno machine tune up and repair
Directory of Steno Machine Repair Companies
Other Resources
Court Reporting Insider Daily Court Reporting News
Steno101 Court Reporting in the Media
Stenovations Downloads You can find the dictionaries of many steno theories on this page.
StenoTube All sorts of steno videos
Court Reporting Help This is an old website on the Wayback Machine that has amazing finger drills, exercises, and articles by Stephen Shastay and other respected court reporters. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see all the links available on this website.
Da Dreaded Dueling Digit Duo Drills
Sentencedict.com Input any word, and it will create many sentences using that word.
Skell Another word-imput sentence creation engine
Random List Organizer A great tool for learning new words, briefs, and phrases
Scrabble Word Finder You can search for any words that begin, end, or contain with any particular combination of letters, and then it will generate lists of all the words what have that particular combination, great for steno drills.
Ed Varallo's Books I've seen many court reporter's recommending these two books.
CSRNation Court Reporter forum
225 and Beyond Newsletters devoted to court reporting
Lesia Mervin, Realtime Specialist
She teaches Case CATalyst on her youtube channel. She also has a facebook group:
KISS Keep It Short Steno
How to Shim an old Stentura (The original website is no longer working, so the link now goes to the wayback machine's capture of the webpage.)
For a shorter stroke - I did this to my Stentura, and it worked wonderfully.
Automatically Syncing Captions on YouTube Videos
Beyond 225 Courses for professional court reporters
Expedite App to find legal service providers such as reporters
Court Reporting Agency Directory
Dictionary [Jumpstart] Easily add 1,000 words per hour to your dictionary.
Articles:
Articles:
Downloads
Beginner Resources
Launching A Career as a Court Reporter Brochure
Questions to Ask a Potential School
A to Z Program Review I made this document so I could continue to practice what I learned from the program. It begins with all the consonants and vowels that are taught in the program, as well as the consonant blends. Then comes some numbers practice, and finally a list of about 900 words that were given in the lessons of the program book. I like to input this list into the random.com generator and then use the output for practice. Enjoy!
Posture and Body Aids
Body Posture - Anna Mae Tedley
Theory
Machine Shorthand Theory Development Timeline
Stenograph vs Phoenix Theory Chart
Prefixes and Suffixes - Breck Record
Dictionaries
Platinum (rtf file)
Platinum (json file)
Bryan, Cuyahoga, Philadelphia Clinic, RealWrite, Robert Walsh Gonzales, San Antonio, South Coast College, StarTran, StenEd, Steno Foundation, Stenograph, The Steno Way, Thyra Ellis
(exe files) (dct files)
Phoenix This appears to be mostly an extensive prefix and suffix dictionary.
Briefs
A Stroke in Time - Paul Simone
How to brief, create phrases, and in general to write short.
Steno Tips Dictionary - Keith Vincent
'And' Phrases by Usage - Mike Rowell
Numbers Without the Num Bar - Briefs for 1-100, Years, & Money
Brief Relief - Phrase Starters and Enders - Linda Lee
Practice Tips for Learning New Briefs - Linda Lee
States in One Stroke from Chapter 35 of the Magnum Steno book
Families of Briefs and Phrases
Congressional Briefs - Jill Moschkin
"Droid" and more...(Internet terminology) - Janet Sambataro
Countries, States, Capitals, Cities
Shorthand for Jury Charge - Katiana Walton
Finger Drills
Da Dreaded Dueling Digit Duo Drills
Advanced Finger Techniques 1
Advanced Finger Techniques 2
Advanced Finger Techniques 3
by S. Sanford Heller.
(These files are in Word format. I didn't convert them to pdf because the result is low-resolution. You can download a pdf of a different version here, but one note - the pdf version writes the Z as *S.)
The Magic Drill - Steven Shastay
The Magic Drill - longer alternate version
Magnum Steno Drills - Laura Fornell
Finger Drill Chart - Laura Fornell
Phone Book Drill - Steven Shastay
Three Easy Steno Drills - Steven Shastay
High Speed vs Low Speed Drill - Steven Shastay
Hard Copy Drill - Steven Shastay
Singed Fingers - Steven Shastay
Drill Sheet 'To Be' - Deborah R. Myers Nickerson
Weekday, Month, and Year Drill
Dictation and Speedbuilding
Marking and Dictating Material
All-In-One Speed and Accuracy Building
"I Think Too Much" - Steven Shastay
Same Take Worksheet Pdf
Same Take Worksheet Excel
American Rhetoric - Top 100 Speeches of the 20th Century
How to Calculate Dictation at Any Speed
Testing and Certification
How to Take a Test - Barb DeWitt and Steven Shastay
How to Analyze a Test - Steven Shastay
How to Grade a Test - Barb DeWitt
Tests? Transcribe, Transcribe, Transcribe!
RSR, RPR, RMR - What is an Error
State Certification - Required Speeds
Free Chapters from PASS the Court Reporting Exam
What Is An Error - NCRA Standards for the RSR, RPR, RMR
What Is An Error - NCRA Standards for the CRR
Analysis of Revised Uniform Format Manual
Guide to Judiciary Policy - Court Reporting
Indiana Court Reporter Handbook
Study Guide and Glossary for the Certified Court Reporter Examination
Texas Court Reporters Certification Board Uniform Format Manual Examples
Uniform Format Manual Figures and Examples with Markups
Uniform Format-Manual for Texas Court Reporters
Captioning
Recorded Captioning Style Guide
Software Help
Case CATalyst - Phonetic Table
Miscellaneous
Stenotype-Stenograph Reporting - A Complete Course
Ireland Steno Keyboard Configuration
Manual for Stentura 200 and 400
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