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Originally Posted by GrannyGrump
I am astonished nobody remembered to post that old favorite that is a killer for text-to-speech engines. not to mention stenographers (and do those even exist outside of courtrooms anymore?)
Though the tough cough and hiccough plough him through.
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That sentence wouldn't faze a court stenographer in the least, because a stenograph machine records the sound of words, not their spelling. A stenographer simply records what he or she hears; they don't stop to think about the spelling of the words. A stenograph machine only has 22 keys, and they're pressed in different combinations (called "chords") to record different sounds. Every sound can be recorded, so a stenographer needs a good ear, not the ability to spell.