How Does stenography work?

GabiP

Was just curious, there only seem to be a few keys on the keyboard they use, anyone know how they work so the stenographer gets every single word in, even the names/titles of everyone that speaks?

MagicMarker

They stick it in a wiggle it about the place.

Peared

Pressing down a couple of different keys at the same time makes a word, comes out on paper as a mark that the stenographer can understand and transcribe back to engerlish.

Pen1987

Its a phonetic code that a stenographer uses to take notes, there is not set typeset so they apply a value/sound to each key and then 'translate' their own notes later into full-language.

As far as I know!

javaboy

T9 predictive text.

oeb

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenotype

Victor

They also use tape recorders and may have a copy of what they are typing and a list of speakers.

phasers

Why don't they just record trials and sack all these wasters? burden on the taxpayers I say rabblerabblerabble!

Dardania

****e in = ****e out

Earthhorse

That's pretty interesting. I knew they had a tailored keyboard but had no idea they worked in shorthand that sometimes only they themselves can understand.

entropi

Earthhorse wrote: »

That's pretty interesting. I knew they had a tailored keyboard but had no idea they worked in shorthand that sometimes only they themselves can understand.

Yeah one of my cousins done this for a while in America for a legal firm, had her own version of shorthand, and would ask us to help her revise her system by calling out a word, then she would write it shorthand, then check it against her list.

Apparently you need around 140wpm typing speed or something crazy like that to even be looked at for the job...:eek:

GabiP

140 wpm is slow! 160 - 180 now your talking, (Key trainer intensive typing course argh hated the desk job thang) stenogs would have the added bonus of the details of the case to keep them from absolute boredom I spose not to mention the nice salary I reckon they get.

Earthhorse

According to the wikipedia article they're expected to reach speeds of 225 wpm at very high accuracy and many can reach 300 (with the world record being 375 - that's 6.25 words a second).