Stan's Quick and Dirty: How Stenography Works

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  • čas přidán 14. 07. 2024
  • Ever wonder how court reporters can keep up with blazingly fast dialogue in the courtroom and get every word no matter how fast the testimony whips by? Or maybe while watching the news at the gym, wondered how live closed captioning works. Is there really someone behind the scenes typing it all out? Welcome to Stan’s quick and dirty video on how steno works.
    Blog: stanographer.com
    OSP: openstenoproject.org
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Komentáře • 494

  • @tomkot
    @tomkot Před 5 lety +1928

    You know what would be cool? A video that actually explains how stenography works

    • @CHRISTIANNWO
      @CHRISTIANNWO Před 4 lety +38

      Sounds pretty straightforward to me

    • @patsfball3710
      @patsfball3710 Před 3 lety +16

      It dies explain it
      Its fucking tough
      Bro I'm smart fuck like 137 IQ its tough
      Its art its music
      I'm not an arts music guy
      Learn piano u figure it out

    • @pascal590
      @pascal590 Před 3 lety +4

      🤣🤣😭😭

    • @PlayLyss
      @PlayLyss Před 3 lety +162

      Bruh why are there literally NO videos explaining it???

    • @gigajew8999
      @gigajew8999 Před 3 lety +92

      PATSFBALL 4466 You say you have an above average iq, yet you can’t even string a proper sentence together.

  • @johnorona8139
    @johnorona8139 Před 7 lety +1776

    Dude, you spend two minutes calmly explaining how fast the average person types then rush past the actual steno explanation.

  • @yowlolstfu6759
    @yowlolstfu6759 Před 3 lety +10

    I arrived with a simple question and left with an existential crisis. Thanks a lot

  • @pascal590
    @pascal590 Před 3 lety +247

    I don’t understand why all these steno videos feel the need to so quickly explain something so confusing lol

    • @ugaugauga488
      @ugaugauga488 Před 2 lety +15

      because they're speed freaks as it is. that's why they got into steno to begin with.

    • @summersendband
      @summersendband Před 2 lety +2

      Because they are idiots

    • @stephenliu4869
      @stephenliu4869 Před 2 lety

      @@summersendband Yeah, the people typing 225 wpm are idiots. Ok.

    • @summersendband
      @summersendband Před 2 lety +1

      @@stephenliu4869 typing fast disqualifies them as idiots?

    • @stephenliu4869
      @stephenliu4869 Před 2 lety +2

      @@summersendband Yes. I know very little about stenography too, but I know that it takes months, years even of training to learn how to do it. It's like learning an entirely new language. Expecting a 3 minute video to explain it would be unreasonable. This video probably could've given a better overview, but if you really wanted to learn how stenography works, you'd be better off googling it or something.

  • @JustPlainRob
    @JustPlainRob Před 5 lety +447

    This just confused me even more. How the hell is TKAOG shorthand for "Doing"?

    • @annevosburgh240
      @annevosburgh240 Před 5 lety +191

      In order to fit all consonants on the left side (and again on the right side) with vowels in the middle and a very limited number of keys, you have to hit combinations of keys to make letters.
      So T by itself is T, K by itself is K, but TK together make D. G on the right side can be a G or it can mean the entire "ing" ending. Since TKOG would be dog, Stanley threw an A in there and programmed his dictionary to recognize TKAOG (DAOG) as "doing."

    • @DeedlyDood
      @DeedlyDood Před 5 lety +32

      @sbtopjosh if it helps, they are highly trained and can make a shit ton of money.

    • @nikkitrucking
      @nikkitrucking Před 4 lety +24

      and right now we're still dealing with "h0w R U d01ng"

    • @Spherehead123
      @Spherehead123 Před 4 lety +39

      @@michawolski2584 You mean an audio recorder? M8 they're using it alongside stenographers. Speech recognition is highly flawed if you held it against a guy with a really thick accent.

    • @sutil5078
      @sutil5078 Před 4 lety +10

      you did not see how they write Anaconda in Sten? it is:
      xfdsfsermaldearwayfislaalf
      BECAUSE it is long snake.I wondere if these letters are description of the skin pattern on snake

  • @jermm2183
    @jermm2183 Před 2 lety +3

    haha I'm just imagining someone saying "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" in a courtroom and the stenographer just starts to panic

    • @Bengie31eu
      @Bengie31eu Před 2 měsíci

      Haha...Court reporter and captioner here. We have a stroke for that. We've heard it all.

