​Now it's called keyboarding.  


Fascinated by my grandmother's 1934 Underwood typewriter (left), which I still have, I have been typing since I was five.  I was allowed to touch it only if writing something.  I was preschool, so I copied things... letters... newspaper stories.   Before I took touch-type I was 45 wpm with two fingers.   I graduated high school typing 80 wpm.  I received a manual Smith-Corona (center) for graduation and made a nice living with it as a journalist. Starting with the Kaypro (right) I joined the computer age.  With presto-change-o word processor tools my record speed is 200 wpm and my normal is around 120 wpm.   (That is straight keyboarding, not composing.)


From 12 years of journalism I developed an unflagging, attention-to-detail, get-it-right, no-time-wasted work ethic.  Working from my home office allows the 80-hour work time I put into journalism, which I loved, while maintaining a happy family.


At my desk from 5:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Austin FastType became the go-to for dictated reports and recorded insurance interviews, with national accounts (including a national restaurant chain), producing as much as 200 pages per day.   A lawyer client, when he had a project, would dictate live from 5:30 a.m. until 11 p.m., with breaks for meals when I would fax the work to whatever restaurant he went to.


He encouraged me get a paralegal degree.  At Southeastern Paralegal Institute I was taught by no-nonsense attorneys.  I learned law, procedure and paralegal ethics in the full-time day program while continuing my business work at night and graduated second in my class.


In 2010, with the advent of electronic systems,  the number of dictated reports and interviews decreased.  I spun off Austin Executive Support  and began providing on-site work for professional offices.  I compiled and producing complex government reports for two A-list property value appraisers who kept me busy six years.  Sadly, one passed away in 2015, then the other in 2016.


Now focusing on the Web, my production will meet your style, standards and need for speed whatever your occupation.   Everything is confidential without fail.   I understand your reputation and professional license are always on the line.   I do not do "legal work" for the public nor do I give legal advice under any circumstance.

 David Austin, dba

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