Fact · Typing and writing speed
Wikipedia defines a steno machine as a specialized chorded keyboard or typewriter used by stenographers for shorthand.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“is a specialized chorded keyboard or typewriter used by stenographers for shorthand use”
Stenotype, Wikipedia, n.d., Lead section.
Open the original- What it measures
- The article says Ward Stone Ireland created the direct ancestor of today's stenotype in about 1913, and that the word stenotype was applied to his machine and its descendants later.
- What it does not show
- This is a short definition. The article describes modern steno keyboards in more detail than this fact covers.