Steno-K+ Notation speed! return
Dating Service
for the college/university gals who take these workshops
for the college/university guys who take these workshops
3 Steno-K+ Notation Workshops
based on transcription speed

Offered as of 2022


1.
The Steno-K+ Long-format Notation Workshop
        Every single sound is transcribed
      by a sound letter, mark, or graph.

        
Duration:  30 to 45 minutes  Cost: $100

2. The Steno-K+ Short-format Notation Workshop
        Sound-groups are transcribed
     
by a sound letter or graph.

        Duration:  60 to 80 minutes  Cost: $250

        Those who take this workshop qualify for 
        The Steno-K+ Notation Certificate:
         the cost for the test: $50.

        The required passing mark is 75%+.

3. The Advanced
Steno-K+ Notation Workshop
       It's the coolest part.

     The goal is to transcribe the least possible
by using
      - the sound outline of the sentence

      - word abreviations transcribed
        using one sound letter

        Duration:  60 to 80 minutes  Cost: $250

Note: the workshops are interactive

The Evolution to Steno-K+ Notation
The word stenography is made up of two (2) Greek
words:
1. steno (meaning "narrow")
2. graphy (meaning "writing").

The written characters of stenography are called

steno-graphs.

The actual writing of these characters is called
transcription (the going from one writing system
to another) and the verb is to transcribe.

There have been 16 different kinds of steno-
graphy. Only three (3) became popular:
1. Forkner
2. Gregg
3. Pittman

Of those three (3), Forkner lasted the longest.

(See Gregg Shorthand:
 http://www.shorthandshorthandshorthand.com
 https://gregg.angelfishy.net/anunit01.shtm
 https://steno.tu-clausthal.de/Gregg.php)


(See Pittman Shorthand:
 http://pitmanshorthand.homestead.com/BasicsofPitman.html)
 http://pitmanshorthand.homestead.com/PitmanBooks.html
 https://steno.tu-clausthal.de/Pitman.php)

However, the one most taught in college over
a
two (2) trimester period because of its sim-
pliciity
was Forkner Stenography developed
in the mid-1950s.


Stenography (steno) later became known as
short
hand and that became known as
speed
writing:
these terms (stenography/steno,
shorthand,
speedwriting) can be used
interchangeably.


Steno-K+
Notation transcribes
sounds:
it ignores the difficulties of
English
spelling.

It simple, fun+ez using letters of the
alphabet+6lines+1apostrophe+1comma
that lets you write 3x faster+
4X faster
with abbreviations+
short cuts.



Steno-K+ Notation Improvements
Though it's largely based on Forkner stenography
developed in the 1950s, it's an impovement.

For example, Forkner stenography does *not* always
correctly represent a sound like in the word 
is: Forkner
stenography
transcribes it using the
s-sound letter
though it is pronounced as a
z-sound.

Transcribed acronyms and abbreviations are circled
in
Steno-K+ Notation to highlight the fact that
they're *not* words: this makes them stand out when
editing your notes while typing: Forkner stenography
does *not* make the distinction.

Course Material
-
The Steno-K+ Long-format Notation Worksheet
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   Get it with the answer sheet in printable
   pdf format for 
$50 and do it with your
   friends.


The Steno-K+ Long-format
Notation
Workshop

The Steno-K+ Long-format Workshop covers ...
- 6 vowels
- 2 vowel blends (diphthongs)
- 20 consonants
- 10 consonantal combos
- 2-grammatical-based consonantal sound letters.

The Steno-K+ Long-format Notation transcribes each sound.


The Steno-K+ Notation
Worksheet Layout

At the top of the page are the 2-vowel sound letters, a
dot sound mark, a comma mark, a small backward slash,
an apostrophe mark, and 2-vowel blend sound letters for
a total of eight (8) sound letters/marks.

On the left-hand side of the page are the 16 consonantal
sound letters.

On the right-hand side of the page are the four (4) 4-line-
based consonantal sound graphs along with 2-grammati-
calbased consonantal
sound graphs and the 10-conso-
nantal-combo sound letters for a total of 16 sound letters/
graphs.

On the middle of the page are 40 lines for the transcription
of 40 words, each illustrating a sound letter/mark/graph.

On the bottom of the page are two (2) lines for the tran-
scription of two (2) sentences the covers the 40 sounds.

The Steno-K+
Long-format Notation has only
one
disjoined sound letter: it's 1 of the 2-grammatical-
based consonantal sound graphs. It's used to indicate
the past tense
of a verb. It's a short underline placed
under the last letter of a past tense verb.



SpeedFeatures
A main speed feature of the Steno-K+ Long-format Notation
is the silent letters of English words (like the word dough
which has 3 silent letters ugh) are *not* transcribed.


In the case of double consonants (like those found in the
word command) only one of the consonants is pronounced:
therefore, only one (instead of both) is transcribed.

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In vowel pairs, where only one is pronounced (like in the
word tie where the e is *not* pronounced)
only one is tran-
scribed.


Another important
 speed feature is the linking of words
without
disjoined sound letters: there are 12 disjoined
sound letters in Steno-K+ Short-format Notation indicated
by 
a capital "d" in parenthesis, (D) on the
Steno-K+
Short-format Notation Work Sheet.


The Steno-K+ Short-format
Notation
Workshop

The Steno-K+ Short-format Notation Workshop
covers 39 sound groups, each transcribed with
just a single sound letter:
10 sound letters from
the
Steno-K+ Long-format Notation
are reused as disjoined sound letters.

