syj, READING STENOGRAPI NOTES tne Stenograph notes emphasize EU for vowel I as well as the arbitraries hrases you have learned. Notice that initial S is always used for 1 and F5tanding alone. ite °,, : o Sowa Pe m8 Rou A eee ie tetero. ° Ee ST PH t sT PH o oR : ; : : 13 r : ; ; ste H s e 7 stp nO m7 H eu 5 7 « vu T s Poo) RCTS ba i ue ote R ' : t 7 : FRULT R € . : : Ae KW Eu tt aad 7 i a FPLT H ecre 8 = 3" - e st ou HOE R Byala ; “a i - ees Po oA UL c : Feat st PH SK eu ° wea ; we FePLUT “ Fa 7 ah : t H ER K i : s : ; R E oO 4 € L D en : W Eu G ewe a : ST PH aa : ie t eer Poo 1 FPLT s at s F s an : 3 ee : : FeLT ore +: 3 L s £ F ou HEU s i ‘ HOE ; HO R s : or : ' i x o Rk 1 FPLT fe coeu 7 ; fees i E 9 R K ‘ f E : 2 o| 8 E ; s é L i 3 _ ; -CONCENTRATION You must héar sounds be {ure you can write them. That means keeping your, mind on what you are doing, which is what we mean by concentration. You will have to_ praétioe the art of concentration. You do it by being ““mentally alert at all’times to everything the teacher says in the classroom. If you are attentive to ex- planations and instructions, your mind will be open and “receptive to the dictation lo be written. At first, you must concentrate on hearing and compre- hending the sounds being dictated, as well as what the Shorthand patterns are and where to move your fingers to find the proper keys. Quickly, however, your practice will prepare your mind for the correct strokes, and your fingers will become increasingly automatic in their move— ments toward the proper keys. At that time, concentration will become a matter of listening carefully and eliminating all outside distrac- tions when writing. You will be to concentrate for only short periods of time. Later, the span of concentration will grow until you can write within your speed range for much longer periods of timo, limited only by your stamina. able in the beginning -12-{ ussson 4 Left hand: Write initial P on the upper bank with th a, to x finger. Release the key promptly. ” nthe third, or longest, Right hand: Write final’ P on the upper bank wit finger also. pper bank with the third, or longest, 4B. KEYBOARD PRACTICE Write each segment several times, until you fcel that you are writing smooth- ly and accurately. Read back after each writing. Correct any writing er~ rors on the next repetition. ‘ SPSPTPTP? -P -T -P -L-S -P- STP -P-L-T-8 «i cot Pat * PAT up uP pet PET tap TAP put : PUT top TOP pit PIT - sip SIP pass ~ PAS - sap SAP pull PUL pup PUP I pass. Set it up. You pass. Pull it up: Pat is ill. The top is up- Put up the set. The pup is ill. : I put up the set. Tell Al the pup is ill- 4C. .STENOGRAPH ARBITRARIES AND PHRASES As your writing vocabulary expands, more phrases will be available. They fs your wisted’in each lesson for Special practice. Use them whenever the Opportunity occurs; they will add to the ease and speed of your writing. Be Sure to keep the phrases in mind when reading back your notes. tinenber to usd Andtia] T for IT and final T for THE #hen writing the phrases that follow.AC. STENOGRAPH AREITRARIES ANI) PHRASES (Continued) SA accept o SE isa P SEP 4 s-T is it ST. iis T-s sday is you acce; accept the accept he accept it gecept be Saturdve is it itis he is it is is he is it is a is the is it 4D. SKILL DEVELOPMENT Practice each.grour of two sentences before writing the entire exercise. Write accurately. « i " i i Light your notes after ever) writing and mark your mistakes in the text with a ligt Pencil check in order to avoid them on repetitions, your accuracy will improve, Put up the top. Tell Al Pat is ill. le is to accept the pess. He is to accept tie set. The pup is a pet. The pup isa pal. AIsithe pet i117 Is_the top up? Sell a set to Pat. ° « Pass the pop to Al. Is_it up to Pat? Is_it up to al? Itis up to Al to accept it. Ibis up to Pat to sell it. i put the top up Saturday. Is_he to sell the pupy “14 racy is the result of intelligat practice. If you veagyg. READING