Stenotype

Even after Mr. Rizzo tried to explain how the stenotype machine works—the unmarked keys apparently representing sounds rather than words, with separate keys for the left and right hand—I still didn't understand. ❋ Ralph Gardner Jr. (2011)

Furthermore, the job requires more preparation than simply showing up in a courtroom on the first day of the trial with your stenotype machine. ❋ Ralph Gardner Jr. (2011)

The reporter must familiarize himself or herself in advance with the names of all the players—prosecutors and defense lawyers, witnesses, corporations not to mention medical terminology, mechanical engineering, etc—and then enter them into the dictionary of the computer that translates the stenotype machine's shorthand into common English and creates the official transcript so that it accepts rather than alters or rejects the names. ❋ Ralph Gardner Jr. (2011)

I believe it works the same way as court reporting with a stenotype machine and may be done simultaneously. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Takes dictation of correspondence, reports, and other matter, and transcribes from shorthand, stenotype, or recording equipment. ❋ Linda Gale (1998)

Uses stenotype to record the speeches and debates of the legislators. ❋ Linda Gale (1998)

Records minutes of court proceedings, using a stenotype or shorthand, and transcribes testimony, using typewriter. ❋ Linda Gale (1998)

Combine these two elements, let the Vocoder run the stenotype, and the result is a machine which types when talked to. ❋ Unknown (1969)

The other element is found in the stenotype, that somewhat disconcerting device encountered usually at public meetings. ❋ Unknown (1969)

Copper watched Kennon as he dictated the covering letter, her slim fingers dancing over the stenotype. ❋ Unknown (1951)

My personal secretary, it seemed, couldn't read stenotype. ❋ H. Beam Piper (1934)

All they need to work from home is a stenotype machine which allows them to type in more than one key at a time. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The articles on stenography cover things like what a stenographer does, strange facts, such as how the stenotype machine allows them to compress multiple keys at a time, and what computer-aided transcription is. ❋ Unknown (2010)

While a court reporter will still use a stenotype machine in a traditional trial to record the proceedings, many legal matters are settled out-of-court. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When asked why she still works with a pen, she explained that in the early years of her career, California had the nearest stenotype school, and she didn't want to leave the state for training while she had three youngsters at home. ❋ Unknown (2009)