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icebraining on July 24, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: 11% of Americans don’t use the internet

- She knows how to take fast, accurate dictation with steno. They don't teach that anywhere anymore.

Of course they do, usually it's directed at court jobs, but anyone can take a steno course.

reaperducer on July 24, 2018 [–]

Court stenography is computerized now. And even decades ago was mechanized.

"Steno" with pencil and a steno pad. Not a stenography machine.

icebraining on July 24, 2018 | [–]

Yes, but there are still shorthand classes, e.g. https://www.kbcc.cuny.edu/TutorialServices/Pages/tutorialcou... (search for "Office Administration & Technology")

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