STENOGRAPI NOTES The notes emphasize words as they sound, plus the arbitraries and phrases you.have learned. Notice the pattern for SCRABBLE in the f p> s T Ss K s ST PH T s Ss H st SK W 1 4 T 13 T Pe T s s H T H s qo s Pp s H H ° st eee rst column. Soa R° t ' s E L A HA so P ST PH T HA R T 5 e L a HA RP FPLT 8 H u EU s e Pp s HA Rou sT PH uv s H u sk OR u R u FPLT p E “HA 1 K uU s H R H ER T R EU P FPL K A RL s Pp E L wW — t FPLACCURACY Accuracy is-to the court reporter as it is to the news— Paper reporter. Without it, neither has credibility. Without credibility, your value is diminished to the point of disappearing. If you acknowledge the importance: of accurate shorthand notes and work toward achieving this goal while you are in school, it will be much easier for you to continue writing clear and correct notes on the job. You are establishing the writing techniques and habits now that will serve you well in the courtrooi or hearing room. Nothing marks the professional on the job quite so much as the ability to read back clearly and confidently when called upon to do so by the judge. There is also a‘very selfish reason for you to write accurately. You can transcribe your notes much more easily and quickly than if you have to struggle through @ morass of shadowed, sloppy and inaccurate shorthand. You will be able to complete your Lranser the office long before your pts and leave less careful colleagues. -~16-1.4SSON 5 . 4, REVIEW: | Stenograph Arbitraries and Phrases he you the it Saturday is accept the is it he you, accept Saturda heis is he is_a is the is it itis is it he is is he is the | | NEW LETTER: Long 4 qo distinguish between words such as HAT and HATE, TAP and TAPE, RAT and Rats, AT and ATE, we use a-combination of vowels (AI) for the SOUND of long Ac ihen the vowel in the word SOUNDS the way you SAY the letter A, it is a long A.) HATE, TAPE, CAPE, RATE, BAIT, and ATE are examples of the Jong A’ {Oia special combinations for’ the long sounds of E, U, I, and 0 will be presented in subsequent lessons. 53C. NEARING PRACTICE: The Long A Sound You must be able to HEAR the sound of long A before you can write it vou rately on the machine. The pairs. of words that follow will give vou preliminary HEARING practice, Do NOT attempt to write on the etinbgraph Machine any Hearing Practice presented in this book. Sy each pair;aloud, emphasizing the long A sound in the second word of the pair. It is THIS A sound that is written Al. hat tap Jan hate tape Jane rat cap Jack sear rate cape Jake scare+ mat bat at war mate bait ate wear, ware+ Sam back © tack star same bake ce stare, stairt 4Note: Long A (AI) is ALWAYS written in words that have the sound of AIR, re- uardless of spelling: care, KAIR; wear, WAIR; share, SHAIR; air, AIR. -17-5D. KEYBOARD PRACTICE Read your notes aloud so you will NEAR the long A yowera’ in the tens’ S Net | written AI in any word that requires it, check that word in Tong a 3S 3 warning when you rewrite. Writing the proper combin ae | sential to clear notes. Write ST in one stroke--initial $ and initial T. Write AI for long A. A long A A long A O A U? I long AO gore, R long 4) S T ST P sT 8 sT P sT. “P-L oa T -L. 1 pal PAL tape Tarp pale, pail PAIL Sal SAL say Sar Sale, sail SAIL says a pass PAS step ou Pace, pays PAIS still at AT Pat PAT ate AIT) /" stay STAI +In order to be consistent with SAY, the word SAYS is written SAIS. I say. Al isa pal. You say. Al is pale. I pay. I ate. You pay. He ate. Pay up. Step up. You pay up. He is still ill. SE. STENOGRAPH PHRASES to us ‘Tous to the Tor tous to the is it is the ? » itis he is he to the to us. SF. SKILL DEVELOPMENT Write each group two or three times read your notes. If you find errors these errors when you rewrite. Corr: before going on to the next. » make every effort to ections made promptly Be sure to avoid repeating are time savers. I ate Saturday. Pull it to the top. Tell Al I ate. Tape it tothe sail. The sale is Saturday. He