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Re: Stenography


  • Subject: Re: Stenography
  • From: Peter Teeson <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:26:16 -0400

On 2012-04-02, at 2:24 PM, Lee Ann Rucker wrote:

>
> 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 I don’t think anybody uses it anymore: it has been superseded by Siri :)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.
ROTFL


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 >Re: Stenography (From: Gregory Weston <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Stenography (From: "Reaves, Timothy" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Stenography (From: vincent habchi <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Stenography (From: Peter Teeson <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Stenography (From: Lee Ann Rucker <email@hidden>)

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