CATapult BEEDs Real-Time Dictionary Building & Drills CD

CATapult BEEDs has assisted thousands of students and court reporters to increase speed and advance their skills. Now it’s your turn!

The only one of its kind, CATapult BEEDs - Basic Edition Essential Drills - will absolutely change the way you work and advance in your career and schooling for court reporting and captioning, and will help you earn NCRA and state certifications.

     Advance In Your Speed Classes And Certification Testing.  It works.

Dictionary Prep Material for Court Reporting and Captioning Training, Education Includes:

’CATapult’ BEEDs CD Software Program  ISBN [1-88-1149-35-8] ($74.00) ’Basic Essential Everyday Drills’ CD by Robert W. McCormick, Ph.D., MBA, CRI, NCRA’s ’Award of Excellence,’ 2004 Teacher of The Year Recipient

• 68,800+ words, terms are programmed within this unique BEEDs CD software program.  CATapult BEEDs CD topics include: Finger exercises - 2,860; Numbers - 20,400; Must Have Words - 24,115; First Names - 5,120; Last Names - 4,800; Street Addresses - 5,952; Businesses - 4,464; Countries - 1,120 words. ** PLUS, Free: "Create Your Own Category" Section = Unlimited Possibilities. 

No complicated maze, rabbit trail of steps, prior to importing, merging words, which you are unable to view with an ’open’ realtime dictionary. Plus: Listen To Your Text with your CAT software open, running. Three easy steps, and you’re good to go. You never import, overwriting strokes:

• 1. Open your CAT realtime window / minimize it.
• 2. Open CATapult CD / pick list / split screen.
• 3. Bring up realtime file / split screen
• ** Importantly, View your steno notes in Real-Time as you write, listening to any section, controlling the speed at which text is displayed within all sections and especially with the "Create Your Own Category" Section.

 CATapult Program Features Include: Ability to select from 3 different modes of practice:

• 1. Flash the material on the screen in sequential order * 2. Flash the material on the screen in random order * 3. Dictate the material for practice
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• Ability to adjust speed, volume, and font presentation
• Ability to write words into your personal or job dictionary using your realtime software as it is open and running
• Ability to practice the words once you write them
• Ability to create and practice your own drill material - (unlimited)
• Build names, addresses, numbers, fractions, dates, current events with ’CATapult’ CDs. HEAR and SEE each WORD + Create Your Own Categories, Drills. Plus: You can change presentation to audio, visual, jumble mode.

At your fingertips:  Different entries for practice, all on one CD with adjustable audio and visual display. Each BEEDs CD and all CATapult CDs have many features, which include dictionary building as a free feature. 

Your BEEDs CD will change the way you work and advance in your career, your schooling and will assist you to earn NCRA and state certifications. 

CATapult BEEDs has assisted thousands of students and court reporters.  How may we assist you?

The only software program where you open your CAT translation software and write words against your dictionary, so you can detect problems/potential conflicts AS YOU BUILD. You may view each term or listen to each word as you realtime with your CAT software, open and running.

FOCUS your attention:  You can always check your tran rate, what is in your dictionary and how you are writing each word, each term. Create words, phrases, categories from your school classes, your daily jobs. Control the speed at which words are displayed. BEEDs includes multiple free features within each CD.

To order this product click on the "Buy Now" link at the top of this page. 

• *** The only ’dictionary’ CD program with multiple features and features you may customize.

• Copy any text you are working on and insert any text into ’create your own category’.

• Practice and make brief forms as you listen and see your work.

• Are you struggling with a curriculum vitae or a speed class?

• Practice and warm-up prior to any event, job, test.

• Improve and hone your skills after any event, job, test.

• This CD will assist you to prepare to write ’it’ right the first time.

• How will you remember how to write each word accurately, without hesitation? Words are flashed for repetition, in one-line-per-minute increments, 50 - 250 lines per minute on each ’CATapult’ CD.

Kathy DiLorenzo, RDR-CRR-CBC, VITAC:    As you’re beginning to undertake this huge, but rewarding endeavor...while theory, speed and accuracy are the foundation to becoming a successful captioner, equally important to the process is your strategy to reach your goal and keeping the bigger picture in view. I’ve had a long history in training captioners, and it is my belief that the strongest captioners are those who are strong writers. Seems simplistic, I know, but the reason that they’re strong writers is not because they’ve got perfect fingers on perfect hands (There are successful men in our profession whose hands barely fit on the keyboard!). The reason that they’re strong writers is because they can process information at a very rapid pace. And they can process information quickly because they ’know’ what they’re writing. You can’t write well what you don’t know and what you don’t understand. In the end, it’s all about words, but you’ve got to know the words and the subjects.