  • @dtoad48
    @dtoad48 Před 5 lety +145

    So how does Stenograph work? Anyone else still confused?

    • @LowestofheDead
      @LowestofheDead Před 5 lety +24

      Basically it's not fast enough to type one letter at a time. So a whole syllable is typed at once (e.g. "sing").
      The left side of the keyboard is syllable-starting letters ("s-"), the middle for vowels ("-i-"), and the right side for syllable-ending letters ("-ng").
      To make it easier to read, they don't use letters but *sounds* which are different. Think of how "sing" and "side" use the letter "i" for two different sounds, or how the sound "ng" in "sing" is different to letters n and g. When they read their code again, it's easier to work out which "i" sound they wrote if there's a different way to write each sound.
      However their keyboard isn't big enough for every sound, so they decided to set some sounds as to random keys pressed together (you can see in the vid that "d-" is T+K together).
      Btw these "sounds" are called phonemes.

    • @elrisitas8508
      @elrisitas8508 Před 3 lety +1

      @@LowestofheDead nicu

    • @baramis575
      @baramis575 Před 3 lety +9

      This wasn’t a very informative video😅 something this complicated shouldn’t be raced through..

    • @camilobastidas6176
      @camilobastidas6176 Před 3 lety +4

      @@baramis575 The Man rushed like when you order something from McDonald's!!!

    • @efhi
      @efhi Před 2 lety +5

      @@LowestofheDead so basically you have to code the entire language you're writing in and remember it all

  • @honeysugar1
    @honeysugar1 Před 3 lety +3

    So a stenographer machine is really just a modern day enigma machine lol

  • @DeSinc
    @DeSinc Před 5 lety +312

    "the fastest possible speed maxing out at 120WPM for short periods of time"
    *looks at reckful*

  • @stevfansmommy
    @stevfansmommy Před 5 lety +61

    Yea nope still don't understand how it works lmao

  • @andreabezaire3248
    @andreabezaire3248 Před 4 lety +1

    That is so cool! Thanks for the overview; my appreciation for Steno just multiplied by 100000!

  • @EdgeofTimeProductions
    @EdgeofTimeProductions Před 5 lety +1

    Very good video, came looking for how stenography works without any prior knowledge and got a clean and concise answer. Thank you!

  • @brandon.richards
    @brandon.richards Před 3 lety +1

    Such a great introduction. Loved the historical background, thanks!

  • @macaron2xx633
    @macaron2xx633 Před 2 lety +1

    Awesome video. Thanks for the upload! Love your writing and drawings as well!

  • @johnkothanek7829
    @johnkothanek7829 Před 8 lety +30

    Thanks for the video, on occasion, on the internet- someone takes the time to provide instruction, help or guidance and I am always appreciative of that. You can read a thousand articles on stenography and not really get it until you see something like this- short simple entertaining. Anyhow, thank you for taking the time to pass on information. Well done!.

  • @Ryuzenski
    @Ryuzenski Před 2 lety +3

    "fastest possible maxing out at 120wpm"
    *Me, autistically laughing at my 138*

    • @deedeeen
      @deedeeen Před 2 lety

      heck, English US QWERTY keyboards have world records past 200 words per minute

  • @spiritbuu
    @spiritbuu Před 4 lety +1

    I'm going to go back to understanding that I don't understand how stenography works...ahhhh that's better.

  • @TheCincysteve007
    @TheCincysteve007 Před 8 lety +1

    Great video, Stan! You nailed it!

  • @weezytheseamonkey
    @weezytheseamonkey Před 7 lety

    Perfect, Stan! I love this. I'll share it on my palantype page on FB. Good work and nicely edited!

  • @KoryDaoust
    @KoryDaoust Před 3 lety +4

    I watched a 3 minute video explaining how stenography works.
    Now I'm gonna search for another video to explain how stenography actually works.

  • @fadhlanfaidhan5311
    @fadhlanfaidhan5311 Před 3 lety +6

    I want to understand it, but my mind can't even get into the base. Well, I can still live without understanding it.

  • @dj16cats
    @dj16cats Před 7 lety

    This was AWESOME!! Thank you!!

  • @jmeador85
    @jmeador85 Před 7 lety +1

    I've always wondered. Thank you.

