Test yourself:
We know that some of you will have already learned Teeline Shorthand in the past and want to refresh your skills. The beauty of Teeline Online is you can join at whichever lesson you feel is most appropriate for you - you can start at the very beginning to refresh yourself with the theory or start half way through to build on the skills you already have. If you want to test your current speeds try out the dictations below which are at a variety of speeds below.
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Please feel free to download these dictations to your iPod, mp3 player, computer so that you can undertake your Teeline dictations whenever you wish.


This dictation is one minute at a speed of 50 words per minute - to start the dictation click on the following link:
Dictation 1
This dictation is one minute at a speed of 60 words per minute - to start the dictation click on the following link:
Dictation 2

This dictation is one minute at a speed of 70 words per minute - to start the dictation click on the following link:
Dictation 3
This dictation is one minute at a speed of 80 words per minute - to start the dictation click on the following link:
Dictation 4 
This dictation is one minute at a speed of 90 words per minute - to start the dictation click on the following link:
Dictation 5
This dictation is one minute at a speed of 100 words per minute - to start the dictation click on the following link:
Dictation 6

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Listed below are some sites where you can go for further dictation practice. These sites may not specifically be for shorthand or give you the speeds at which they are dictated at but they may be useful for you to practice some more. If any of the links are broken please advise us using the Contact tab at the top of the page. We do not endorse any of these sites.
http://www.fonetiks.org/dictations/
http://www.englishclub.com/listening/dictations-short.htm
http://www.stenospeed.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrdnyBQWQhs&feature=related (30 wpm 4.3 minutes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5Ml_y5-KmI (40 wpm 3.25 minutes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c03qakHCXo&feature=related (60 wpm 5 minutes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnwzrmYFVaQ&feature=related (Medical Dictation 120 wpm 5 minutes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XPls07wjGk&feature=related (100 wpm 5 minutes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF1eWPujAo0&feature=related (70 wpm 5 minutes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oDhRx9_5Nk&feature=related (100 most common words in English but good for practising your basic words)
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