when it asks for my shorthand typing speed what is that exactly.. shorthand typing is what?

Answer 1

This link will take you to an excellent, full explanation.

http://www.phoenixtheory.com/basics.htm

Answer 2

Wow. I don't think there is anyone here in the states who even knows about shorthand or typing. Now its all about keyboarding on the computer. Fortunately, I am old enough to have taken shorthand and typing when I was in school over 30 years ago. In those days, it was necessary for a woman to get a job. In those days, a typing speed of anywhere from 35 to 45 words per minute (corrected) would be considered basic minimum. Of course, accuracy counts, so the faster you could type with the minimal number of errors would count more, and in those days we didn't have the ability to correct our typing errors by hitting backspace or erase. A good typist would be around 50-60 words per minute. An excellent typist would be 65 words per minute or above, meaning they could type at that speed without requiring any corrections, or maybe they typed at 70-80 words per minute, but the errors would drop them down to about that speed. Insofar as shorthand, I personally could never get the hang of it. My school taught Gregg shorthand and I flunked out of that class early on. Words are very important to me and using curves and lines was too much like math, in which I was also not a stellar student. In my work, I developed my own sort of shorthand, but as a transcriber I felt most comfortable just typing what people said. I don't know what the average speed might be that a person speaks, but I would guess that keeping up with that speed would make a good stenographer.