Stenotype
Estenotipia
- Date
- 1911 · confidence medium
- Place
- La Porte, Indiana, United States
- Credited to
- Ward Stone Ireland
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
Specialized chorded keyboard for shorthand writing that allows whole syllables and words to be typed with a single combined keystroke; invented by Ward Stone Ireland.
Patente de Ward Stone Ireland de 1911; no consta vínculo documentado con La Porte (Indiana).
What it led to
- Court reporting and real-time closed captioning
- Stenotype training schools and methods (StenEd, Phoenix)
- Computer-aided transcription (CAT) systems