Practice from Actual Speaking

[Deb]

From Teachers' Key to Gregg Speed Studies: With Suggestions for Handling

This article is about taking dictation from a speaker as opposed to recorded dictation (which can be done with this article as it is counted in 20 standard words).

[aliensunset]

I know a lot of journalism students in the UK who are learning teeline are encouraged to practice by watching and transcribing news interviews on TV.

[Deb]

If you're able to, find out what the meeting or event is about. Find words that relate to it. If you can, find names (for example those attending the event). This will give you a little advantage to writing shorthand. You can practice a few items and be ahead of the game.

If you practice writing news casts on TV, such as aliensunset said, you will soon find out their names and particulars. Some new casts may be more into chatter between the news casters and others all business. Some news items will also use the same words and phrases, so you could practice those when not listening to the news.

[Deb]

You might hear that most learned speakers speak at about 170 words a minute. However, I believe that is only for each word, not syllable like Gregg Shorthand is timed in. Gregg shorthand considers 1.4 words per syllable. So you could do word for word dictation when seeing how your shorthand measures up.