My new writer

[Mary Jo Cochran]

That Stenoram II sure was heavy.  And I swear I hit keys, and I didn't end up with clean writing (what should have been clean).

Opportunity struck.  Great price, nice writer.  I got a Stenograph Proteje (2009 barely used).  It is not considered professional.  However, I can get three hours on the RAM.  It feels like I'm writing on a Cadillac.

For those of you using those old writers, Stenturas, Smart Writers, with the little ink spool, you owe it to yourself to have a new writer.  Those ink cartridges are only $16.00 and lasts through 50? reams of paper.  The touch on the newer writers, the weight of them, is incredible.

[Janiece Young]

Mary Jo,

Can you hook it to your computer and write all day or are you limited to 3 hours?

You may have the option of writing not to RAM and just cabling to your computer.

Janiece

[Mary Jo Cochran]

Yes, I have the option of not writing to RAM and just using cable - so you can write all day. 

To clean out the RAM, I just hit the fourth and sixth buttons together twice (five seconds) and beep, beep, gone.  I think it's better to keep the RAM going, because is case something happens to the computer, it's on the RAM.  Just keep that little laptop going, when you get a break, save it, and delete what's in the RAM.

I don't hear one sound from this writer.  That Stenoram was old and noisy.

[Janet]

That sounds great, Mary Jo.  The touch on a writer does make all the difference. 

[Mary Jo Cochran]

I feel like a brand new court reporter.

With my suavy business sense, the writer ended up with a cost of about $60.00. (The cost of the writer, selling the CRAH that came with it, selling a Stenoram II with practice material to  someone who responded about the CRAH program.)

[Janiece Young]

Congrats, Mary Jo,

What a deal!!!