How Stenographers Type 300 Words Per Minute

Logosofia no Dia a Dia · May 5, 2026 · 39m

Court reporters aren’t just fast typists—they use a 22-key stenotype machine to chord entire syllables and words in a single stroke, hitting speeds over 300 words per minute. This episode explores how phonetic steno code works, the grueling 2-4 year training process (with an 85-90% dropout rate), and where these professionals work beyond courtrooms: live broadcast captioning, CART services for deaf students, congressional record-keeping, and even hobbyist communities like the Open Steno Project. We also tackle the big question: can AI speech recognition like Whisper replace human…