Otherwise another way

Just had to share a brief a student reporter is using.  I started using it just this past week.  I think I like it.

Otherwise OEUZ  -- so very simple.  Who can argue with that? 

-ageddon/-mageddon suffix

Watching television this morning and the word carmageddon was being used.  Got to thinking, hey, that could be a useful suffix ending.  It seems to be a trend here recently.  Remember the D.C. snowmageddon?   And, of course, many are familiar with the term (and movie) Armageddon, I think.

So in the spirit of ultimate realtime translation, I've placed two entries into my steno database.

{suffix}ageddon   A/TKPWED/-PB
{suffix}mageddon PHA/TKPWED/-PB

Now we just await the day when someone says it...

In the news...

Article published in Cleveland Plain Dealer.   FYI

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/09/court_reporters_pitted_against.html

Spied on Facebook...I think I like...

Check out these awesome briefs for dates! Thanks for sharing, Laura Fish.

TWON=2001
TWU=2002
TWE=2003
TW-R=2004
TW-F=2005

TW-X=2006
TW-FP=2007
...

TW-T=2008
TW-N=2009
TWEN=2010

TWEFN=2011
TWEFL=2012
TWEURN=2013
TWOURN=2014
TWAEF=2015

TW-BGZ=2016
TWAEFN=2017
TWAIN=2018
TWOIN=2019
TW-NT=2020

More uses for common suffix endings

This is an expansion of an idea that Steno Wizard started using for proper names in a previous posting.  Now we have realtime translation of some of those trickier-ending words we hear in our everyday language. 

We can't forget that this will also give us a solution to -- get ready for it -- cookie KAOBG/AO*EU and kooky KAOBG/KWR* -- yay!

There's even more words to think about:  foodie, hickey, mini (PHEUPB/*EU -- avoiding minute I).  Okay.  Minute I, a conflict?  Think about this sentence:  "The minute I turned around, she was gone." 

Using final side -BL for -lo, -low words

Steno Wizard spied this idea well over a decade ago but was just a little leery of trying it out.  It originates from the Chuck Boyer/Karla Wollin Boyer era of speed champions. 

Anyway, try it out and see what you think...

Use final side -BL for the -lo and -low in two-syllable words.  So far, haven't found a problem with this idea.

Halo HAEUBL

Hello HEBL

Silo SAOEUBL

Pillow PEUBL

Yellow YEBL

Billow BEUBL

Fellow FEBL

Mellow  MEBL

INF-, INV-, ENV-, ENF-

Spied this suggestion the other day and just cannot get it out of my mind, so Steno Wizard will share with you all to see what you think:

Use the STW- keys for inf-, inv-, env-, enf- words instead of possibly two stroking them. 


Invoke becomes STWOEBG

Invent, STWEPBT

Invention STWEPBGS

Infallible STWABL

Infamous STWAEUPLS

Infant STWAPBT

Infarction STWARBGS

Infinite STWEUPBT

Inflate STWHRAEUT

Invasion STWAEUGS

Invade STWAEUD

Invalidate STWALT

Invalidated STWALTD

Invalid STWA*LD -- I don't know why I'm using the asterisk but it seems to want to stick.  (Maybe it's dotting the i.)

Invert STWERT

Inversion STWERGS

Invisible STWEUBL

Invisibility STWEUBLT

Involuntary STWOER

Involuntarily STWOERL  -- ONE STROKE FOR THIS!!! WOW!!!

Envision STWEUGS

Envy STWEU

Environs STWAOEURPBZ

SO now you understand why I'm thinking this has some real possibilities -- more one-stroke words!

Quick tip

Here's a quick tip that has helped more than one reporter in a pickle.   Save your dictionary and attach it to an email to yourself.  You can save it in both your CAT software's file type and as an RTF file (for possible conversion).  Now you have it saved online! 

Interesting idea...

Steno Wizard has been experimenting with a new concept that incorporates dragging in the number bar.  It's been easy for a couple of phrases, so I'll share...

And you have SKPUF   to add "a" to the phrase drag in the number bar when you hit the "F" key.
1K3U6 is "and you have a."

That you have THAUF to add "a" to the phrase with the number bar, 245U6 is "that you have a."

