I'm on Audioscribe, but I'm not having a lot of luck with realtime either. Part of it is my mask, but the other part is that these people talk so darn fast, it's nearly impossible to keep up, much less insert speaker IDs, punctuation, and whatnot. And, of course, they always speak over each other even after you've asked them not to. Argghhh!!!! I am going to give it one more shot, though. I'm going to order the Accuspeak mask and see if that makes a difference. I thought the Smart Mic was going to be okay in the very beginning, but the thing just quits working when it gets too much moisture buildup. I'm using the Martel mini right now, but it doesn't work that well either for realtime. The Accuspeak is my last option. If it doesn't work, then I'm back to square one. Wish me luck.

I was doing a home study program. I got through theory pretty quickly and was up to about 100 wpm when I decided to switch to voice. I was unemployed and hungry and needed to work ASAP. That's why I switched. My plan was to continue speedbuilding and eventually get certified in steno as well. I just had no idea how busy I was going to be once I started working. But I guess that's a good thing, right?

I was studying steno before I switched to voice, although I was nowhere near the speed you were. I've just been practicing on my own and trying to get back to it. It's really hard to find the time and it may all be for nothing anyway, because my wrists are in such bad shape (carpal tunnel) that I'm really not sure how long I'll be able to keep it up. But I'm trying!!!!!!

BTW: You responded to my post on your own page :-) If you want to comment on someone else's page, you need to hit the "comment back" link. Just thought I'd throw that in there.

I swear I would lose my head if it weren't attached to my body!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Of course I remember you!!!! I've been so busy lately that I feel like a dog chasing its tail in circles, getting nowhere fast!
So I'm curious, how are you going about steno? I know Donna is doing the same thing.

I can't remember if we actually met in Lafayette at NVRA's CEU seminar or not. I'm a friend of Donna Brandt's. Remember...you called me a few months ago to take job in Amite for Lori. I also work with Kaufman and CRLA. I also called you to get the name of your typist. I LOVE HER!!! I'm definitely keeping her number. They do keep me pretty busy around here, but I'm finally getting all caught up this week. YAY!!!