says he is ill. You pay up Saturday. He says fais to letay. Stay at the. top. : Is_he still at the top? mi a accept the tip. S to accept the pay. Is_he to sail Saturday? He “is to pay us Saturday. Stop the pup. Stop the tape. Sell the pop to us. Pass the pop to_us. -18-56. READING STENOGRAPH NOTES the notes aloud. Once isn't enough repeat two, three, e i : Read the mores fo develop the knack of fiuent reading. '' Cven tive Fines That's ' vey Be Sgt ee HA EUR wa s FPUT 5 ‘ : ° E G Ss Ho eR ft t SK oA FU TS op put Ry Gur! ‘ e L WoA EUR "Hw ou So FPLT UR A ‘ x Ra eu aceie T R €U P o HA T FPLT i ‘ 7 ° ' : e st 0 R ae u P Sere W € oe. tT FeLr s " t T fu a st A EUR s HA EU 1 T aA UBL ae ' : , ‘ 7 E s K u T 7 1 0 uP FPUT ew BU g I~ ue Rou 6 sae s 7 T FeLT st FU. L Foe La H ra) s - . mee s s A EU L's st PH t € 5 |oct Ae eu $ t A GU BL $ | os ep A EU s 1 0 : é 8 | KORA Foo s E L eT E Ss A EUF 4 EU s . R : ST PH : H OU s S A EU os T é L st PH ie 7: RA EU kK oA EU T 5 T oO WoA Ss s A T f 6S —e oP A eu BL FPLT T T o E s (SK A EU L s E t T o FPUT H LER st a te k oA EU T KOA R o A T wea s Ss HO Pp t TO HR €U LO t 0 Hou: S$ ' 0 RA EU FPLT s E70 FPLT st A eu : HOE R w e L FPLTTRANSCRIBING STENOGRAPH NOTES Once you have learned to write accurately and read your notes fluently, the last step is to learn how to reduce your shorthand notes to the typewritten page. That is called transcribing. If you are not already a proficient typist,” by all means take advantage of your typing classes to become proficient at the earliest possible time. Scek dpportunities to Practice typing and to be tested for speed and accuracy. Before starting to transcribe your notes, ask for any instructions that you will need, and satisfy yourself that you know the desired format of the finished product. If you have punctuated as much as possible while writing, you will need to do nothing but read your notes and type the transcript. If there should be any doubt about your notes, read ahead a half fold or so to be sure you have the sense of the dictation before proceeding with the transcript. This precaution will save possible erasures or retyping. ~20-LESSON 6 Gi. REVIEW: Stenograph Arbitraries and Phrases accept he it Saturday you the is the is Saturday he it tothe be is tous is the isa — is it it is to us is we tothe gp. NEW LETTERS: Initial R and Final R and: . Write initial R on the lower bank of keys with the index finger. bef nat) home position. Right hand: Write final R on the lower bank of keys-with the index finger. Return to home position. ; A 6C. KEYBOARD PRACTICE SR TR PR STR PR?* -R -S -R 1 U Jong & & A long A 0? ST PR — RAT tore . RAIT pour, pore RIP, par. ROT pair, pare, pear PAIR i RAI store STOR RAIP stir STIR RAIL star STAR RUS . stair, stare . STAIR Rip up the tape- Tell Ray: You tell Ray- Rip up the sail. AL is_a star- Pour the pop- Pat is_a star. Stir the pop. The rat is_a pet. Set up the store. The rate is set. Pass a pear to Al. A. STENOGRAPH ARBITRARIES AND PHRASES » are R or -R are you RU your UR you are URT remember RER a renenber are remenber accept your are your remember he remember your~ he is you are he_is are_you you are) . are _you is he are you is he you are -21-6E. SKILL DEVELOPMENT Correct practice of skill development material will add to your writing competence. Write cach group several tines, improving ‘the tempo and ac~ Curacy of your writing with each repetition. Of course you must read you, notes, not only for reading practice but to find out if you are writing a Curately. “Habit ig a cable; we weave a thread of it every day and at lag we cannot break it." Ray is ill. Are you to pass? Your pup is ill. Are_you to accept it? ' He tore the sail. - ' You are to tell Ray. I tore the top. You are to accept the rate. I remember you. Put up a star. T remember Al. Put up a stair. Remember us to Al. The air is still. Remember us to Ray. Al ate your pear. =22-iF. READING STENOGRAPH NOTES The Stenograph notes continue