You have UF, U6 is "you have a."

Still sort of experimental at this stage in my writing, but I'm playing around and expanding the wonderful world of our magnificent steno keyboard.    Just sharing.

Double is no trouble!

SW uses the vowel elimination technique to solve this little dilemma.

Double is written as TK-BL.

Now we can use TKOUBL for Do you believe and TKUBL did you believe -- without any worrisome conflicts.  Yay!

Oh, the wonderful world of Auto Brief!

If you've got fairly recent versions of CaseCat or Eclipse, you must explore the briefing functions.  Absolutely wonderful feature.  Eclipse's is called Auto Brief, and Case's is Brief It (I think).  I'm more familiar with Eclipse's Auto Brief, and I truly love it!  I suggest you look in your software manual and find out how this feature works. 

In Eclipse, if I fingerspell anything, it will generate a brief for me.  If I write a 3-stroker two times, it will generate a brief for me.  Imagine writing cul-de-sac about a zillion times in a weeklong trial, and your briefing feature suggests K*U -- bang!  Instant speed.  I have mine set to insert an asterisk in the suggestion, and that seems to be working well.  I had to fingerspell really quick the name Towanna, and we ALL would want a brief for a multisyllabic name like that - TAO*PB.  Wow!

The biggest factor with improved realtime IMHO is being able to write cleanly and keep up with the speaker.  Use all the tricks available to you. 

Please note I'm not an Eclipse snob.  I'm certain Case has similar features in their briefing feature.  Whether you're a Case afficionado or huge Eclipse fan, we're ALL in this race together for realtime perfection.

Computer Terms

Compatibility KPABLT
Computer KPAOURT
Computerization KPAOURGS
Computerized KPAOURTSD (a little Philly shift)
Database TK*B or TKAEUBS
Digital TKEUPBLG
Email AOEPL or AOE/PHAEUL
Facebook TPAEUB    
Gigabyte  TKPW*BT
Google TKPWAOLG
Hardware H*R
Internet SPWERPBT
Intranet SPWARPBT
Keyboard KAOEBD
Laptop HRAPT
Megabyte  PH*BT
Memory PHERPL
Microsoft PHO*FT
Monitor PHORPBT
Network TPHERBG
PowerPoint PAURPT
Software SW-R
Technical TEBLG
Technology TOELG
Viral SRAOEURL
Virus SRAOEURS
Website/web site/Web site  W*BS
YouTube KWRAO*UBT

The -mp, -mble, and -mple solution...

This technique Steno Wizard got from the Philadelphia Clinic and it has worked wonders! 

Initially, Steno Wizard was taught to two-stroke that -mp ending.  Two strokes!  You have got to be kidding!  We don't even want to think about the mble and mple. 

Anyway, spied this out of the Philly Clinic, and another reporter told me her tweak, and life has been a little less complicated.

Write the -mp ending with the -FRP keys. 

Write the -mble ending with the -FRBL keys.

Write the -mple ending with the -FRPL keys.   Simple (SEUFRPL)! 

Now words like crumble and tumble are so easy to write! 

Thimble, rumble, simple, ample, example, sample, fumble -- suddenly the steno world is full of one-stroke words!   INSTANT SPEED!!

Want to write the word simply in one stroke?  Easy.  Add the asterisk key.  S*EUFRPL.

Enjoy!

Words ending in –tude

Steno Wizard learned the brief for "attitude" way back in theory class.  Here's an expansion of the concept that has worked well.  Enjoy!

