Is that 200 WPM counting expanded words or the raw steno notation? It counts expanded words. In steno, the typist's chord (known as a "stroke") is a phonetic a

Is that 200 WPM counting expanded words or the raw steno notation? It counts expanded words. In steno, the typist's chord (known as a "stroke") is a phonetic abbreviation that is automatically expanded into a word or phrase by software with a lookup table. Some steno software does slightly more complex expansion, but the vast majority of it is pure dictionary lookup. in ordinary English-language typing tests, you type full sentences. Mistakes in spelling and punctuation subtract from your WPM score. I see what you mean. It looks like WPM in steno is measured at sub-100% accuracy rates, whereas on a QWERTY keyboard it's measured at 100% accuracy. I'm not sure how to precisely compare steno speeds to QWERTY, but no QWERTY typist has ever come close to the speed of the fastest stenographers. For example, according to http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/3000/fastest-realtime-court-reporter-(stenotype-writing) http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/3000/faste..., "Mark Kislingbury of Houston, Texas, USA is the National Court Reporters Association speed and real-time champion, achieving 360 words per minute with 97.23% accuracy, at the NCRA 2004 summer convention on 30 July 2004."