Toward that end, I want to recommend to any newbies out there that the materials that you are using to prepare to caption are equally important as the actual writing skills. One product that I would highly recommend is the ’CATapult Your Dictionary’ CD Series.

Monette Benoit has a long and illustrious career in developing materials that give captioners and captioner-wannabes the ’knowledge’ that they need to caption well. The CD Series includes a realtime dictionary builder that is compatible with any CAT system, and it even allows you to import your own lists or lists that are shared on this forum and others. CATapult contains over a half a million words among 420 categories ... You can find out more about CATapult by visiting http://www.catapultdix.com/.
Kathy DiLorenzo, RDR-CRR-CBC

Monette Benoit’s materials, www.CRRbooks.com, and CATapult CD series are wonderful for dictionary building and test prep, too. They are highly recommended by captioning companies for transitioning reporters and have been a tremendous help to me. Suzanne Small, RDR, RMR, CRR, CBC, CPE, CSR

I am a student working on my 140s and discovered that I needed to look outside of school for tools that would help me achieve my goals. I want to be prepared to work when I graduate. One of the most beneficial tools I have found is a software program, a drilling CD, called CATapult Basic Essential Drills (BEEDs). This CATapult BEEDs CD has hundreds of drills that include finger drills, all forms of numbers, names, cities, states, countries, words, etc.  There is also an area for you to easily build your own drills for words you want to practice and you can choose either flash or dictation mode.

I use my BEEDs CD every day, and I believe it has contributed to my increases in speed and vocabulary building more than any other tool I have. I spend a good portion of my practice time drilling because I have found that the more I drill, the less hesitation I have and that is what has helped me build speed. You can see the product description and testimonials from other people who use the CATapult BEEDs CDs at http://www.crrbooks.com/.   Deborah Osborne, Student

It looks like I will be moving up to the 200 wpm class! I really do credit working on those little common words for giving me to boost I needed; those words made the difference between passing or not! I have been using ’CATapult’ BEEDs CD since I got it, and it is absolutely wonderful! I knew the common words drill would be fantastic, but I thought I would spend time working on other areas. I believed I had the common words down! It became obvious to my instructor, and to me, that I wasn’t passing because I was dropping a’s, the’s, and that’s in various places. The material in the ’take’ wasn’t a problem. I could write it at speed; however, after some diligent attention, I realized I was tuning the little words out. I was listening for big words, briefs and phrases I could incorporate, and parts of the take I felt I had to concentrate to get. I wasn’t hearing the little words as "loudly", so they got dropped, unintentionally. Needless to say, I started the common word drills. I passed a take yesterday, and expect to pass two more today. I am so grateful for this software!!!  Thank you so much for all of your time and support! You have certainly cast your bread on the water. I know that you will be blessed for that! Janet Tilley, Student, Tennessee

I received the CD yesterday. I am ecstatic, and I used it last night to see the wonderful categories you have. I am really excited about this CD and really thank you for your generous heart in blessing me with it and kind message, which you sent along with it. Thank you so much, and I will be looking forward to anything new and upcoming you may have. Diane Brady

This is an invaluable tool. It has definitely given me a jump on the rest of the class in building my dictionary and getting started in CART and Captioning work. Thanks ’CATapultdix’.  Ernestine Montgomery

Monette: I had some free time before school today and was able to sit and work with the BEEDs CD. Would you believe I came closer than I ever have to passing my 100 Jury Charge! I was so excited, I wanted to come home and jump on my machine some more!   Again, I truly appreciated the friendly and encouraging conversation we had. I will definitely keep you informed of my progress, and look forward working with the practice CDs I purchased. I also hope to attend more of your seminars. Many thanks, Virginia Binion, Future Court Reporter, Student, Cerritos College, California

Thank you for the seven volumes of the ’CATapult’ CD Series and the BEEDs CD. WOW! Who needs a tele when you can have this much fun? Guess what I am doing? I am practicing finger drills, and I am so happy; all set to rock and roll. Frances Dobson, CART Provider, Court Reporter, United Kingdom

As a student, I am overwhelmed by how much programming I’m going to need to do to my dictionary to get it ready to caption. That’s why your ‘CATapult’ program is such a big help. How can we make this whole process more streamlined and efficient? This is an excellent practice tool. Your dictionary program will sure help. Student

You have to picture me with active children -- each day. I’m always happy to give a testimonial about your products because they are all good. All my students, from way back, loved the dictation material "POPcorn Q & A" (Q&A that occurs in rapid-fire like popcorn popping) -- and the books ’Written Exam: WKT, CSR, RPR, RMR, RDR’ Textbook, Workkbook and Study Guides. Your ’Handbooks’ are great! And the Sports ’CATapult Your Dictionary’ CD is fun to work on.