Attitude ATD

Altitude ALTD

Aptitude APTD

Fortitude FORTD

Gratitude GRATD

Ineptitude NEPTD

Latitude LATD

Longitude LONGTD

Magnitude MAGTD

Multitude MULTD

Plentitude PLENTD

Solitude SOLTD

Turpitude TURPTD

Q&A BRIEFS EXTRAORDINAIRE EXPANDED

Yes, I do YAO

Yes, sir, I do SYAO


Yes, I do, sir YAOS

Can you tell me KUMT

Could you tell me KOUMT

Would you tell me WOUMT

Are you familiar RUFM

Are you familiar with WRUFM

Is that so STHAS

Isn’t that so STPHAS

Did you have occasion TKUFBGS or TKUFGS

Did you ever have occasion TKUFRBGS or TKUFRGS

How do you pronounce HOUPBS

How fast HOUFZ

About how fast PWOUFZ

Spell your name SPURM

Could you repeat KOURPT

Would it be fair to say WAOFRTS

Can you repeat KURPT

It would be fair to say TWAOFRTS

Is it fair to say ST-FRTS

To the best of my ability TBAOEUBLT

To the best of my memory TBAOEURM

To the best of your ability TBAOURBLT

To the best of your memory TBAOURM

MULTISYLLABIC WORDS WITH A COMMON ELISION PRINCIPLE EXPANDED

Amplify PLOEUF


Clarification KLAEUFBGS

Clarify KLAEUF

Clarity KLAEURT

Classic KLAFK

Classification KLAFBGS

Classify KLAF

Dignify DOEUF

Diversify DWOEUF

Falsify FOEUF

Horrify HOEUF

identification OEUFBGS

identify OEUF

Justice JUFS

Justification JUFBGS

Justify JUF

Liquefy LOEUF

Magnify MOEUG

modification MOEUFBGS

modify MOEUF

notification NOEUFBGS

notify NOEUF

simplify SPLOEUF

Simplistic SPLEUFK

Signify SNOEUF

Specification SPEFBGS

Specificity SPEFT

Specify SPEF

Terrify TROEUF

verification VOEUFBGS

verify VOEUF

The wonders of glue!

Did you know that both Eclipse and CaseCatalyst have glue command built into the software (SW-R) that you can use to make YOUR life easier when dealing with acronyms?   Apparently, this particular glue function is a command that is incorporated into your alphabets (any and all) and knows that the first letter does not need to be glued to the preceding word.  Steno Wizard has been using this glue function in both the CaseCatalyst and Eclipse software programs for several years and is very happy with the results.  Look in your software's manual for instructions on how to define your alphabets. 

The bi/by/buy/bye debacle! A solution...

Anita Paul (who does realtime seminars around the country) suggests incorporating the -FPLT for the prefix by- PWEU-FPLT and -RBGS for the suffix -by PWEU-RBGS. Bylaw would be PWEU-FPLT/HRAU. Thereby would be THR-/PWEU-RBGS.  Conversely, FPLT - F for forward and RBGS - R for rearward.

SW imagines the -RBGS in the suffix as sort of a hand scootching the word over to the one in the front of it and the -FPLT in the prefix is pulling the prefix over to the word on the right-hand side.

By - PWEU

Bi - PW*EU - Imagine the asterisk dotting the 'i' in this instance for the prefix.

Buy - PWAOEU

And then

Bye - PWAO*EU, Imagine a kid with a pinwheel (sort of the like the little pig in the insurance commercial squealing wee). In SW's imagination, the kid is waving bye with the pinwheel in his hand (like the asterisk key). It works for me...LOL...but I had to come up with some way to remember these for myself!
BONUS BRIEF: good-bye is TKPW*B

What do you think?

Beyond a reasonable doubt, etc.

Learned these from a fellow reporter. 

Beyond a reasonable doubt YAEURD
beyond all reasonable doubt YAURD
beyond a shadow of a doubt YAEURBD
beyond any reasonable doubt YEURD

Enjoy!

Do you know if

Steno Wizard has picked up a new phrase.  In the interest of us all improving our steno writing speed and translation, SW is sharing!

Do you know if DWEUF

Do you know if the DWEUFT

Do you know if it DW*EUFT

Do you know if it is DW*EUFTS

Do you know if this DWEUFTSDZ

Do you know if that DWEUFLTGS

Perhaps you'll like it too! 

Prefixes! Prefixes! Prefixes!

Having lots of prefixes in your dictionary helps with realtime translation immensely.  Here's what is in the Steno Wizard database.   Build, build, build!


Think of entering these with multiple pronunciations that various speakers may use, i.e., eco (echo) or eco (EE-KO).

