Speed, accuracy and confidence are three of the key skills you will need to develop, in order to be a successful court reporter.  Many states require that you attain a certain level of proficiency (i.e. words per minute + accuracy) before you will be able to work as a court reporter.

As a beginning student, you will start slow and build your speed with practice.  Most beginners start at around 60 wpm and build to over 220 wpm.  Multiple speakers, unusual terminology, and foreign accents are some of the challenges you will need to master.

Speed building is a matter of consistent practice, using your steno machine to transcribe recorded sound files.  Sound files are available in a variety of formats, including cassette tapes, CDs, and MP3 sound files.

One of the challenges many beginning court reporters face is finding a good source of inexpensive practice dictation materials.  So, I decided to devise a way to provide my
subscribers with a steady stream of new practice dictation materials.

We offer several categories of digital dictation materials, which will allow you to progressively build your speed from 60 wpm to more than 220 wpm.  Each category of dictation has numerous titles, so you will always have access to a wide variety of fresh new practice dictation materials, as your speed increases.

Here's how it works...

Our practice dictation materials have been recorded as MP3 sound files.  These files can be downloaded to your computer, directly from your internet browser.  The process is simple and fast.  Instead of waiting weeks for tapes or CDs to arrive in the mail, you can download the MP3 sound files immediately and start practicing within minutes.

Once the sound files are on your computer, you can listen to them through your computer's speakers or headphones.  You can even transfer them to a CD or MP3 player, so you can practice away from your computer.

Here's what you get...

We offer several categories of practice dictation materials:

	Finger Drills
	Judicial Transcripts
	Literary Selections
	Testimony - Question & Answer

Each category includes numerous MP3 sound files, which have been recorded at speeds from 60 wpm to 220+ wpm.  Each MP3 sound file is about 5 minutes in length.  All files are individually priced, so you can buy any combination you wish (a la carte).  We also provide you with the corresponding text file, so you can easily check your work.

Here's the best part...

I have decided to make a special money-saving offer to all my subscribers.  You can receive a 50% discount on all dictation materials, when you purchase the Court Reporter Job Guide.  Each copy of The Court Reporter Job Guide comes with a special
50% discount code, which you can use anytime you place an order for practice dictation materials.

Most court reporting students order several sets of practice dictation materials, during the course of their training, so this special offer could easily save you a wallet full of money.  I'm not sure how long I will continue to make this offer, so I encourage you to order the Court Reporter Job Guide and start saving on practice dictation materials today!

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Marcus Tullius Tiro was history's first recorded shorthand reporter.  Freed from slavery, he became Cicero's secretary, and in the year 63 B.C., used a metal stylus to report a speech by Cato.  Tiro's system was simple, consisting of abbreviations of well-known words.  He omitted words that could easily be supplied from memory or by context.  Knowing well the statesmen of his day, Tiro was impressed by the manner in which they repeated themselves, and he subsequently devised a system of shorthand by which a single sign stood for an entire sentence.  In this way, he could take down a political speech.  If unfamiliar with the orator, he overcame the difficulty by calling in two of his pupils.  After the address was delivered, the reporters then compared notes.  This may have been a bit primitive, but it was the stenography of nearly 2,000 years ago.  The ampersand ("&") is the only sign that remains, but it has the same meaning in several hundred languages.

Building your speed as a court reporter takes practice.  We offer several categories of digital dictation materials, which will allow you to progressively build your speed from 60 words per minute (wpm) to more than 220 wpm. Each category of dictation has numerous titles, so you will always have access to a wide variety of fresh new practice digital dictation materials, as your speed increases.
 

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	Start getting paid for your court reporting skills, even before you become certified!
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	How and where to find a Mentor!
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