Below you will find the dictation for your Shorthand Speed Exam – Correspondence Dictation
Please note the following:
- Please do not listen to the dictation until you are ready to take the dictation down.
- Ensure you have a quiet room, use headphones if you find it easier and ensure you will not be interrupted.
- You can listen to the dictation only once. Access to the exam is tracked in our system.
- After you have taken down the dictation, scan your shorthand notes, circle any wonky outlines and write a better version in the margin. Put a line across your page in your notebook to separate each dictation.
- Please put your name on your shorthand notes.
- You then have 40 minutes to transcribe the passages. Please prepare this in a Word document with your name at the top.
- Please submit your entry within 50 minutes of your allotted start time stating this is your final submission for this exam.
- To pass there must be 7 or less errors in the transcription so please check this carefully, word for word.