Sun Tea How-to


How may a thirsty steno aficionado wet their parched throat after a marathon practice session or stress-busting weekend hike in the woods? Plain water's so 2011, and Powerade is so 2006. Well, tea is my favorite hydrating drink other than water. Earl grey and oolong varieties warm me up during the cooler months, and when spring and summer arrive with their breezes and bright sun, refrigerated herbal sun tea is where it's at.

Free Shorthand Dictation for Practice



Due to popular demand, here's another post for you steno and shorthand lovers with which to hone your skills. See below for links to some free audio dictation.

A course to get you started on the basics. Great for practicing individual letters for finger drills and common words practice. Can't remember if I've posted this link before. If so, well, here it is again. Pitman Training Audio Dictation Library

Not sure who to credit this to, but check this link out for practice material. A wide variety of subjects, including dictation specific to different categories, including legal phrases, banking phrases, insurance phrases and the like. Dictation Passages

Courtreportingredlion is posting again! I see lots of end-of-school speeds here ranging from 140 wpm to 225 words per minute.

That should keep you practicing for a while.

Done already? Okay. There's more free dictation here and here and here.