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Steno Speed Drills

Each one has a free trial.  Some let you use just a portion of the program.  Others let you use the entire program, but for a restricted time.  You can try them out for free.  No signup.  No e-mails.  Just download them and use them.

All drills are recorded in the MP3 format.  Most CDs have each drill in the full range of speeds from 20 wpm up to as high as 300 wpm.

The greatest amount of fast drills are probably on the Tutor Ring and No Frills Drills CDs.

 

All steno practice drills are recorded on CDs in the MP3 format.  Most CDs contain the entire range of speeds.  This means that they are recorded at 20, 40, 60 wpm, etc., up to very high speed.  A few practice drills CDs require you to choose a speed range.  If the CD that you select does not ask you to choose a speed, then you get the full range from 20 wpm up to very high speed.  We record them as high as possible.  If you want drills in the mid-200s and higher, please look first at the Tutor Ring CDs and the No Frills Drills CDs.

Speed Teacher CD with Registration Code $39.95

Excellent steno speed and clarity program for steno students and professionals.

The Speed Teacher works with Windows 98 and up.

We will send you the Speed Teacher CD, and we will provide you with the Registration Code. Good deal, huh?

You set the speed and the type of drill.  After that, you just drill, drill, drill.  The drills never ever repeat. Every drill is a new one. Every single time.
***Everyday Special***

Speed Teacher Registration Code (no CD) $34.99

 

Great steno speed building program!!

 

You save good money by downloading the Speed Teacher yourself.  We sell the Registration code for less than if you order the Speed Teacher CD and Registration Code.  Download the Speed Teacher trial version here.
 

Tutor Ring 1 $15.99

37 steno speed drills of all sorts. All practice dictations are 2 minutes long. Each speed drill is recorded at 20, 40, 60 wpm, etc. Each steno practice drill is recorded as high as possible. Many of the best drills reach the mid-200s.  Some reach 300 wpm. Jury Charge, Congressional Record, Finger Drills, names, numbers, foreign terms, little words, etc. 

**AAA Top choice hands down**

Tutor Ring 2 $11.57
25 steno speed drills of all sorts. All practice dictations are 2 minutes long. Each speed drill is recorded at 20, 40, 60 wpm, etc. Each steno practice drill is recorded as high as possible. Many of the best drills reach the mid-200s.  Some reach 300 wpm. Jury Charge, Congressional Record, Want Ads, Jokes, Tips, White House, Insurance statements, etc. 
Tutor Ring 3 $11.57
25 steno speed drills of all sorts. All practice dictations are 2 minutes long. Each speed drill is recorded at 20, 40, 60 wpm, etc. Each steno practice drill is recorded as high as possible. Many of the best drills reach the mid-200s.  Jury Charge, small words, hard steno endings, names, contractions, brands, medical numbers, soundalikes, etc.
Tutor Ring 4 $11.57
 25 jury charge  speed drills. Some are easy.  Some are very hard.  All practice dictations are 2 minutes long. Each speed drill is recorded at 20, 40, 60 wpm, etc. Each steno practice drill is recorded as high as possible. Many of the best drills reach the mid-200s. 
  
Top 1000 Briefs $10.97
20 practice drills recorded from 20 wpm to 120 wpm.  Do not let the speed range fool you.  The 120 wpm drills will be extremely difficult.
Top Phrases 1 $10.97
32 drills with over 1400 phrases. Top Phrases CD 1 has the "Basic Families" or the "little word" phrases. These are phrases that are closely related to other similar phrases, such as "Do you know," "if you will," and "I want," etc. If you learn a few of them, it is easy to learn others with similar outlines.

Each drill is recorded at 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, and 160 wpm. The 160 wpm drills are quite fast. You must remember that these drills are purely lists of phrases.
Top Phrases 2 $8.37

18 hot drills. Some of them are lists of Jury Charge Phrases, Testimony Phrases, Accident Phrases. The largest category, however, is General Phrases.

These phrases contain words that are generally larger than the ones on Top Phrases CD 1.  For example, this CD contains phrases such as "preponderance of the evidence," "assistant district attorney," "police station," etc. 
The speed range of the drills is from 20 to 160 wpm. The 160 wpm drills are among the fastest drills we have ever recorded. The syllabic density is extremely high because generally these phrases contain larger words the Top Phrases CD 1. These drills can be very challenging.
 
Finger Drills $9.57
23 different finger drills from the very basic drills to extremely complicated drills.  This CD is highly recommended.
Disc of Lists $8.97
25 steno drills composed entirely of lists on different subjects.  Some drills reach 300 wpm.  A few were too difficult to record even at 200 wpm.  They will be tough at whatever their top speed is.
Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable $9.37
Robinson Crusoe In Words of One Syllable was written by MARY GODOLPHIN (1781-1864). Her book, naturally, was based on the original Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1661-1731).

13 drills in MP3 format.  Each drill is two minutes long.  Each drill is recorded at 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160, 180, and 200 words per minute.
Jury Charge 1 $9.77
Twelve great jury charge MP3 drills. Success with Jury Charge depends on your familiarity with the legal terms that judges rely on.

The bulk of these drills are from recommended jury charges that are provided to judges.The judges use these jury charges. You need to be proficient on these drills.


