Less can be more

Sometimes it's good to be a little lazy at the steno machine.  Why write something in two or more strokes when one and done is always better.  Here are some of the shortcuts Steno Wizard has been embracing with success.  Remember, speed is an essential component to successful realtime.

Dropping the -D when possible can be a timesaver on the -ing endings.  Look at these.

Depending DPENG
Sending SENG
Handing HANG  (Hang is HAEUNG)
Demanding DMANG
Commanding KMANG
Rounding ROUNG
Standing STANG
Pending PENG
Binding BAOEUNG
Compounding KPOUNG
Defending DWENG
Spending SPENG
Responding SPONG
Expanding SKPANG

Dropping the -BG when possible also is an excellent timesaver on -ing endings.  Check these out.

Walking WAUG
Talking TAUG
Stalking STAUG
Taking TAEUG
Making MAEUG
Checking KHEG
Looking LAOG
Working WORG
Parking PARG
Smoking SMOEG
Thinking THEUG
Striking STRAOEUG
Speaking SPAOEG

Here's another.  Dropping the -T and going straight for the -G.

Meeting MAOEG
Writing WRAOEUG

We're going places!

Here's some briefs Steno Wizard has been using for common places around the country and the world. 
 

Afghanistan AFG

Alabama PWAPL

Alaska LAFK

Albuquerque PWHRURBG or PWHRERBG

Annapolis AEPS

Ashland ARBLD

Atlanta THRAPBT

Atlantic THRAPBGT

Austin AUFPB

Baton Rouge BRAOUPBLG

Beaumont BOEMT

Bellefontaine PWEFLT

Birmingham PWHAPL

Bluefield BLAOUFLD

Boston BOFN

Brazil PWRAEUFL

Brussels BRUFLZ

Buffalo BUFL

Cambridge KPWREUPBLG

Charlotte SHARLT

Chicago SHEUG or KHEUG

China KHAOEUPB

Cincinnati STPHAET

Cleveland KLAOEFD

Colombia KLO*EUB

Columbia KLOEUB

Columbus KOELS

Dallas DALS

Dayton DAENT or DAEUNT

Des Moines TKPHOEUPB

Detroit TKROEUT

Duluth TKHRAOUGT

England TKPWHREPBD

Finland FEUPBLD

Florida TPHRA

Freemont FRAOEMT

Gallipolis GAEPS

Garland GARLD

Germany JAERM

Grand Rapids GRAPDZ

Great Britain TKPWRAEUB

Great Lakes TKPWRAEUBGZ

Greece TKPWRAO*ES

Greenwich TKPWREFP

Greenwich Village TKPWREFP/VEULG

Gulf of Mexico TKPWUFPL

High Point HAO*EUPT

Houston HAOUFPB

Huntington HUNGT

Indianapolis NAEPS

Ireland AOEURLD

Jacksonville JAFPL

Joliet JO*ELT

Kansas KANSZ

Korea KRAE

Las Vegas HRAFGS

Los Angeles HRAPBGS

Louisville LAOUFL

Miami PHA*EPL

Milwaukee MAUK

Minneapolis MAEPS

Mobile PHO*EBL

Montgomery MOIG

New Hampshire NAFRP

New Jersey TPHAOUPBLG

New Mexico TPHAOUPL

New Orleans TPHORLS

New York City TPHOERBGS

New York TPHOERBG

Oklahoma City OEUBGS

Oklahoma OEUBG

Pacific PAFBG

Paris PAEURS

Philadelphia TPEUFL

Phoenix TPAOEFPL

Pittsburgh PEURG

Poland PO*ELD

Portland PORLD

Providence PROFDZ

Richmond REUFPLD or REU*FPD

Riverside REUFRDZ

St. Louis ST-LS

St. Paul STPAUL or SPAUL

St. Pete STPAOET or SPAOET

St. Petersburg SP*URG

Salem SLAEM

Salt Lake SHRAEUBG

Salt Lake City SHRAEUBGS

Seattle SAELT or SAELGTS

Seoul SO*UL

Somalia SMAOL

South Carolina SO*UK

South Dakota SO*UD

Springfield SP-FLD

Tallahassee TA*LS

Tampa TAFRP

Texas TEFPLS

Thailand THAOEULD

Toledo TLAOED

Topeka TP*AOEBG

Tucson TAOUFPB

United States KWRAOUTS

Vermont SRERPLT

Vietnam VAO*EMT

Washington WA*UG

Washington, D.C. WA*UGDZ

Wyoming WAOEUPLG

Some fave medical briefs

Sharing some favorite medical briefs today.  Hopefully, you'll be able to use some of these.

