> The Registered Skilled Reporter (RSR) is NCRA's new designation that will recognize those stenographic professionals who are looking to validate their beginning level of competency.
> You have to pass three five-minute Skills Tests (SKT), which evaluate your skills level in three areas: Literary at 160 wpm, Jury Charge at 180 wpm, Testimony/Q&A at 200 wpm.
I guess 60-70 WPM at >95% accuracy? I have not obtained the needed certification :)
My mom went to a secretary/business assistant school in the '70s and the typing class (on a typewriter!) required using ten fingers and touch typing.
The expectation was you'd be fast enough to transcribe someone dictating (they learned to use stenography for faster situations).
Very few people are typist.
Most people can use a keyboard, but the majority of non-technical people type at a speed which is orders of magnitude less than a professional typist.
Another comment here mentions how they used colab while not being a SWE, but that is already miles ahead of what average people do with computers.
There's people who have used computers for decades and wouldn't be able to do a sum in a spreadsheet, nor know that is something spreadsheets can do.
What’s the WPM cutoff to be considered a typist?
In the narrowest version of the definition:
> The Registered Skilled Reporter (RSR) is NCRA's new designation that will recognize those stenographic professionals who are looking to validate their beginning level of competency.
> You have to pass three five-minute Skills Tests (SKT), which evaluate your skills level in three areas: Literary at 160 wpm, Jury Charge at 180 wpm, Testimony/Q&A at 200 wpm.
https://www.ncra.org/certification/NCRA-Certifications/regis...
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I guess 60-70 WPM at >95% accuracy? I have not obtained the needed certification :)
My mom went to a secretary/business assistant school in the '70s and the typing class (on a typewriter!) required using ten fingers and touch typing. The expectation was you'd be fast enough to transcribe someone dictating (they learned to use stenography for faster situations).
when you don't have to look at the keyboard