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Subject: Re: Technophilia-induced problem at Educom?
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Index Number: 11248

[Note from Bill McGarry: This is from issue 10.53 of the RISKS digest.]

I've seen a talk where real-time transcription was provided by
court stenographers.  They used a version of a stenotype machine
coupled to display software.

Stenotype machines have phonetic keyboards, and their raw output
looks very much like what is described here. In courtroom practice,
a clean transcript is made later. In the talk I saw, some software
provided partial on-the-fly cleanup, but no where near perfect.

Another reader comments that an ASL translator would be preferable.
My own take is that for technical talks this real-time
transcription seems better able to catch technical vocabulary.