  • @anishkedemlimbu
    @anishkedemlimbu Před 3 lety +1

    Him: How it differs from the keyboard you are sitting in front of
    Me: sitting in front of my phone laughing

  • @matd818
    @matd818 Před 7 lety +1

    you make it so clear I enjoyed this Video

  • @Inverified
    @Inverified Před 5 lety +4

    I learned more about stenography reading a book on diesel transmissions than I did this video.

  • @daniceb4031
    @daniceb4031 Před 9 lety +2

    Stan! Awesome vid! Looking forward to some more "quick and dirty" steno vids in the future!

  • @pyk_
    @pyk_ Před 6 lety

    Thanks for blowing out my ears at the end there.

  • @foilhatbrigade9504
    @foilhatbrigade9504 Před 7 lety

    I always wondered... Thank you!

  • @eo7449
    @eo7449 Před 8 lety +5

    Great description! Also, You have very nice handwriting- that seems like a lost art.

  • @mr.scratch2536
    @mr.scratch2536 Před 2 lety

    Quick and dirty. That's a good title for a video series. Great job. Keep it HEEL 👊

  • @DodgyDaveGTX
    @DodgyDaveGTX Před 4 lety +8

    Just imagine if everyone on YT typed with a stenograph. We could effectively double the level of comment-feed shitposting!

  • @largestbrain
    @largestbrain Před 2 lety +2

    Thank you for giving me the Quick & Dirty, Stan! This really helped, I was curious about this subject all week.

  • @danhibiki3359
    @danhibiki3359 Před 4 lety

    thanks for explaining this random question that popped in my mind..thanks dude

  • @clarissachapman
    @clarissachapman Před 8 lety +133

    Wait, why/how does TKAOG mean "doing"?

    • @stanleysakai946
      @stanleysakai946  Před 8 lety +58

      TK = D. AO = OO. -G = ing. So dooing, doing. ;).

    • @dannyboylee
      @dannyboylee Před 8 lety +80

      Obviously, duh.

    • @clarissachapman
      @clarissachapman Před 8 lety +56

      Lol. He answered, and it's appreciated, but still... what?

    • @SahajSoldier
      @SahajSoldier Před 8 lety +35

      There isn't room on the machine for every letter so instead they use combination of letters to form the missing letters. They don't logically form the sounds, they are just straight symbols.

    • @MikeTrieu
      @MikeTrieu Před 6 lety +16

      Steno works on phonemes, not letters. Sounds, not characters.

  • @williammcann4141
    @williammcann4141 Před 3 lety +36

    who's here from daily dose of internet

  • @debbierievman6538
    @debbierievman6538 Před 3 lety +1

    Has anyone ever commented on the fact your 'keyboard' looks and works just like an old fashioned Braille one? Shaped the same and multiple keys are pressed at same time to create bumps on the stiff paper that configure into words or letters. I haven't seen one in 50 years.

  • @tammyjohnson3715
    @tammyjohnson3715 Před 7 lety

    Very nice video and it actually encouraged me to go to the website and check it out further
    Thanks

  • @daveruby2854
    @daveruby2854 Před 8 lety +12

    Probably the most in-depth explanation I've ever heard of what Stenography is. My hats off to you, Stan.

  • @31m4x
    @31m4x Před 9 lety +2

    AWESOME VIDEO!!! :D Thanks :3

  • @blaahrfingaahrleesmith9460

    This deserves more views :)

  • @MyChannel-rr5wf
    @MyChannel-rr5wf Před 8 lety

    You got an A+!! Thanks for sharing it. It is clear, clever and well-organized material.

  • @k_ph99
    @k_ph99 Před 3 lety

    I literally came here because I saw your tiktok about you doing CC and I was looking for a video explaining how it worked

  • @Naml_Belagama
    @Naml_Belagama Před 8 lety +43

    That music in the end just really blew my ears. Still great video though.

  • @thisismai
    @thisismai Před 7 lety

    Great video man

  • @BlueSky-lx8xp
    @BlueSky-lx8xp Před 8 lety +14

    Nice background music.

  • @b2kzangelalwayz
    @b2kzangelalwayz Před 4 lety

    This was more informative than two hours of research.

