Court Reporter Machine Keyboard

This machine works by pressing multiple keys simultaneously known as chording or stroking to spell out whole syllables words and phrases with a single hand motion.

Court reporter machine keyboard.

I was watching yet another thrilling courtroom drama the other day and i noticed once again the little machine that the court reporter uses. Words and phrases phonetically rather than spelling them out letter by letter like on a computer keyboard. Not having spent much time in court myself not yet anyway i have never been able to check this out personally. Stenographers court reporters transcriptionist use a specialized keyboard called a stenograph machine which has fewer keys than a conventional alphanumeric keyboard.

Here s how court reporters use those little machines. Makes a great gift for students and reporters alike. It must take some real time to lean it. You know those little steno machines that court reporters type on in courtroom scenes on tv.

The layered pewter pendant is approximately one inch in length and is attached to a custom length stainless steel cable chain. Thus the keyboard is kept very compact with little hand motion required from side to side. All shorthand methods are phonetic to some degree. Typing on a whole different set up is crazy as well.

They re not easy to learn how to operate but successful court reporters who can use a stenotype machine are well paid and many work the hours they choose. Represent your skills with this hand stamped pewter bar necklace displaying the unique magic steno machine keyboard. It looks like an adding machine and it certainly isn t a standard typewriter. Learning to be a court reporter is like leaning a second language and being able to write in it and translate if from another voice.

Skip to main content. Although it is possible to spell words out with this machine the stenographer is taught to listen to the sounds of the words and break them up into syllables.