This curriculum guide provides the basic curriculum components required to develop lesson plans that address the learning outcomes for the area of machine transcription. It is not a complete, self-contained curriculum. Instead, the guide provides the teacher with a number of informational items related to the learning outcomes and allows him/her the flexibility to design instructional activities, select resources, and deliver instruction most appropriate for the learner and learning environment. Information for the teacher includes suggestions for development of instructional activities, instruction, and evaluation of learner performance. This area of study is divided into 2 units--basic concepts and transcribing business correspondence--and 7 and 16 learning outcomes, respectively. Each learning outcome is divided into one to seven associated tasks. For each task these types of information are provided: performance standard; required tools, resources, equipment, and situations; performance steps (where applicable); and enabling objectives. Representative topics upon which learning outcomes focus include machine transcription in business; proofreading; transcription skills; career opportunities; machine transcription media and equipment; the work station; listening skills; grammar skills; development of foot, ear, and hand coordination; use of reference materials; business letter styles; daily logs; and human relations skills. (YLB)