Comments on: Waving goodbye to the (short)hand job? http://www.speedcommunications.com/blogs/earl/2009/11/12/waving-goodbye-to-the-shorthand-job/ Just another Speed Communications Blogs site Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:01:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Dan http://www.speedcommunications.com/blogs/earl/2009/11/12/waving-goodbye-to-the-shorthand-job/#comment-1362 Dan Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:56:29 +0000 http://www.speedcommunications.com/blogs/earl/?p=333#comment-1362 Having let my shorthand lapse in favour of digital devices, I feel like a kid who's traded his classic Subbuteo collection for Fifa 09 on the Xbox – a game any chump can play. Now it's only really essential four journalists who report on court proceedings. But it's such a useful skill, and in my view miles more satisfying to transcribe than sitting through hours of audio, battling background noise to pick out a quote. Having let my shorthand lapse in favour of digital devices, I feel like a kid who’s traded his classic Subbuteo collection for Fifa 09 on the Xbox – a game any chump can play.

Now it’s only really essential four journalists who report on court proceedings. But it’s such a useful skill, and in my view miles more satisfying to transcribe than sitting through hours of audio, battling background noise to pick out a quote.

]]> By: Steve http://www.speedcommunications.com/blogs/earl/2009/11/12/waving-goodbye-to-the-shorthand-job/#comment-1361 Steve Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:27:26 +0000 http://www.speedcommunications.com/blogs/earl/?p=333#comment-1361 Interesting Mr Smith. I will give this a try - useful for notetaking, but the problem is still being able to write fast enough to record all the specifics of the spoken word. I'm hopefully not being too nostalgic, I just enjoy being able to write things that very few people can read and being able to quote it back to them verbatim. It's invaluable for media training in particular. Then again, we should use dictaphones more in media training too. Interesting Mr Smith. I will give this a try – useful for notetaking, but the problem is still being able to write fast enough to record all the specifics of the spoken word. I’m hopefully not being too nostalgic, I just enjoy being able to write things that very few people can read and being able to quote it back to them verbatim. It’s invaluable for media training in particular. Then again, we should use dictaphones more in media training too.

]]> By: Steve http://www.speedcommunications.com/blogs/earl/2009/11/12/waving-goodbye-to-the-shorthand-job/#comment-1360 Steve Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:24:08 +0000 http://www.speedcommunications.com/blogs/earl/?p=333#comment-1360 Leila - I am shocked that you would think I would write such a thing! ;-) Leila – I am shocked that you would think I would write such a thing! ;-)

]]> By: Andrew Bruce Smith http://www.speedcommunications.com/blogs/earl/2009/11/12/waving-goodbye-to-the-shorthand-job/#comment-1359 Andrew Bruce Smith Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:17:24 +0000 http://www.speedcommunications.com/blogs/earl/?p=333#comment-1359 Tried one of these? http://www.livescribe.com Hate to say it, but synching written notes with audio is rather fantastic - plus you get a digital copy - and there is a plug in for auto converting your written notes to text. I got one a few months ago and it has paid for itself several times over. And no, I'm not handling their PR! Tried one of these?

http://www.livescribe.com

Hate to say it, but synching written notes with audio is rather fantastic – plus you get a digital copy – and there is a plug in for auto converting your written notes to text.

I got one a few months ago and it has paid for itself several times over. And no, I’m not handling their PR!

]]> By: Leila http://www.speedcommunications.com/blogs/earl/2009/11/12/waving-goodbye-to-the-shorthand-job/#comment-1358 Leila Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:57:41 +0000 http://www.speedcommunications.com/blogs/earl/?p=333#comment-1358 I too passed the 100wpm teeline test, but don't use it regularly anymore and am struggling to decipher your message! Is it: There are some real pillocks?pricks? in digital pubilc relations these days ? I too passed the 100wpm teeline test, but don’t use it regularly anymore and am struggling to decipher your message!

Is it:

There are some real pillocks?pricks? in digital pubilc relations these days

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