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stenographer

[stuh-nog-ruh-fer] / stəˈnɒg rə fər /


NOUN
court reporter
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And more courtrooms are turning to real-time speech-to-text tools, often to fill in when a human stenographer isn’t available.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

Rather, it belonged to a woman from Illinois with a versatile résumé that included writing, acting, engineering and working as a stenographer: Lizzie Magie.

From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2024

She worked as a stenographer for pay-as-you-go lessons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2024

When Dannett appeared 17 years after Livingston’s conviction, the stenographer was eager to help.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2023

A stenographer named Jennie Thompson disappeared, as did a woman named Evelyn Stewart, who either worked for Holmes or merely stayed in his hotel as a guest.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Perhaps AI researcher Timnit Gebru summarized it best: “Please see what experts in this field are saying about this ‘discovery’ and not these scammers or press stenographers.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

The licensing process for these stenographers is significantly longer and more difficult than what voice writers undergo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

But the young women who would have become telephone operators became stenographers, administrative assistants and waitresses instead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

He would shake hands with the entire crew if the interview was on camera, and there would often be an embrace for the stenographers busily transcribing his thoughts.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2024

The stenographers had abandoned their typewriters and were crowded around us.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey


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