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Title: Stenography machine
Post by: Parak on Mon, 27 June 2011, 19:57:45

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Title: Stenography machine
Post by: REVENGE on Mon, 27 June 2011, 20:11:04

Quote from: Parak;369182

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So what exactly does this thing do?

Title: Stenography machine
Post by: Parak on Mon, 27 June 2011, 20:19:18

Quote from: REVENGE;369186

So what exactly does this thing do?

It's used for fast transcription into shorthand format. One would need to be specifically trained to do that, but it's generally the fastest means of typing "plain" text out (after translation) [ymmv]

Title: Stenography machine
Post by: eyesnine on Mon, 27 June 2011, 20:50:07

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't stenographers type using phonetics? In other words, this is not a character-accurate input method, is it?

So, it's useless for anything but spoken words. For example, it can't be used for games, apps, programming, even forum posting beyond the basics.

I have often wondered if there was a modern stenography machine that could be used for character-accurate input.