For example, the cursive f-group-sound letter
represents the fur-sound and the for-sound at
the beginning of a word: it's 
disjoined so that
it's *not* confused with the cursive single f-sound
letter.


This example of
Steno-K+ Short-format
Notation clearly illustrates just how much
faster
it is in comparison with regular longhand
writing using the 7-letter word, foreign,
transcribed
using the
disjoined f-sound-group letter followed
by
the single n-sound letter:
two (2) sound letters
replace 7 lettersof the alphabet thereby
*tripling*
your notation
speed of this word.

In this example, two (2) sound letters express a
5-letter
word, fence, with the single f-sound letter
followed 
by the disjoined n-group sound letter
for the
ence-sound thereby doubling the notation
speed for this word: 2 sound letters for 5 letters
of the
alphabet.


In the
Steno-K+ Short-format Notation
a sound letter can represent two (2) or more sounds
*tripling* your notation speed.
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The Steno-K+ Notation Certificate
Those who complete the Steno-K+ Short-format Notation
Workshop
can take the test for The Steno-K+
Notation
Certificate for $50: the required mark to pass
is
75%+.


Course Material
- 
Steno-K+ Short-format Notation Worksheet


The Steno-K+
 
Short-format
Notation
Worksheet

The sound letters on The Steno-K+ Worksheet Notation
are divided into 5 sections.

The first 4 sections are covered by
the Steno-K+
Long-format Notation Workshop.

The first 3 of the 4 sections cover single sound
letters (stenographs) that express 6 vowels, 2
vowel-blends (diphthongs)
and 22 consonants.

The 4th section covers 10 consonantal-combo
sounds
(like
 st,sp, sh, ch, th, etc.) expressed
by a single sound letter (stenograph).


The fifth section covers groups of sounds
expressed
by a single sound letter (steno-
graph).


The fifth section is the focus of the Steno-K+
Short-format Notation Workshop.

Unlike
Steno-K+ Long-format Notation
which has two (2) grammatical sound letters,
Steno-K+ Short-format Notation has
only one (1),
a little horizontal line placed midway
on the line at the end of a word
to indicate that
 the word is an ly-adverb.



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The Advanced Steno-K+
Notation
Workshop

This workshop covers single sound letter
abbreviations
+transcription shortcuts for
long words: this increases notation
speed
even more.


Speedbenefits

- capitalization
The first letter of a sentence is *not* capitalized.

However, to indicate a capitalized letter the
convention is to put a
checkmark under it.


- abbreviations

Each letter of an abbreviation (like St. for street)
or of an acronym (like IBM) is represented by
individual sound letters
and circled to indicate
that it's *not* a sound-transcribed word.


This is a major feature of
Steno-K+ Notation.


- punctuation
1. there's no dot under the question mark

2. 
a paragraph ends with a pair of forward
    
slashes

3. a pair of forward slashes separates last
     sentence of a paragraph from the
first
     sentence of the next paragraph


4. for the sake of greater notation speed,
     punctuation (like
commas) should
    
only be added when editing

    
However, if needed, they can be
     - circled
(that's the
Steno-K+
     - Notation convention)

4. OR

     - an inverted (upside-down) "v" can
       be placed
on top of them (that's the
       Forkner stenography convention

       to avoid
confusion with the o-sound
 
     letter represented by a comma

5. an apostrophe needs to be circled (that's
5. the Steno-K+ Notation convention)
5. so as *not* to confuse it with the eh-ah-aw
    
sound letter represented by an apostrophe

     (Like
the comma, the apostrophe should
      be 
avoided for maximum notation speed.)


Simple+fast+
f-u-n+
e-z

+insightful!


Not only is
Steno-K+ Notation simple+
fast+
f-u-n+
e-z
to learn, it will
provides 
valuable insights into
English
spelling.


     You'll notice the gap between how
    
a word is spelt and how it is pro-
   
nounced. For example,of is pro-
    nounced ahv.
As a result, it's tran-
   
scribed using an ah-sound letter
   
represented by an apostophe and
    a v-sound letter
repre
sented by a
    single 
v-sound letter. Note the
   
word has *no* o-sound *nor*
    f-sound.


    You'll notice the most common
    sound in the English language
    is the short e found
in the word
   
her.  This sound is known in
    linguistics as the schwa:
it's
    the only
sound that is *not*
    transcribed unless it's at the

    begin
ning of a word.




GR8!benefits
- it *triples* your notation speed

write quickly, effortlessly

- you can leave your laptop at home
  so it doesn't get damaged, loss, or
  stolen


-
 by editing your transcription notes
  while typing them,
you develop the
 
skill of précis writing

- it makes you lQQk SMART!

it makes your resume stand out!


- you'll be able to relax when notetaking
- instead of being in a panic trying to
- keep up

- it will dramatically improve your Engish

- it will contribute to your financial success

- it demonstrates your willingness to invest
- in yourself in order to get ahead

Steno-K+ Notation
workSMART!
do MOREin less time



TakeAction!
E-mail me: ken@eh-ok.ca
In the subject line, put Steno-K+ Long-format Notation
In the body of your message, put
1. your preferred time
2.
your preferred location: any
   
coffee shop downtown around the Eaton Centre
Get20%off
when a friend takes it with you

who'll also get
20%off.


Available in 2022
- The Steno-K+ Game: $50
- The Steno-K+ Kit: $75
The K+ eWriting Web-kit: $10
Note: these prices are going up in 2022.

Steno-K+ Notation,
it's
so handy!

Cheers!





Ken
E-mail: ken@steno-k.com
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Steno-K+ Notation
workSMART!
do MOREin less time


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