to em NG A. Notice that the word SAID iN sits (SAIS) - T WA EU 1 o T kK oA EU BL s KOA R s s up A HfL FPULT eu s HA EU T T oO WHA EUR A e HA T Oo OR s A K A -P. ra s K A EU P FPLT s WoA s T HA R o T 0 p uv T uP T st A EUR se STP H Koa ROL s s A EU D . Rog o kK RO s a Go T Kw eu us FPLT Notice the word § is written SAID, -23- AUCE (SAUS) in. th 5 phasize the use of Al for the SOUND of in keeping with BAY (SAI) e third column. K Au! T FPLT H eR Sow Eu s S oH EF SP Oo Lt T s A U s Fett Eu R ER kK A EU T WoA $ 3 9 s A q or. t s Pp A U L Ba 30. — Pp T kK A EU s ST PH &, s a EU s E HA S$ oT R € kK oA R 4 s A SP A EUR FPLT . T T HR EUF aT. Sno H£0 Pp K —€ Pp ot HoTE R HA‘ T SAP PLTLESSON 7 74. REVIEW: Stenograph Arbitraries and Phrases he it accept is Saturday you your the remember i is your remember you accept are it the he Saturday are remember you he is you are is a to the it is are you is he to us is it is the . r 7B, NEW LETTER: The Sound of AW Write AU for the SOUND of AW in these three groups of words: 1. Words Anyolving the diphthong, AU or AW. amples: saw, SAU; taught, TAUT; paw, PAU 2: AL and ALL words having the sound of AW. Examples: all, AUL; tall, TAUL; salt’, SAULT. 3. -OUGH words, having the sound of AW. Examples: ought, AUT; sought, -SAUT. 7C. KEYBOARD PRACTICE Write final TS with the little finger of the right hand in home positio A U AU I AU O AU_E AU? AV long A AU long A E AU. S T’P R ST R ST P ST R? -T -S -TS -R -TS -L -TS -P -TS . saw SAU taught TAUT raw RAU sought SAUT ought AUT _ set SET all AUL sets SETS tall TAUL rats RATS paw PAU rate RAIT Paws, pause — PAUS rates RAITS I saw you. 1 taught AL. I saw you Saturday. Ne taught us. . I saw Pat. You ought to pay. I saw Paul- You ought to remember. Ray is tall. Your pets are ill. Pat is tall. : Put up the sets:7D. STENOGRAPH ARBITRARIES . rms for words that y; Arbitraries are important because they are shortened forns them accurately: occur often in your reporting work. Learn them ae ae Yi read your notes after each writing. And review perfect PER ‘certificate SER represent REP sertificate your represent perg represent remember perfect accept cert = remember certificate perfect is accept represent Saturday it th TE. SKILL DEVELOPMENT These skill development sentences need intensive practice. Work with each Group until you are writing without hesitation. Remember to check and read your notes often. The kind of progress you make tomorrow and next week and next month depends upon the kind of practice you do today. The sail is perfect. The tape is perfect. . I-saw the certificate. He tore the certificate. Tell Al to fepresent you. He ought to represent’ you. I put the sets up Saturday. I pay the top rates. Tell Ray to accept the certificate. He_{s all set to represent us. ‘Ray’ says you are i11, Te’ Paut still ill? ‘I taught you to sell. ‘I taught you to sail. I saw your pets Saturday, You ought. to sell: your pets. ~26-TF. READING STENOGRAPH NOTES The Stenograph notes provide practice in reading words in which AU is written Tr the SOUND of AW, as presented in Lesson 7. (OU ALL THE in the Second and third columns. koa s A rau A RA EU FP RA EU s FP K oA eu s a7 FP A s A u A P eR RA (EU KO R FP eg T 0 R E Pp SK o vu A RA EU $ A FP P E K A u u A HA s HO Pp a40 aa4 1 2 FeLT ue ft é T T vu 1 eu s u FeLT e u q F 1 € L 1 1 . “ReLT ROL € D T vot E D s é : ay ° 1 uF vo ots FeLT &u ER uR uv s FPLT T -27- s HA r R ST PH HA Pp AU Kk E s ER ST PH RA EU s A eu UR K A UF s woo R F A u K A R K RA u uP Ho° EU FP T E A R E A u T 0 s E HEU HOU F eu T au HE R Kou HA‘ R WHO. R Notice the phrases ARE THE ereSTENOGRAPH SHORTHAND REWARDS EXCELLENCE As in most professions or occupations, the better you equip yourself by training, the carlier and oftener you are pro- moted and rise in stature in your peer group. Stenograph shorthand is no exception. In any given reporting community, the outstanding reporter is quickly known by his ability to accept any assignment, no