stenographer
noun
ste·nog·ra·pher
stə-ˈnä-grə-fər 
1
: a writer of shorthand
2
: a person employed chiefly to take and transcribe dictation
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Government stenographers are also still recording and transcribing all of Trump’s remarks, though these are no longer being published on the White House’s website or elsewhere.
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Shannon Bow O'Brien, The Conversation, 12 June 2025
The roadblock to this simple transparency fix of releasing daily public transcripts are the court stenographers who produce the transcripts.
—Nick Akerman, New York Daily News, 9 May 2025
And, today, White House stenographers still record every word Trump utters, but many of their transcriptions are languishing in the White House press office without authorization for release — meaning there’s no official record of what the president says for weeks, if at all.
—Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
Being a stenographer requires strong time management.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 18 May 2025
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Shannon Bow O'Brien, The Conversation, 12 June 2025
The roadblock to this simple transparency fix of releasing daily public transcripts are the court stenographers who produce the transcripts.
—Nick Akerman, New York Daily News, 9 May 2025
And, today, White House stenographers still record every word Trump utters, but many of their transcriptions are languishing in the White House press office without authorization for release — meaning there’s no official record of what the president says for weeks, if at all.
—Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
Being a stenographer requires strong time management.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 18 May 2025
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“Stenographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stenographer. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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stenographer
noun
ste·nog·ra·pher
stə-ˈnäg-rə-fər
1
: a writer of shorthand
2
: one employed chiefly to take and make a copy of dictation
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