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Speeches were written beforehand, texts are stored in archive. This is a proven tech. Alternatively, it was (and in justice courts, still is) to have people wr
by Iv 10y ago
Speeches were written beforehand, texts are stored in archive. This is a proven tech.
Alternatively, it was (and in justice courts, still is) to have people write down everything that was said. There are several techniques to write fast enough to catch every word of a fast speaker. It is called stenography, or shorthand. An almost lost skill nowadays.
- GFischer 10y agoVery much alive and kicking. The local government here in Uruguay periodically makes calls for applications for Stenographers to work in the judiciary, at a locally very enticing wage, so lots of people train in shorthand, and you see ads on the street advertising shorthand training.
- Iv 10y agoHeh, thanks for reminding me to kick my eurocentrism out of the way :-) Yes, judiciary is still a user of that, and depending on the country they may not be allowed to use recorders. But before the time of cheap and light recorders, almost all secretaries in private companies used to learn steno to be able to take dictation at a natural speed. It was much more widespread at the time.