matter how difficult. In a freelance reporting agency, the topnotch reporter generally is given the assignments that require the highest skill and‘professionalism. These jobs usually involve higher financial rewards to the re- porter. No employer wants to send a mediocre reporter on a tough reporting assignment. ‘A poor performance reflects unfavorably on his business. A healthy, constructive attitude toward excellence in your work will reap rich rewards for you in the future. Never Shirk your responsibilities. Be in the group of reporter: who are always in demand for assignments, no matter where in the country or the world a thoroughly professional Stenograph reporter is needed. ar ¥ -28-LESSON 8 aj, REVIEW: Stenograph Arbitraries and Phrases ov sitting comfortably, both fect flat on the floor? Write accurate- Are y you tidy, and with as much fluency as possible. + ne At accept is Saturday you your the remenber certificate are Mf the represent is your perfect Xecept he are remember you your he_is you are is a to the it is -are_you is he to_us it’ is_the 8B, NEY LETTER: Combination for initial N Left hand: Write TPH for initial N with the ring, middie, and index fingers on the upper bank. 2 =x ce Right hand: Write final RT in one stroke with the index and little fingers. . 8C. KEYBOARD PRACTICE ‘a ’ As you write the combination for N, try to FEEL the position on the keyboard. As you write cM; call it N. Write confidently and get a good impression of the tape. Be sure to read your notes, including the letter practice. You are how reading EU for I without. hesitancy; you will soon be reading TPH for N without hesitancy. NS NTN PN RN ST? - -R -RT -T -RT -L -RT -P -RT . A AU E AU I 0 U AU E ? T long A AU long A O long A. nor NOR knit NIT not NoT net NET nap NAP nil NIL Nell NEL Art ART Nat NAT, sort SORT Kate NAIT part PART nail NAIL port PORT nut NUT tart TART -It pays to knit. Tell Nell. SelI to Nell- ‘Tape up the net. Nat is ill. Tell Art to pay- Nate is i11. Tell Art to stay. I remember the part. We is not ill- I remember the port. leis not up- -29-~~ 8D. 8E. Write each group of sentences at least three times before practicing the ex. ercise as a whole. Be sure to write ACCURATELY, with emphasis on the arb Good writing habits on the arbitraries are a real asset. “nt you are reading the new combination and the new arbitraries and phrases with’ hesitancy, STENOGRAPH ARBITRARIES AND PHRASES in N any NI necessary NES \ April AIP. ‘ in any necessary April perfect certificate April in necessary ina is a in a in the in a in the SKILL DEVELOPMENT Pay up in April. T sail in April. Al pays any rate. Art pays any rate. The net is perfect. The nuts are perfect. Stop in at the sale. Stop in any Saturday. . A pass.is necessary. Your part is necessary. Is Art in the race? Is Paul in the race? You ought to stop the race. You ought to represent us. You_are to accept the certificate. He is to accept the tape. -30- N-T NA any necessary in April repress April any necessary in any’ Aprit to the in the to us you are he, = ig ity Read your notes yt houBF. READING STENOGRAPI] NOTES The Stenograph notes emphasize the combination TPIl for initial N. Notice the $N (STPH) sequence in the word SNAP in the second column. < ‘ ' é t sk A EUR o TPH O 1 T PAH A T st EUF A EU) BL ‘HO BU s FLT T 0 ne a s R € P s A BU OL TPH O T io z s TPH € s s A 1 P — OR a 0 FPLT FPULT T E L oR t eet 7 k A EU T TPH u Ts s u Ss P Oo €U L o st Eu L s Au ane uP : + TPH t s ER id i s & £08 Feu TPH O T FeLT e E c 5 . # E Ss js A TPH EU TPH O T TPH UR s s H E Loo T FPLT TPH u ts a oan u FPLT W Boe tk S H uy oO s 4 u D FPL R & R ey Ra EU 1 0 TPH O T : a eu s T RA FU D woaA EUR 7 TPH A st : R UR TPH € t ae u ° K A R st PH TPH O T TPH R uU st A EUR A eu P TPH O 1 FeLcT” FPLtT A EU BL TPH € L st T o e u T TPH e s Poa EU ch 0 ut 1 0 H EU s R U: cs ST PHA Pp RA EU TS TPH A 1 sT PH H OE R uR H KOA R P e 1 TO OH FPLT ST PH Ss K R TPHA EU T TPH E Dd woaA Hoa s woaA s e