  • @Thefuryspeed100
    @Thefuryspeed100 Před 3 lety

    The video is a great summary of why stenography is important, what is the history behind it and what does a stenographer do.
    If you wanted an in depth explanation i have no idea why did you click on a 3 minute long video

  • @MissDancingllama
    @MissDancingllama Před 3 lety +4

    Bro i need a someone to use a steno to write me up the transcript of this video bc that explanation was hella fast lol

  • @FappinSteve
    @FappinSteve Před 3 lety +1

    I'm still confused and even more intrigued

    • @feliznavidad8598
      @feliznavidad8598 Před 3 lety +1

      It’s just shorthand written with a different typewriter. The stenographer has to learn a full vocabulary to write those words

  • @Kalenz1234
    @Kalenz1234 Před 3 lety +1

    That headphone kill in the last seconds though.

  • @chipfriday8166
    @chipfriday8166 Před 6 lety

    that was way cool! thanks!

  • @billymac23454
    @billymac23454 Před 3 lety

    Well, THAT explained a lot!

  • @Captionwire
    @Captionwire Před 9 lety

    Excellent!
    I would recommend adding your blog link to your yt profile, and possibly to your descriptions, for the curious. Perhaps this one could also use a link to the open source steno project.

  • @cowrymoo9785
    @cowrymoo9785 Před 3 lety

    these kinds of things fascinate me really. this sounds dandy in monolingual courts, but is a nightmare in places that code-switches two or more languages

  • @sutil5078
    @sutil5078 Před 4 lety +4

    so the short cut for the word "hi" is xdfjvsewv pressed at the same time , very short indeed. NOW I KNOW why Court cases takes 20 years to be closed. gd Jb (good job) in steno = xfdsv 3jfhhwhs vsieeef fjewvs eivhsl all pressed at the same time.

    • @ikrar26
      @ikrar26 Před 3 lety +1

      There 3 o and yet in steno it all different ?

  • @irun_mon
    @irun_mon Před 8 lety +32

    can you keep up with eminem song?

  • @macforme
    @macforme Před rokem

    Stanley... you don't need steno... you write really fast on the whiteboard!!! 🤣👍🙄

  • @ms.scorpioerica318
    @ms.scorpioerica318 Před 6 lety

    Awesome!!

  • @LisaNinnymuggins
    @LisaNinnymuggins Před 2 lety +1

    The olden days…XD I feel OLD!

  • @jimday666
    @jimday666 Před 5 lety

    wow. this was interesting!

  • @Barkingspider
    @Barkingspider Před 5 lety

    This is crazy to learn this.

  • @misterspalk
    @misterspalk Před 2 lety

    Nice lightspeed! I have the same one

  • @ProfMadnesS
    @ProfMadnesS Před 9 lety

    Thank you

  • @pinayskleeshorts6962
    @pinayskleeshorts6962 Před 3 lety

    This is great info goos job.

  • @user-ij6pp4lv4f
    @user-ij6pp4lv4f Před 5 lety +1

    Do I want to learn stenography? Hell fucking yes!

  • @nanawordie7967
    @nanawordie7967 Před 6 lety

    Thanks for this video. I actually understand stenograpy after I was watching a video about how Obama’s stenographer found her job on Craigslist and I was like, “what is a stenographer and what do they do?”

  • @leftcoastvagrant
    @leftcoastvagrant Před 9 lety +4

    Boyfriend and I were curious about stenography. Video was very well done, thanks.

  • @shelbytownsend7613
    @shelbytownsend7613 Před 8 lety +1

    Great video. I'm want to get into the profession.....any suggestions for a newbie?? I'm still a little confused about how you broke the words down. Are you available for a chat?

  • @forevertaboo602
    @forevertaboo602 Před 7 lety +1

    Hey, I know you! Cuesta is a friend and I think we actually met in person in HS Jan 2016. I looked up "watching a stenographer" and you were one of the first video to pop up. =)

  • @xanthos9641
    @xanthos9641 Před 3 lety +2

    Wait, why do you need a stenographer live? Why can't you just record the audio with like 4 different devices all around the room to hear everything, and just have people go through the audio afterwards?

  • @samgab
    @samgab Před 7 lety +1

    My brain hurts.

  • @weslieonsando9788
    @weslieonsando9788 Před 4 lety

    Thanks!

  • @inaflashlaser
    @inaflashlaser Před 9 lety +4

    Great use of our laser-cut keys (pretty sure) :-D

    • @inaflashlaser
      @inaflashlaser Před 9 lety +4

      If not, you can get some here: plover.deco-craft.com

  • @Autumn_Blessings
    @Autumn_Blessings Před 4 lety +1

    I feel like I might be good at this because I'm great at typing and learning instruments

  • @geezlouiseee
    @geezlouiseee Před 8 lety +1

    like for using weirddough but also for the great vid!

