Ted Morin, lead developer of http://opensteno.org/plover, blows on my Infinity Ergonomic steno machine to actuate it.

Steno writers – look familiar? A blind “shorthand writer” writes on a Braille shorthand machine at about 180 words per minute, then transcribes his notes to text on a typewriter. This is in 1953. Amazing skills! – SimplySteno www.SimplySteno.com

For the Record tracks several court reporters, captioners and CART providers and they strive to attain the Guinness title of World’s Fastest Court Reporter. It explores the “steno culture,” as experienced by stenographers, through such events as 9/11, the Nuremberg trials and other high-profile courtroom moments, while reviewing the history of these “keepers of the […]