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Chapter 3, Understanding the Shorthand Machine, provides an
overview of the machine shorthand keyboard. It also describes
machine shorthand and how an individual uses the writer.
The shorthand machine is designed to accurately make a written
record of spoken words at high speeds. Using sounds instead of
spelling out each letter, a machine shorthand writer presses down
several keys at once to record a word. This is much faster than a
typewriter or computer keyboard where you can only press one key
at a time. This means that the machine shorthand writer, using
sounds, can write whole words or even a phrase in just
one
downward motion of their fingers.
As you look at the front of your writer, notice that the keyboard is
divided into four sets, or banks, of keys:
•
Number Bar—
the long solid bar at the top of the keyboard.
•
Upper Bank—
the row of 10 keys just below the number bar.
•
Lower Bank—
the remaining consonant keys located below the
Upper Bank.
•
Vowel Keys—
the four keys at the front of the keyboard.
Chapter 3
Understanding the Shorthand Machine
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