Monette Benoit’s ’CATapult’ CDs are my ticket into the broadcast captioning arena. They are a very important part of my practice routine and have helped me immensely. The CD’s are yet another example of Monette’s high-quality resources that are available to help us all be better reporters and captioners. Carol Thomas, Court Reporter, Instructor, CSR, RPR, CRI, CPE, ’MOM’

When I started using the CATapult BEEDs CD I was smiling - as compared to another product -- because it does so much more because I am practicing words I want to practice, not what others want me to write.  I am able to adjust the practice modes, to enter words, to refine my skills. I can change the speed in the BEEDs CD, and it is so great! I have the hang now, and I am very excited about this CD software program now.

Plus with your tutoring I am not bogged down, and I realize this is not far out of reach.  I can do this! BEEDs has given me results I can see.  The more I see results the better I feel, and that is a real plus for me! It is a really very helpful CD for students and court reporters.  I am now able to put in what I want and what I want to clean.  When I look at my dictionary and my errors, now I stick the word in BEEDs. My fingers are getting stronger writing all the words more accurately.  I feel so good about what I am doing, and my accuracy is going up. No one has ever taught me this before.  I am very excited.  I am achieving what I wanted to achieve.  I used to sit and practice; I was not paying attention.  It was not taking me anywhere. I was going to school and not putting in as much as I should have.  Now I run to do this, and I do not make excuses.  I have come a long way with this CATapult BEEDs software program! Now I pay so much more attention.  I focus.  Thank you for helping me to increase accuracy, decrease errors and to have fun while I am working on this CATapult BEEDs CD." Claire Jonnes

I am feverishly building my dictionary. ‘CATapult Your Dictionary’ is just what it is ... It captions whatever topic you’re looking for, and the sky’s the limit. Money is not an issue if it’s pertaining to anything that will enhance your career. Monette Benoit has outdone herself within the spectrum of creativity and price. The BEEDs CD, from my experience, is definitely an exception to the rules. Perks I’ve found:

Pronunciation - How many times are we not sure how to pronounce the word; Seeing - You see the words you are hearing, which in turn will help you with the proper spelling; Speed - The speed is from as low as 50 - 250 lines per minute --- YOU CONTROL IT!!; Realtime - Write words in a realtime file and enter them directly into your dictionary.

286 Categories -- These are the categories previously created on the BEEDs CD. You can create, name, copied and paste your own, as well as, control the size of the font and color you want. We all know the internet is a place with unlimited resources -- you pick the topic and then copy and paste it into the clipboard and name it. Then you do whattttttt?? You practice, listen, learn and most of all, build your dictionary right into your realtime file. The manual is also installed on the BEEDs CD with the proper page numbers to help you better understand anything you may have questions about.

One other thing that touched my heart about purchasing this software are the donations. Not only am I helping myself, but I am helping in the research to fight breast cancer, as well as, HCV, Hepatitis C, Awareness. Check out the website, www.CRRbooks.com and see for yourself. Need I say more? I can only speak from experience. Diane Brady, Student

Experts and leaders who recommend Court Reporter Reference Books & CDs:

Mary Smith Agren; Deanna Baker; Martin H. Block; Jack Boenau; Judith Brentano; Robert Clark, NCRA Librarian-Historian; Kevin Wm. Daniel, author, "Writing Naked;" Kathy DiLorenzo, VITAC; Kevin Donnelly; Steven Edmondson, author, "Literary Moments;" Pamela Giardina, Director, Baton Rouge School of Court Reporting; Gayl Hardeman, author, "DePuzzLer;" Mary Knapp, author, "Complete Court Reporter’s Handbook;" Judy Larson; Richard Lederer, NCRA language columnist; Robert W. McCormick, co-author, "The Complete Court Reporter’s Handbook, Third Edition;’ Jean Melone, President, StenoTech Career Institute; SueLynn Morgan; Pauletta Morse, NCRA Journal contributing editor; Nancy Patterson, author, "NCRA, Preparing For The RPR, RMR Written Knowledge Test;" Anita Paul; Sara Prince; Kathy Robson; Jennifer Sati, Program Advisor, Anoka Technical Center; Marcia Simmons; Suzanne Small; Sheryl Stapp; Carol Thomas; J. Edward Varallo, author, "The Real-Time Writer’s Manual" and Rhonda M. Zacharias, TextStream Institute of Court Reporting

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Since 1990, www.CRRBooks.com offers court reporting and captioning books and CDs, test prep materials and tutoring/coaching services for court reporters, captioners and CART providers. Plus, CATapult Your Dictionary offers interactive, real-time dictionary building CDs for multiple industries, including financial, legal/business, medical, politics, religions, sports, auto technology and weather/science.