Stenograph. Stenography is a shorthand method for extremely fast writing, in Hebrew
", often used by typists in courts, government meetings, or real-time transcription.קצרנות"
The body of the device is made of hard plastic and the key levers are made of metal.
Instead of a regular keyboard that types one letter at a time, on a stenographic keyboard each key represents a word or syllable and allows multiple keys to be pressed simultaneously, which creates syllables or entire words at once. This allows typing at a speaking pace, and sometimes even faster. Each keystroke prints the desired symbol on the paper tape that is inserted into the device. After each keystroke, the paper advances
At the end of the typed event, the stenographer must decipher what he typed so that everyone can read.
The Stenograph Model device is one of the older versions of a stenography machine manufactured by the American company Stenograph Corporation — probably from the 1960s