Shorthand Dictation & Typing

Most of the government institutes offer one year certificate course in stenography. But for the preparation of stenographer exam, you can learn stenography from any private institute in 5 to 6 months. Stenoguru is also launching online shorthand learning course soon.

You should practice writing dictation at a speed of at least 60 words per minute. After that the writing speed should be increased gradually.

If you are preparing for office clerk and typist exam and your typing speed is good, then by learning stenography, you can increase both job level and opportunity. By learning stenography you will have an additional opportunity to get a job. Candidates preparing for SSC CHSL must learn shorthand.

Most of the stenographer exams (like SSC, State Secretariat, High Court etc.) have shorthand only skill test. Which you have to pass through shorthand speed. It does not require a certificate. There are also certificate courses to learn shorthand through various government and non-government institutions. But the Learning Certificate in Stenographers exam does not fulfill your eligibility because for this you must have the skill to write in stenography at a certain speed. If you apply for a stenographer teacher, in that case you may need a certificate.

6 months online shorthand learning course will be started soon by Stenoguru. It will definitely be a certificate course.

Shorthand is a small subject, which is also very easy and interesting. If you start learning shorthand then your curiosity to learn will increase and you will find it very easy.

In whatever language you want to learn shorthand. Knowledge of that language and especially grammar is very important. Knowledge of the language and the stock of vocabularies of that language can make you a skilled stenographer. Such candidates who have good knowledge of the language can easily recognize the written lines of shorthand, whereas if the candidate does not know the language, even if he has recognized the word or phrase in the shorthand, then it can be mistyped in the native language. Therefore, a skilled stenographer should always keep on increasing the vocabulary of the native language.

By practicing regular 4 to 5 dictation daily and by the above mentioned methods to increase the shorthand speed, the shorthand speed can definitely be 80 words per minute in 2 months. During this, keep increasing the inclusion of phrases in shorthand writing.

After preparing well for 80 words per minute dictation speed, you should prepare with 85 words per minute and 90 words per minute speed dictation, so that the dictation spoken at the speed of 80 words per minute on the day of the exam can be easily prepared. be able to write Because during the exam there is mental pressure on the candidate to clear the exam, due to which he can not write dictation in good speed in the exam. Apart from this, you will also be able to write unfamiliar words easily in the exam.

Translating a dictation is more important than writing a dictation because the purpose of writing a dictation is not fulfilled until it is translated. Therefore, as a rule, a passage written in shorthand should be translated immediately. The same procedure should be followed for exam preparation also.

If your shorthand speed is 80 words per minute and after that you practice at the speed of 100 words per minute, then it may affect your correct speed also. Just like if the car is running in first gear and after that put in fourth gear, then the car will stop instead of running. It can also spoil the beauty of your writing. There is a high probability of missing words when writing at high speed suddenly. So should start with dictation with low differential of speed. Like- first 85 words per minute and after that 90 words per minute. The shorthand speed can be easily increased by this process. Dictation courses have been prepared in the same way in Stenoguru website.

Dictation written in shorthand should be translated immediately after writing the dictation. Because the vocabulary related to dictation stays in our mind for some time. Which makes it easy to translate the paragraphs written in shorthand. After some time the person writing is unable to read it properly himself. In such a situation, it is not impossible to translate shorthand, but it becomes difficult.

While writing the dictation, be very balanced and listen carefully to the dictation without distracting the mind. Your words are missed because you are taking too much time to write some words or phrases. So choose such words and practice writing them again and again. If possible, try to shorten such words. When your hand is efficient in writing those words, then write the same dictation again. You will definitely write it easier to write dictation than before and you won't miss a word.

This is natural when the terminology changes in dictation. For this, you should practice with dictation of different vocabulary. Also start writing dictation daily. This mostly happens when dictations are not written regularly. Write and translate at least 2 dictations daily for exam preparation.

You write dictation at a speed faster than your actual speed, due to which words are not spelled properly and they are difficult to recognize. You should try to write the dictation at a lower speed. With regular practice, you will be able to recognize words easily.

There are rules for learning shorthand, there is no compulsion to write according to the rules in the exam. A skilled stenographer makes his own rules for his writing. The methods of writing in different systems in Hindi shorthand are also different. Your translation should be flawless. It doesn't matter how you wrote it. In the exam it is checked whether you have written shorthand or not? It doesn't matter what you wrote. While learning shorthand, you are definitely told what and how are the rules of writing shorthand. On the basis of the same principles, the stenographer writes according to his convenience.

You need more practice on small dictations. Increase the dictation size gradually. This problem can occur when writing dictation in the beginning. Apart from this, if you write the dictation after a long time, then this type of problem occurs. So one should practice writing dictation regularly.

Dictation should be practiced regularly and written dictation should be translated within half an hour. Always choose a dictation of a speed that you can write easily. Separately practice writing errors and missed words in written dictation. Apart from this, practice writing those long words or those which you are having difficulty in writing separately. Then rewrite the same dictation in the same speed. You will see that the second time you will be able to write at a better speed than the dictation you wrote the first time. Keep repeating this process, making sure that you can easily write any new dictation at that speed.

Sometimes shorthand words are difficult to recognize. But if we read with complete sentence then the written word can be easily recognized. Therefore, if you are having trouble recognizing a word, then read the entire sentence or read the preceding two or three sentences, then you can easily identify the shorthand word written by you.

If you are preparing for the exam then 5 to 10 minutes shorthand dictation test should be practiced at least 2 to 3 times daily.

If you are writing shorthand Hindi dictation and an English word comes in the middle, then you will write it with the outline of Hindi with its pronunciation. Like you will write the chairman with the outline of Ch, R, M and N, and in the same way type in Hindi. There are many such words of English which you can write from Hindi outline also. If your question is whether dictation of English shorthand can be written from Hindi shorthand outline? So the answer is yes. If you have learned Hindi shorthand and you want to use Hindi outline for English shorthand writing as well then it can be done. But for this you have to practice. This may slow down your speed a bit but you can also write English shorthand dictation.

Accuracy is very important to pass the skill test. There should not be more than 5% mistakes in shorthand. That is, do practice shorthand in such a way that the dictation accuracy is more than 95%.

You can download shorthand book PDF in English for free from forgottenbooks.com website. Apart from this, Kindle Edition can be downloaded from Amazon.

If you need a legal shorthand magazine PDF, the best source for it is Kailash Chandra's Dictations. It will also be easily available, which you can download for free.

If you want to prepare offline then you can download English Shorthand Dictation passages pdf and Audio Dictation from Stenoguru website. For this, go to the course page and click on the Offline Solution button.

Prepare PDF passages for Marathi Typing Practice on your own as it is very difficult to find useful material through online medium. For this, you can copy the typing test passage from Stenoguru's Typing Passage and convert it to Marathi using online tool.