Kim
In Steno Theory I and Steno Theory II, we had about 12 people, starting out, while we were learning the basics (theory) of steno, which made NO sense,, we kept on trying, and trying, and pretty soon, the mud STUCK to the wall, our brains learned this new way of spelling/sounding out phrases, etc. I took hand written shorthand all my life, having learned it in my sophomore and junior high-school years, so, this concept came easily. It was the reading it back from the notes that was a challenge for me. I had to spend as much time on that, learning, as I did learning the key strokes. Our theory instructor was a 65 year old woman, she had been a steno, BC, before computers, for 37 years. She was a wealth of information. That was just about 2 yrs ago. I have taken the last two semesters off, and practiced on my own, and, of course, at church, doing the service.
Anyway, hope you have a good day and weekend, take care and God Bless you!
Dale
Dale, I would be happy to answer any of your questions. As you probably seen from my profile, I am in an online program and I really miss the camaraderie of the students and instructors. That's the only thing that I feel I am missing out by learning online. I love it when I see I have messages waiting on CSR. :)
I'm from Whitehall, PA. About an hour from Philly. I'be been at this for a couple of years now, doing an online program; Simply Steno. I'm right at 225 and have passed the JC portion of the RPR and the WKT. So, in May I will be trying for the 2 voice and Lit. Does the whole audience see your captioning or just the hearing impaired?
HiKatie!
Yes, remember you,, glad you are doing well. This CSRnation is something else, isn't it?
Isn't ACR a bit expensive, full time?
I transferred to Dearborn 7 months ago, what a drive that is daily
Anyway take care and keep up the good work.. I am doing limited CART at church for 2 hrs a week. Thats a lot of practice for one sitting.
take care
Dale
You aren't going to believe this, but... I used to go to Macomb with you! How is everyone over there doing? I am sure you remember me. I left from there at 80 and moved over to ACR I am now working on my 140's
So, Dale, tell me what your set up is at church. How does your captioning come up? Do the folks have individual screens or is it coming up on a big screen? How does this work? I would love to do that!
Hi Alexis:
Hey, thanks for writing back! I'm 53 and excited about my future, after 35 years at the same job, Phew w w w!
For the record, what school did your son choose forSteno training? There aren't but 3 that I know of around the Detroit area. I go to Macomb.
Thanks, and good luck
Dale
What a great career choice. It's often times not easy to jump into this field at a "mature" age. I'm 44 and started the program years ago and am at the 180-200 level, whereas my 20-year-old son has been in the program less than a year and is almost to my speed level.
I'm so excited about working and with so many job opportunities out there, we will not have in any shortage of work!
Well, gotta get dinner going and my fifth grader started on homework.
Did you ever get the comment I left for you about going to the NCRA website? I thought I left it for you, but apparently I'm retarded and it may not have sent! Anyway, check out the NCRA website for different seminars and conventions that they have. It's a great source of info!
Hey Dale! You sure sound like a natural regarding court reporting. I envy you your shorter strokes that are coming naturally! Good for you! I have wanted to give a shot at CART'g at church and I see that you are doing it , maybe I should just jump in there and try.
Thanks for the post and friendship! Good luck over these last few speed hurdles!
Hi, Dale.
Good luck. It is very difficult to train for reporting at our age, but I see somewhere that you type approximately 135 wpm, so perhaps it will be easier for you than most. Court reporting can be a very rewarding career but requires dedication. As for advice, just practice, practice, practice. That is what will get you through it. Once again, Good luck.
Hi again Dale. Yep, that is all I do. Just download the audio via the court website, plug in my headset and type away. Everything is strictly verbatim in the court hearings. Along with taking that type of work with this company, she also got the Pediatric Forensic Pathology Inquiry. If you look that up on the net, it is quite interesting. That lasted for approximately four and a half months. So she also has other projects besides strictly court work that she will assign. I never shovel snow before noon....oh wait, I never shovel snow. Lol. Sometimes I am still in my jammies typing away at noon. HA. Man I love my job :) I have checked into various places in the US, and most of them you have to have some type of experience. You really have to dig to find someone to give you the experience that you need to have for everywhere else. Lol. I got lucky, sent out two letters and got a reply back from the one. Also I find that even with the currency exchange rate, Canada pays twice as much per page as the US companies do. I've worked with her for 8 months now and have already received 2 raises... Woo Hoo! But even her starting per page was higher. Drawback...we say color, they say colour. We say Your Honor, they say, Your Honour. So some of the words are different, but not too bad. I will check to see if she is still hiring new transcriptionists, and get back with you. Oh yeah, she also hires strictly proofers also. Hope you had an awesome day. Talk soon.
Dale
Thanks for the comments. To be honest I don't remember what I said to evoke such comments from you, but thank you. And, I don't have the time right now to go and check to see what I said.
I'm only 10 years ahead of you (as of later this month) but it doesn't seem like that much time has gone by (gone bye-bye?). It seems like yesterday I was diapering my two little guys (little, now they're bigger'n me, 31 and 29) and one's a PhD -- whoda thunk it?