  • @rc8s
    @rc8s Před 2 měsíci

    He did explain it. Why are the top comments saying he didn't?

  • @twilakaiser5143
    @twilakaiser5143 Před 2 lety

    Cool! Ty❤️

  • @FromMaddi2You
    @FromMaddi2You Před 3 lety +1

    That song is my iPhone ringtone 😁😁

  • @shannonpearson2589
    @shannonpearson2589 Před 3 lety

    That paper gave me nightmares. I remember having to write outlines eight times perfect with a max of two errors total. If there were more than two you had to start all over again. 🙈😭😂

  • @TheLOVERJONASBROTHER
    @TheLOVERJONASBROTHER Před 7 lety

    I have poor finger placement honestly use 3 fingers but I do type really fast and many words in a minute do you think I could learn to type properly for this or would it be difficult to remember?
    (sorry odd question just looking into this now for maybe college)

  • @ruthcole909
    @ruthcole909 Před 6 lety

    Hi, isn't there some costs involved with plover? Do they sell software? (I tried them and felt dissatisfied.)

  • @rameezahmed3863
    @rameezahmed3863 Před 8 lety +38

    State of Georgia Vs. Denver Fenton Allen, Rick and Morty video brought me here!
    :D

  • @heinjorinde752
    @heinjorinde752 Před 5 lety

    Hello Stanley. Interesting stuff! Can I use this film to create a short 40 second clip about steno for a Dutch show?

  • @jessemcfadden9706
    @jessemcfadden9706 Před 4 lety +1

    I wonder if this would be a helpful skill for authors writing stories. I find it so difficult to keep up with my train of thought while I'm typing... How many words per minute do with think at lol?

  • @Brand-yk6dw
    @Brand-yk6dw Před 2 lety

    Steno is the 00s stereotype texting standards.

  • @jackduggan1049
    @jackduggan1049 Před 5 lety +1

    I've personally made it over 140 WPM typing for short periods of time and I'm far from the best.
    120 WPM is fairly low for the 'fastest' typing speeds, pushing past 160 seems feasible. 100 - 120 is my comfortable pace.

    • @jordanfaust8588
      @jordanfaust8588 Před 5 lety +1

      I got 331 wpm once in a high school typing test, it was however only a single long sentence. I can't really describe it, as it was almost like my brain took over, and I was a passenger. Once I hit the enter key, I thought for sure I simply typed gibberish, as it felt like i was just mashing the keyboard at random. I had a picture of it as proof, since I had a digital camera (cell phone cameras werent really the norm at the time), but it has since been lost to time.

  • @thelusogerman3021
    @thelusogerman3021 Před 2 lety

    bruh just read your article on medium while trying to quench my curiosity and noticed that you're the same guy.

  • @andreabarros8875
    @andreabarros8875 Před 5 lety +2

    I still have no idea how sten works...

  • @MassEffectFan113
    @MassEffectFan113 Před 4 lety +1

    RIP ears at the last 3 seconds.

  • @ronduncan9527
    @ronduncan9527 Před měsícem

    I’m still lost! 🤣😳

  • @ExodusProphecy
    @ExodusProphecy Před rokem

    What Im understanding is that it relies heavily on syllables and phonemic awareness.
    It's shorthand but more complex.

  • @faaf42
    @faaf42 Před 5 lety +1

    You just hire this guy who did the graphics to this video.

  • @atlanticart
    @atlanticart Před 7 lety

    This was cute, Mr. Stanographer.

  • @firesonic1010
    @firesonic1010 Před 3 lety

    Can Steno also be used in other languages besides English? Or is it meant for English use only?

  • @nafsiammara
    @nafsiammara Před 4 lety +7

    I can type 90wpm for some reason.
    25 years of PC chat rooms.

  • @djvelocity
    @djvelocity Před 4 lety +1

    So informative. I’ve always wondered how this works and I was watching The Office (the one where Michael Scott is deposed). Seriously, such a good video. Thank you! 🙌🔥🤩

  • @esharenee4186
    @esharenee4186 Před 7 lety +3

    Whaaaaaat!

  • @maryannpayonk5365
    @maryannpayonk5365 Před 7 lety +1

    Smart. Brilliant. Progressive thinker - out of the box! Mad steno skills. Radical approach to EVERYTHING. "Why. How. What." Lasting impression made with me!

  • @carson6097
    @carson6097 Před 4 lety

    What was the steno machine you were using?