SHUS, SHAL and Numbers.

I’ve had a full week to play around with RealTime Coach and, while it’s a lot of fun, it’s frustrating too. I’m not so sure I like having my weaknesses displayed so prominently in the form of accuracy percentages! But seriously, it’s a great tool.

Our first homework assignment was the SHUS and SHAL endings. Our professor wanted us to strive for 90% accuracy at 60 wpm. That was a little tough. I only managed to get a score of 76% accuracy. I was happy to get a 100% accuracy rating at 45 wpm, though. Mind you . . . that occurred only after working on those drills for about 30 minutes apiece.

The other drills assigned were NUMBERS. Ugh, talk about my weak spot. I started out on the 45 wpm drills and was dropping words and hesitating all over the place. I did so poorly that the program wouldn’t even give me an accuracy score. The computer pop-up politely said, “Um, yeah, I think you should try some slower drills”. I dropped down to the 25 wpm drills. It was ugly. But, I know what I need to work on!

My violin teacher used to tell me, “If it was easy, everyone would be doing it.” This applies to court reporting too.