As this former court reporter is transitioning into the captioning realm, there's been hours and hours of practicing -- as mentioned previously -- "The Weather Channel." In the interest of sharing, here's some of the weather briefs the Wizard has cheerfully borrowed from others or came up with in the desperate struggle to keep up with the anchors!
atmosphere ATS
atmospheric A*TS
hemisphere HEPLS
hemispheric H*EPLS
bitter PWEURT
bitterly PWEURLT
temperature T-P
frostbite TPR*B
freezing TPRAOEFG
freezing rain TPR* (short and sweet)
jet stream SKWRAOEPL
lake-effect HREFBGT
lake-effect snow HREFBGTS
low pressure HR-P
high pressure H-P
north pole TPH*P
south pole S*P
radar RAEURD
Doppler TKORP
blizzard PWHREUFRD
tornado TORPBD
thunderstorm THURPL
snow band STPHOEBD
snow storm STPHORPL
snow shower STPHOUR
below zero -BZ
degree TK-G
degrees TK-GZ
dangerous TK-RGS
precipitation PR*EUPGS
forecast TPRAFT
Seven-Day Forecast STPRAFT
broadcast PWRAFT
severe weather SW*
severe weather threat SW*T
windchill W-FP
sunny SAEPB
windy WAEPB
whiteout WHOUT
La Guardia HR*G
JFK SKWR*FBG
L.A.X. HRA*FPL
airport AEURPT
Check earlier postings on how to write the 20s, 30s, 40s, etc., in one stroke. Well, here's the link: http://stenowizard.blogspot.com/2010/05/easy-way-to-write-decades.html
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Thursday, January 2, 2014
2014 New Directions
Well, Steno Wizard took a big step last month and was hired into a position that transitions a court reporter to captioner -- the ultimate realtimer! In the interest of ultimate realtime translation, this captioner-in-training is practicing like mad "The Weather Channel" and learning even more city/geographic briefs in addition to the ones in the Wizard repertoire.
Here's a few more to add to the list:
Winnipeg WEUPG
Saskatchewan SKAFP
Vancouver SRAOUFR
Quebec KWEB
Toronto TROPBT
Great Lakes GRAEUBGZ
Green Bay GRA*OEB
Grand Rapids GRAPDZ
Kansas City KOEUS
Nashville TPHARFBL
Appalachian PHRAEUGS
LaFayette HRAEFT -- least HRAOEFT
San Diego STKAEUG
Santa Barbara SPWAURB
Sacramento SKRAEPLT
Providence PROFDZ
From other news practice:
Syria SA*ER
Sierra Leone SAOERPBL
Australia STRAEUL
British Isles BREURB/AOEUFLZ
Here's a few more to add to the list:
Winnipeg WEUPG
Saskatchewan SKAFP
Vancouver SRAOUFR
Quebec KWEB
Toronto TROPBT
Great Lakes GRAEUBGZ
Green Bay GRA*OEB
Grand Rapids GRAPDZ
Kansas City KOEUS
Nashville TPHARFBL
Appalachian PHRAEUGS
LaFayette HRAEFT -- least HRAOEFT
San Diego STKAEUG
Santa Barbara SPWAURB
Sacramento SKRAEPLT
Providence PROFDZ
From other news practice:
Syria SA*ER
Sierra Leone SAOERPBL
Australia STRAEUL
British Isles BREURB/AOEUFLZ
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