stenotype
noun
steno·type
ˈste-nə-ˌtīp 
: a small machine somewhat like a typewriter used to record speech by means of phonograms
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Modern stenotype machines contain microprocessors and LCD screens where the shorthand abbreviations appear in English almost simultaneously as they are typed into the machine.
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Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2023
The field, which many like to date back to ancient scribes, requires training in typing as many as 225 words a minute on a stenotype machine, a chorded keyboard used to transcribe spoken word into shorthand.
—Francesca Fontana, WSJ, 4 July 2017
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Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2023
The field, which many like to date back to ancient scribes, requires training in typing as many as 225 words a minute on a stenotype machine, a chorded keyboard used to transcribe spoken word into shorthand.
—Francesca Fontana, WSJ, 4 July 2017
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“Stenotype.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stenotype. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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