I Dale. Norway is in the U.P. I used to live just North of Grand Rapids...born and raised, but moved up here almost two years ago. My job....I have a company in Alberta, Canada that receives work from the Alberta court system. When she receives the information she says she has such and such a file, so many pages, (they figure 1page per audio minute) so on and so forth, and then asks me if I want it. If I decide to take it, she sends me the information, I go to the Alberta court site, sign in, and download the audio file to the FTR player (that is free from the court site)...then I just type away. Lol. I didn't have to purchase any software at all, as I already had Word Perfect (which is the program this company uses). This is the only company I work for, as I don't think I would have time to squeeze any other companies in. Lol. They keep me as busy as I want or need to be. I do this on a full time basis...(or more) Lol. I had no transcription experience and very little legal background, but this company was great in giving me a chance. I was doing legal document coding on line and was just going to do this as a supplement....but needless to say, I had to drop the coding, and turn to this full time. Way more profitable.
Hi Dale. Good to hear from you. The Cobra you see is a 2007 Superformance, 427 stroker, pumping 540 hp/535 torque. Zero to 60 in low 3s, zero to 100 and back to 100 in low 12s seconds. As you probably already know, it's a major rush and too much fun. You'd think it should be illegal.
As far as career, I've been hitting the keys in Calif for over 15 years. The career's been very good to me. As far as any tips to get out of school... 1) Practice 2) Strengthen your forearms with weight training.
Hurry up and finish school. We have a shortage of good reporters. Take care!
Hi Dale. Good luck on your career. I know how difficult it is to go to school later in life. I've had many different careers, but always seem to go back to administrative or transcription work....plan to retire in about a year. Yeah, right! (as all my buddies tell me). Have a good one!
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In Steno Theory I and Steno Theory II, we had about 12 people, starting out, while we were learning the basics (theory) of steno, which made NO sense,, we kept on trying, and trying, and pretty soon, the mud STUCK to the wall, our brains learned this new way of spelling/sounding out phrases, etc. I took hand written shorthand all my life, having learned it in my sophomore and junior high-school years, so, this concept came easily. It was the reading it back from the notes that was a challenge for me. I had to spend as much time on that, learning, as I did learning the key strokes. Our theory instructor was a 65 year old woman, she had been a steno, BC, before computers, for 37 years. She was a wealth of information. That was just about 2 yrs ago. I have taken the last two semesters off, and practiced on my own, and, of course, at church, doing the service.
Anyway, hope you have a good day and weekend, take care and God Bless you!
Dale
Yes, remember you,, glad you are doing well. This CSRnation is something else, isn't it?
Isn't ACR a bit expensive, full time?
I transferred to Dearborn 7 months ago, what a drive that is daily
Anyway take care and keep up the good work.. I am doing limited CART at church for 2 hrs a week. Thats a lot of practice for one sitting.
take care
Dale
Hey, thanks for writing back! I'm 53 and excited about my future, after 35 years at the same job, Phew w w w!
For the record, what school did your son choose forSteno training? There aren't but 3 that I know of around the Detroit area. I go to Macomb.
Thanks, and good luck
Dale
What a great career choice. It's often times not easy to jump into this field at a "mature" age. I'm 44 and started the program years ago and am at the 180-200 level, whereas my 20-year-old son has been in the program less than a year and is almost to my speed level.
I'm so excited about working and with so many job opportunities out there, we will not have in any shortage of work!
Well, gotta get dinner going and my fifth grader started on homework.
Take care...
~A
Thanks for the post and friendship! Good luck over these last few speed hurdles!
Good luck. It is very difficult to train for reporting at our age, but I see somewhere that you type approximately 135 wpm, so perhaps it will be easier for you than most. Court reporting can be a very rewarding career but requires dedication. As for advice, just practice, practice, practice. That is what will get you through it. Once again, Good luck.
David
Thanks for the comments. To be honest I don't remember what I said to evoke such comments from you, but thank you. And, I don't have the time right now to go and check to see what I said.
I'm only 10 years ahead of you (as of later this month) but it doesn't seem like that much time has gone by (gone bye-bye?). It seems like yesterday I was diapering my two little guys (little, now they're bigger'n me, 31 and 29) and one's a PhD -- whoda thunk it?
And, you're only as young as you feel
Welcome to the site. I think you'll find the people here quite friendly. Again, welcome!
i think you'll enjoy the site - it's a great resource for interacting with others in and who support our profession.
soon the apple blossoms will be popping out there in Michigan - springtime there was always my favorite time of year.
good luck with your professional endeavors and in launching your new career - it's a tough career but can be rewarding in its own unique way.
Best - Tom
As far as career, I've been hitting the keys in Calif for over 15 years. The career's been very good to me. As far as any tips to get out of school... 1) Practice 2) Strengthen your forearms with weight training.
Hurry up and finish school. We have a shortage of good reporters. Take care!
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