26 April 2011
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Stenographers take down Hermann Goering’s testimony during the Nuremburg war crimes trials
Court stenographers are being phased out in England and Wales with the last contract – at the Old Bailey – set to expire in March 2012. But what is a stenographer and are they no longer needed?
The “speed of speech” is often defined as 180 words per minute (wpm).
Anyone who has ever tried to take a note in longhand at that speed will tell you it is impossible.
Many journalists who learn shorthand struggle to hit 100 wpm.
So the only way to keep up is through a stenographer – a skilled professional using a stenotype machine.
The machine has a minimal keyboard, which omits key letters like i, m or n, and by hitting a combination of keys – known as chords – they can produce the missing letters or phonetic sounds
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