Re: Stenography
Re: Stenography
- Subject: Re: Stenography
- From: Lee Ann Rucker <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:24:59 -0700
On Apr 2, 2012, at 8:18 AM, Peter Teeson wrote:
> On 2012-04-02, at 8:46 AM, vincent habchi wrote:
>> Le 2 avr. 2012 à 14:37, "Reaves, Timothy" <email@hidden> a écrit :
>>> He wants to write an app that will take a picture of shorthand and turn it into text.
>> Stenography (Greek stenos-: reduced) is an obsolete system of script secretaries used to take notes on the fly.
>> I’m not sure, but I think it is a syllabic script. I don’t think anybody uses it anymore: it has been superseded by Siri :)
> Indeed. I had a secretary who knew both Pitman and Gregg stenography methods. That dates me for sure.
> (She would then go to a typewriter to produce the letter or article - hehehehe)
> Perhaps a current use of a similar mechanism would be a court reporter or the Congressional floor reporters
> walking around to each person speaking.
>> Steganography comes from Greek steganos, roof, wherefore it’s use for obfuscated communications.
> Fascinating article.. thanks.
Well, there is some crossover - some stenographers had a style so idiosyncratic that only they could read it.
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