Via Gizmodo, I've always wondered how those things the court reporters type on work. You would think that with all of the technology today, they would have found a way to update these things, but I guess if it ain't broke then don't fix it.
This Slate story talks about how the Stenotype machine works. Interesting. Snippet:
It's called a stenotype machine, and it's also used for captioning television broadcasts and general office stenography. The stenotype works a bit like a portable word processor, but with a modified, 22-button keyboard in place of the standard qwerty setup. Modern stenotypes have two rows of consonants across the middle, underneath a long "number bar." Set in front of these are four vowel keys: "A," "O," "E," and "U."
Now, the other thing I want to know is how surveying equipment works. Those little telescopes, the reflectors on sticks... Can't you do all of this with GPS now?
Enjoy.
-aB
1 comment:
The main difference between a steno keyboard and a regular one is that you can hit every key at once. So you can hit all 22-plus keys at one time, and it's as fast as you can hit one letter. That's how you can get the speed.
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