anatomy NAEM
anatomic NAEK
blood vessel  BLAOFL
blood pressure BLAOP
temperature T-P
cardio  KAO
vascular VAFK
cardiovascular KAOFK
cardiac KAORK
clinical KLEUPBL
vomit SROPLT
diabetes TKAOEUBTS
shoulder SHOELRD
pulmonary PLAER
headache HAEUBG
female FAEL
male MAEL
failure TPAURL
femur TPAOERM
juvenile SKWRAOUFL
laryngitis LAEURPBGTS
manipulate MEUP
manipulation MEUPGS
tissue TEURB
phlebitis TPHREBTS
paralysis PAEURLSZ
artery AERT
aorta AORT
arteriosclerosis AORSZ
medication MAEUGS
pharmaceutical TPARL
pharmacy TPAERMS
sodium SOEMD
muscle MUFL
p.r.n. PR*N
b.i.d. B*EUD
degenerative disc disease  D*DZ
weakened WAEKD
Children's Hospital KHOPT
OB-GYN OB/TKPWAOEUPB
pregnant PREGT
abdomen A*BD
abdominal A*BL
AIDS A*EUDZ
HIV H*EUF
meningitis MENGTS
infection TPH-FBGS
poison POEUFPB
allergy HR-RG
semen SPHAOEPB
cancer KAERPBS
antibiotic AEB
anti-inflammatory AEFL
fracture FRAKT
reaction RAEBGS
trauma TRAUM
traumatic TRAUMT
esophagus SOFGS
palsy PAELS

Steno Wizard read this today...some food for thought

Charles Dickens, perhaps the most famous court reporter of all time, said learning the ''noble art and mystery of stenography'' plunged him ''into a sea of perplexity.'' More than 150 years after Dickens wrote those words about shorthand in ''David Copperfield,'' the noble and perplexing art remains a lucrative and fulfilling profession…for those who can master the craft.

 

 

Couple of new Jury Charge Briefs

Steno Wizard has been incorporating a couple of new briefs for Jury Charge. 

Remember evidence is EFDZ. 

Expanding upon that, preponderance of the evidence is PREFDZ.

Tampering with evidence is TWEFDZ.

Direct evidence is DREFDZ.

Circumstantial evidence is SEFDZ.

Admission is DMEUGS.

Admitted is DMEUTD.

Admissible is DMEUFBL.

Admonish is DMORB.

Admonition is DMONGS.

Ordered is ORTD.

Credibility is KREBLT.

Believability is BLEFBLT.

Disbelieve is STKBLEFB or STKBLAOEFB.

According is KAORGD.

Jurisdiction is JURGS.

Factors is FARKTS.

Failure is FAURL.

Negligence is NEJS.

Negligent is NEJT.

Members of the jury is MEJ.

Court and jury is KORJ.

Picture, mixture, fixture

A friend of the Steno Wizard mentioned this nifty solution to use for this set of words. 

Picture is PEURBGT
Mixture is PHEURBGT
Fixture is TPEURBGT

This simple method creates a one-stroke fix to what used to be two-strokers.  Lovely!

Troublesome word solution

Steno Wizard has had a couple decades' long hate relationship with the word "reimburse."  It's probably in my steno dictionary (database) 10 different ways.  Finally, the solution came through the middleman elimination principle.  Steno Wizard now writes the word reimburse R-BS.  So simple and easy to write!  Maybe you'll like it too.  Enjoy!

All in the family

Steno Wizard has modified the original steno school theory for all those family relationships due to conflicts.  A family without conflict, is that even possible? 


Originally, Steno Wizard was taught to write father TPAER, mother PHOER, brother PWROER, and court reporting life was going just fine by making the choice 1 or 2 in the CAT software and moving to the next conflict until -- BAM! -- realtime and the conflicts that were out there for everyone to see on the computer screen.


Initially, Steno Wizard liked to write the word borrower the same as the word brother in steno.  Problematic, indeed. 
Then came the realization that the word mower and mother are written the same in steno so, yikes, we have yet ANOTHER problem. 


Next problem -- when trying to resolve fair and fare, what's a realtime reporter to do?  Fair is a word that comes up a multitude of times in the real world.  Fare, not so much, but it's still there.  Trying to resolve the fair/fare debacle also brought to glaring light the issue with the word father if resolving fare by TPAER.  Not going to work. 


Another reporter (happily incorporates lots of ideas from others) mentioned that she writes sister STAUR and brother PWRAUR, and a solution was born.  Steno Wizard includes those and also writes mother PHAUR, father TPAUR.  Bonus:  Daughter is TKAUR.   A consistent theory solution that is working.


Fare is now TPAER and fair is the same ol' way TPAEUR.  Mower is PHOER -- why write it in two strokes when one will do!
Borrower is now and forever more PWROER -- again, why two when one and done is better!


Then add the in-laws and the family (TPAEPL) is complete!


mother-in-law PHAURPBL
father-in-law TPAURPBL
brother-in-law PWRAURPBL
daughter-in-law TKAURPBL
sister-in-law STAURPBL
son-in-law SOPBL


One nice happy family...