Stenoram II as a realtime writer

[Mary Jo Cochran]

For those who don't know my background, I had been forced to live on the "super cheap" for four years  In starting over with court reporting several years ago, I had to buy the cheapest writer I could find.  I chose the Stenoram II, for it's looks and quality.  The touch is fantastic. 

 

Last week I bought another Stenoram II off e-bay for $80.00.  I cleaned it up a little.  I adjusted the stroke spacing to almost nothing.  (Another story - another paragraph).  Plugged it in (battery doesn't work), attached my newly-fixed realtime cable - and I now have a second writer in my home office sat up just for transcribing.  All for $100 (I had to pay for shipping).

 

I realize most of you have the disks or the memory cards - but for those few of us who don't fit into that category, we can do it cheaper.

[Quyen]

Brilliant, Mary Jo. I love your DIY stories. :)

I wish I hadn't traded in my FlashWriter to Stenograph for the Diamante. I would have been happy to give it to you. It still worked perfectly. I'm sure Stenograph refurbed it and sold it for more than they took it in from me.

[Laura Renke]

Do you have a Batteries Plus store near you?  They might sell those lead-acid batteries that the StenoRam II uses.  I got replacement batteries for my BaronTX from there before I got rid of it, and it was a heck of a lot cheaper than what Stenograph and the other CR supply houses were selling them for at that time.

Those old writers do have a durability about them that you won't find in the newer writers, like a metal shell.  They also weigh a ton and a half!