This dictation presents an excellent practice opportunity for Teeline students, combining formal language patterns, technical terms, numerical data, and direct quotes in a real-world context that showcases key Teeline shorthand principles.

The world doesn't need perfect shorthand, but it does need shorthand that works.

The syllabic count of this one is 1.3, but one half is higher than the other. Take it down in Teeline before you look more closely at it, and see if it is obvious which half is which.