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A stenographer is the person who uses a stenograph machine. Stenographers have to go through a lot of training so that they can produce words simultaneously with a speaker. Trained stenographers can produce words in excess of 230 words per minute, which enables simultaneous text production on a screen along with a speaker.
Stenographers are different to palantypists [...]

A stenograph is a machine used by stenographers to produce text simultaneously with a speaker. The stenograph machine has the same purpose as a Palantype machine, the only difference is that the keyboard has a different layout.
On the stenograph machine the user presses several keys at the same time to produce a chord, which represents a word. [...]