Description:
This course is a continuation of Speed Building II for Reporters and Captioners. The student will continue to learn to write, read, and transcribe the spoken word by means of a conflict-free, realtime-ready shorthand theory. The course is structured into 75, two-hour class periods. Each class requires a minimum of 3 hours of practice time per day. Reporting students must be able to transcribe five minutes of unfamiliar dictation with a least 95 percent accuracy in each of the areas listed: literary at 180 wpm, jury charge at 200 wpm, and two-voice at 225 wpm. Dictation includes two-voice and multi-vocie testimony (including medical and technical material), literary, jury charge, and current events. Captioning students must be able to write five minutes of literary material at 180 wpm with 96 percent accuracy or higher. In addition, captioning students must write a 30 minute broadcast news program with an accuracy rate of 96 percent or better. Successful completion of the course requires a grade of "C" or better. The course includes online computer-aided technology for realtime translation.