Each drill is two-minutes long. Each drill is recorded at 20 to 240 wpm. Three of the drills also have the 260 and 280 wpm speeds.
Congressional 1
$9.77
Twelve Congressional Record drills. The syllabic intensity varies greatly from drill to drill. Some of the drills are very hard and some are generic general drills.

There are three drills apiece on the following topics: Social Security, Illegal Immigration, Native Americans, and Student Loans.

Speed Range on CD: 20, 40, 60 wpm and up. Two drills only go to 200. One drill reaches 220. Six drills go to 240 wpm. One drill goes to 260. Two drills reach 280.

Testimony 1 $9.77
12 scorching Testimony drills on a variety of topics. Ten of them reach 300 wpm. That should be fast enough for any speed demon.

Speed Range on CD: 20, 40, 60 wpm and up. Ten drills reach 300. One drill reaches 260. One drill reaches 200 wpm.
Bush 2006 State of the Union $9.37
13 drills.  President Bush gave quite a speech. He touched on every hot topic. Everybody was mentioned: friends, enemies, cities, countries, programs, bills.  The text ranges from medium to extremely difficult. There are sentences with many large multi-syllabic words.

Each drill is two minutes long.   Each drill is recorded at 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160, 180, and 200 words per minute.
Michael Jackson/
OJ Simpson trial drills

Choose your speed range.

Great for CART or realtime speedbuilding steno practice. Each drill is 5 minutes.  When you order, you will choose a speed range.  Michael Jackson Closing Argument 7 five-minute drills.  O.J. Simpson Jury Charge 5 five-minute drills.  You also get all steno drills at the next highest speed for a total of 2 hours of MP3 speedbuilding drills.

Michael Jackson
On June 13, 2005, Michael Jackson was acquitted of all charges in a case that involved lewd conduct, child molestation and abduction.  The steno MP3 drills are taken from the closing argument of lead defense attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr. 7 five-minute speedbuilding drills at the speed of your choice.

O.J. Simpson
In the infamous 1995 O. J. Simpson trial for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldma, Simpson was acquitted with the help of several high profile lawyers. Among them were Rober Shapiro, F. Lee Bailey, Alan Dershowitz, Barry Scheck and Johnnie Cochran. The prosecution consisted of Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden.  The MP3 drills are from the charge to the jury by Judge Lance Ito.
5 five-minute speedbuilding drills at the speed of your choice.
Moussaoui

Choose your speed range.

Opening Statements   Moussaoui, an al Qaeda operative in America was accused of aiding those who hijacked and crashed planes in the destruction on 9/11. A single holdout on the jury kept Moussaoui from the death penalty. Instead, multiple life sentences were given to him.

There are twelve five-minute speedbuilding stenography drills. Six speed drills are the prosecution opening statements by Robert A. Spencer, assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Six speed drills are by lead defense attorney Edward MacMahon.

BONUS: Court Reporting Special: We will throw in the drills from the entire 12 drills from the next highest speed for free.. For example, if you order the 80 level, you also get the 100 level.

BONUS BONUS: Court Reporting Special #2: We also throw in the text files, so that you can get names and spellings. The text files are rtf files which work with Microsoft Word, Corel's WordPerfect, and most similar programs.
 

  
NFL

Choose your speed range.

Everything about the NFL: teams, coaches, nicknames, etc.  (Well, not everything, but a heck of a lot.) 
Four five-minute drills. Each drill is then broken down into one-minute drills. Your CD will contain the four five-minute drills and the one-minutes drills at the speed that you order. It will also have the one-minute buildup drills from the next two higher speeds
Realtime Writers Act

Choose your speed level

140, 160 or 180 wpm

$8.57

  • This is a gently edited version of actual Congressional Record on a bill known as the Realtime Writers Act.  These steno drills can be very hard. Most of our other drills are drills designed to help you write better. These drills are closer to being a test of your skills. If you find them too difficult, please reduce the speed.  This drill has extended writing of up to 15 minutes per drill. This CD is available for students at these three levels: 140, 160, 180 wpm. Please see the description. The sets of steno drills are slightly different for each speed.

    140 Level CD
  • One 15-minute drill
  • the 15-minute drill is then broken down into three 5-minute drills
  • The 5-minute drills are then broken down into 1-minute drills.
  • The 140 CD has all of these drills at 120, 140, and 160 wpm.
  • The 160 Level CD
  • One 15-minute drill
  • the 15-minute drill is then broken down into three 5-minute drills
  • The 5-minute drills are then broken down into 1-minute drills.
  • The 160 CD has all of these drills at 140 and 160 wpm.

At the 180 level, the drills are the same, except that they are one minute short. That means that there is a 14-minute drill; two 5-minute drills and one 4-minute drill; and 14 1-minute drills.

  • The 180 Level CD
  • One 15-minute drill
  • the 15-minute drill is then broken down into three 5-minute drills
  • The 5-minute drills are then broken down into 1-minute drills.
  • The 180 CD has all of these drills at 160 wpm only. It has the same drills at 180, 200 and 220, except for the following limitations.
    1. At the 180 level, the drills are the same, except that they are one minute short. That means that there is a 14-minute drill; two 5-minute drills, and 14 1-minute drills.
    2. The 200 and 220 drills are all 1-minute drills. There are no 5-minute or 15-minute drills at these speeds.

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Richard Amour

 

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