Hi! Nice to see you here :)

Learn sumpin new every day, huh? lol

Hi there, you cheap and sleazy thing, you! Glad you found your way to CSRnation. I'm sure I'll be picking your brain (and Greta's) about DC.

Hi, Glenn: I need some serious help with DC. Are you up for it? I just received and installed it and already I'm having problems. PLEASE HELP!

Thanks for getting back to me. First off, my writer isn't a USB. It's a 200 SRT with a serial adapter to what I think is an ethernet cord. When I go to device manager, I can't figure out which COM port it's supposed to be. I show COM1 and COM64 and then LPT1. But when I go to select one of those in the steno source window, it gives me an option from COM1 to COM 30. None of them work. That's only the first problem.

Problem 2: When I ordered digitalCAT, they guy said they would provide the theory dictionary with the software, but they didn't. I was using an earlier version of CaseCAT (like, 4 years ago) and can't find my original install disk to get the dictionary from. Arrrrrghhh! I'm sure I can call digitalCAT and get them to send me a dictionary (or at least I think I can) but that still doesn't solve my problem of not recognizing the writer.

I'm not sure what kind of serial adapter it is. All it has on it is the Stenograph logo. I saw in another thread where you said not to use the Keyspan serial adapter, but how do I know if that's what I have.

Please tell me where to start!

Ya know, if someone would just write this crap for a Mac, I wouldn't be having all these problems. I've never been so frustrated as I have been since having to use this stupid PC (piece of crap). And please, if you ever get DC to run on your Mac without Windows, may I please be the first to know? I WANT MY MAC!!!!!

Thanks, gdw. I think I'm at least on the right track now. Those darn drivers get me every time. I called Stenograph and they helped me out. Thanks again!

hi there! Here's a name I know, LOL. Rho

YAY! It's working! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. One quick call to Stenograph and Stenovations and I'm on my way! It turns out I had a bad adapter. Now I just need to read the manual and figure out exactly how everything works. Thanks again.

Hi, Glen,

Yeah, it's a process!

Hey, it IS me! Your msg went to my spam folder for some reason! :( HOWDY!

That's the guy in those "Pimp My Auto" Volkswagen commercials. A couple years back, I found someone with one of those sparkly paint jobs on their steno machines, and thought that putting Mr. Pimp My Auto in front of it would be humorous!

Interesting squared....nice to meet you :)

No, i am using digital files, and when need be, microcasette.

No outsourcing. My clients dictate into a "call-in" system i have through a third party, and send me the files through my FTP site.

Hi, Glen! I already feel like I know you - I absolutely LOVE your site and, thank you very much -- I wouldn't have known to have purchased the "correct" laptop without your article. You are a real gift to the profession!

Hello, Glen, love the website name. I've checked it out before. It's an attention-getter.

I made up a flyer as an invitation to my 30th birthday party (Yes, damn it, it was years ago).
The header read: "Naked Vaseline Twister and Other Games--Just kidding, but now that I have your attention, please join us..."

I think that will be the title to the book I write one day:)

Thanks for the recommendation on the Flash. I am looking for something with on-board audio and blue tooth capability.

Thanks,
Kyung

Glen,
Check your e-mail.
Tricia

Glen, Thanks so much for attaching that link to Stenotypy on depoman. I lost patience trying to find it yesterday and gave up! What, a court reporter giving up??? Hey, it happens!

Yeah, it's me. Sorry I didn't get back with you sooner, but I came on board just to check the site out and just haven't had time to check in. The last thing I need is one more site to distract me from my work!

glitter-graphics.com

Happy New Year, Glen - I always enjoy the Cheap and Sleazy and hope you have a fantastic 2009! Jeannie

Glen, Thanks so much for copying and pasting all that student info over on depoman! I was meaning to study all that when I stopped working so hard on the LightSpeed. And then it was gone. You rescued it !

Thank You!!!!!!

Glen, I just got the HP Mini and loaded all my programs on it. I need some virus protection, I guess. I just started using Firefox. I searched for AVG and found a post of yours on depoman. Any advice for me??? It's got XP Home with 2 gigs of RAM.

Wow, thanks so much for all that info. I'll investigate and load something tomorrow! So happy I jumped on the computer again tonight just when you posted me. One more thing almost crossed off my to-do list and all because of your help! Now I can dream easy - no more computer warnings about not having any virus protection. It was making me totally paranoid!

Glen, I'm downloading counterspy right now on my own big HP. Have you tried it? A few days ago I installed those other two virus protection sites on the Mini and ran them. Yesterday I gave the Mini to my sister. We set up the wireless Internet and a network for her - I'm happy to report! Poor Judy! I hope she posts back to say all is well with her computer. Now April and I are on the lookout for the best free and easy online file backups. Any favorites??? (I haven't done any investigation on this yet. Feel free to tell me to do my own legwork!) Thanks again for all your help! ps: April reported this morning: "I'm writing this on the mini! I turned it on when we sat down to breakfast! I absolutely LOVE this laptop!"

Glen, that folder share stuff sounds perfect for me, but I'll have to read it again later after more food and coffee. My head kind of exploded as I read that thread, having just gotten up.

Thanks so much!!!

Thanks, Glen!

Hey, Glen, have you listened to the Magnumsteno Club's dictation??

Can't get any more challenging than that. I listened to Clay's one day. Oh my!!

Clay's ready. He wants to work sooooo bad. Sure beats having a kid who wants to play video games all day.

Of course I think this job is a lot like a video game. :)