Material and Equipment Requirements

• What is the Steno Machine? (PDF)

Theory I and Theory II Text/Course Materials –

Material obtained through the Stark State Bookstore:

• StenEd Realtime Theory Volume I (#115) (includes the text; lesson exercises on CD provided in Course Notebook) Beverly
  Loeblien Ritter, Stenotype Educational
• Reader for StenEd Realtime Theory (#105)
• The Ultimate Finger Drill Book, (FD001)
• StenEd Realtime Professional Dictionary (#551)
• StenEd Realtime Dictionary of Briefs and Phrases (#553)

Access provided through Instructor during first week of class:

Realtime Coach Online Tutorial - combines the latest technologies to deliver the most comprehensive learning experience ever created for Court Reporting, Captioning and CART:

• Streaming Video, Audio, Text
• Computer Assisted Transcription (CAT) technology
• Focused Feedback™ System
• Realtime Reports™
• Web hosting technologies

Equipment obtained through Stenograph:

• Stentura Protégé or Wave Computerized Stenograph Machine
• Case Catalyst student version realtime software (ask for StenEd translation dictionary)
• Steno paper (bulk order from Stenograph) - if machine uses paper

Equipment obtained through Radio Shack or Best Buy:

• Full-ear Headphones with volume control and an extra long cord
• Red Pen

The texts and most of the related materials listed above will be used in both Realtime Theory I and II. The steno paper and machine ribbons will have to be replenished periodically. All course/text materials listed above are required for online students as well as on campus student.