Use relevant vocabulary
Practise general, office, legal, academic or course material that you are permitted to use.
Stenography & shorthand
Build shorthand control with a passage and pace you choose.
Supply relevant text, hide the source and complete continuous dictation at a target WPM. Then reveal the passage and review gaps, outlines and recovery points.
Why flexible text practice helps
Use one passage across multiple target paces.
Fixed audio libraries tie subject, duration and pace together. DictationFlow lets you vary pace while keeping the passage constant.
Control the challenge
Move in small WPM steps instead of switching between unrelated recordings.
Review the same source
Repeat difficult phrases while the wording and punctuation remain familiar.
A repeatable shorthand drill
Method: build control, recovery and review.
A missed word should not end the take. Mark the gap, keep the pen moving and diagnose it afterwards.
- Warm up below your limit
Use a short familiar passage. Write with clean form and notice phrases that require conscious recall.
- Take one uninterrupted dictation
Hide the source and avoid repeated pausing. If you fall behind, leave a mark and rejoin the voice.
- Read back and transcribe
Compare your notes or transcription with the source. Separate outline problems from listening or spelling problems.
- Repeat before increasing
Correct difficult material, then complete the same take at the same target pace. Increase only after control improves.
Practice bands
Use WPM as a training reference.
Your shorthand system, material, voice and purpose all affect a useful pace.
| Target pace | Possible use | What to observe |
|---|---|---|
| 15 to 40 WPM | New theory, outlines and phrase drills | Form, recall and legibility |
| 40 to 80 WPM | Developing continuous dictation | Hesitation and joins |
| 80 to 120 WPM | Sustained passages and many exam preparation drills | Recovery and review |
| 120 to 150 WPM | Advanced practice on suitable browser voices | Control under pressure |
Preparing for a test?
Check the current official notice for required speed, duration, language, transcription time and permitted shorthand system. DictationFlow is independent and does not reproduce or certify an official examination.
System neutral
Use the shorthand method you are learning.
DictationFlow supplies spoken source material; it does not teach or grade outlines.
Pitman
Use your course’s outlines, phrasing and transcription rules while controlling the spoken pace here.
Gregg
Bring suitable passages and review them with the edition and theory your teacher or text uses.
Teeline and others
The player is notation neutral. Always follow the conventions required by your course or assessment.
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