Shorthand practice
Shorthand Practice Online, Measured Every Single Day
A good shorthand practice session has three parts: dictation at a controlled speed, honest transcription, and a review of what went wrong. StenoPro gives you all three without extra setup.
How a practice session works
- Choose a passage from the dictation library
- Set the playback speed to your target words per minute
- Take the dictation in shorthand, then type your transcript
- Read the mistake summary and note the outlines that failed
- Repeat the same passage next day at the same speed before increasing it
Practise the right thing
Most learners plateau because they keep practising at a speed where accuracy has already collapsed. The accuracy figures in StenoPro make that obvious: if you are below roughly 95% accuracy at a speed, that speed is still a stretch, and the next session should drop back before pushing again.
Start practising in StenoPro
Open the dictation library, set your speed and check your transcript in the same session.
Open StenoProFrequently asked questions
- How long should a shorthand practice session be?
- Two or three focused dictations with a proper transcript review is usually more useful than an hour of unchecked listening.
- Can I repeat the same dictation?
- Yes, and repetition at the same speed is one of the fastest ways to convert a stretch speed into a comfortable one.