If you have variable-speed software (Audacity is free), slow the dictation to 70 WPM. Write the passage. Check your transcription against the PDF. If you make more than 3 errors, do not proceed to 80 WPM. Redo Step 2.
Title: Meeting Rescheduling
Word count: 240
Time: 3 minutes exactly at 80 wpm
New paragraph. The marketing team’s Tuesday meeting is moved to Thursday at ten AM. Please update the shared calendar immediately. The main agenda remains the Q three budget review. shorthand dictation passages 80 wpm pdf
New paragraph. Finance has requested three additional slides on customer acquisition costs. Attach those as a PDF before the meeting. If you cannot attend, send a delegate with full authority to vote.
New paragraph. Also note the conference room has changed from room two twelve to the executive boardroom on the fourth floor. Coffee and pastries will be served at nine forty five. Thank you for your flexibility. If you have variable-speed software (Audacity is free),
(Audio for this passage would be recorded with natural but steady delivery, pronouncing “new paragraph,” “period,” “comma” where needed.)
Review common outlines and short forms for 80 WPM passages. Focus on frequent words: “the,” “and,” “would,” “which,” “their,” “please,” “inform,” “submit.” New paragraph
This is a goldmine for vintage dictation books. Look for titles like "Graded Dictation Studies" or "Progressive Shorthand Exercises" from the 1940s-1960s.
Use a stopwatch. Write continuously for 5 minutes at 80 WPM. Do not stop even if you miss a word.