{xero^}

{xeno^}

{xantho^}

{well-^}

{way^}

{vitro^}

{uni^}

{ultra^}

{tropo^}

{topo^}

{thermo^}

{terra^}

{supra^}

{sub^}

{spermato^}

{spectro^}

{socio^}

{sidero^}

{sesqui^}

{septi^}

{seleno^}

{seismo^}

{sclero^}

{sado^}

{rhodo^}

{retro^}

{repro^}

{recti^}

{quasi^}

{quadri^}

{pyro^}

{psychro^}

{psycho^}

{psychlo^}

{proto^}

{pro^}

{primi^}

{post^}

{poly^}

{pneumo^}

{pluvio^}

{pleo^}

{plagio^}

{piezo^}

{picto^}

{pico^}

{phyto^}

{physio^}

{phono^}

{penta^}

{patri^}

{pari^}

{para^}

{pan^}

{paleo^}

{oxy^}

{out-of-^}

{ortho^}

{opti^}

{ophthal^}

{omni^}

{oligo^}

{oleo^}

{oculo^}

{octa^}

{obli^}

{ob^}

{nympho^}

{nocti^}

{neo^}

{neo-^}

{necro^}

{nano^}

{myo^}

{morpho^}

{mis^}

{milli^}

{micro^}

{meta^}

{meso^}

{megalo^}

{mega^}

{matri^}

{magneto^}

{lyso^}

{lun^}

{lumbo^}

{longi^}

{litho^}

{lith^}

{levo^}

{leuco^}

{labio^}

{klepto^}

{kilo^}

{keto^}

{juxta^}

{iso^}

{ir^}

{intra^}

{inter^}

{imagi^}

{im^}

{ideo^}

{hypo^}

{hyper^}

{hygro^}

{hydro^}

{hydra^}

{horti^}

{homo^}

{homeo^}

{holo^}

{histo^}

{hexachloro^}

{hexachlor^}

{hexa^}

{hetero^}

{hepta^}

{hemi^}

{helio^}

{hecto^}

{halo^}

{gyro^}

{giga^}

{geo^}

{geno^}

{fungi^}

{fratri^}

{forth^}

{fissi^}

{fibro^}

{ferro^}

{extra^}

{exo^}

{ex-^}

{every^}

{ever^}

{ethno^}

{erythro^}

{ergo^}

{equi^}

{epilepto^}

{epi^}

{endo^}

{emu^}

{electro^}

{ecto^}

{eco^}

{dyna^}

{dextro^}

{deutero^}

{desi^}

{demi^}

{deca^}

{cyto^}

{cyber^}

{cyano^}

{cyan^}

{cupri^}

{crypto^}

{cryo^}

{cruci^}

{cranio^}

{cosmo^}

{contra^}

{clino^}

{clado^}

{circum^}

{chryso^}

{chrono^}

{chromo^}

{chondro^}

{chloro^}

{chiropract^}

{chemo^}

{chalco^}

{centro^}

{centi^}

{cata^}

{cario^}

{calci^}

{by^}

{bromodichloro^}

{bio^}

{biblio^}

{benzo^}

{bathy^}

{bacterio^}

{athero^}

{astro^}

{arthro^}

{archeo^}

{aqui^}

{apo^}

{anti^}

{ante^}

{anemo^}

{ambi^}

{alti^}

{allo^}

{algi^}

{albo^}

{agro^}

{after^}

{aero^}

{adrenocortico^}

{adren^}

{admiss^}

{actino^}

{acro^}

{acousto^}

{accu^}

{abio^}

{aber^}

{Mc^}{-|}

{Mac^}{-|}

{Eichen^}

{Ameri^}

{Ameri^}

Number Briefs...

Number Briefs



NUMBER                      STENO

¼                                     14*
½                                    12*
¾                                    34*
2000                          TWAO   or TWOU
2001                         TWUN
2002                        TWAOU
2003                        TWAOE
2004                        TWOUR
2005                        TWAOEUF
2006                        TWEUFPL (Twix = TW*EUFPL)
2007                        TWEFPB
2008                       TWAEUT  or TWAEUGT
2009                       TWAOEUPB (Twine = TWAO*EUPB)
2010                        TWEPB
2011                        TWEL  or TWENL
2012                        TWEF
2013                        TWEURT
2014                        TWORT
2015                        TWEUFT