1. a machine that prints shorthand symbols or phonetic characters for rapid transcription
2. the shorthand symbols or text produced by such a machine

1. to use a stenotype machine to transcribe speech or dictation

Examples

• The court reporter used a stenotype to record the testimony.
• She learned to operate the stenotype machine in secretarial school.
• The stenotype produced an accurate transcript of the meeting.
• Modern stenotypes can connect directly to computers.
• He stenotyped the entire lecture for the hearing-impaired students.
• The stenotype symbols were later translated into regular text.