Intersteno E-News 52

Intersteno e-news 52

June 2012

– news 52 - E

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e-news 52

4 9 2 3 4

28 29 29 30 19 19 21 23 24 25 25 26 27 27 27 28 19 24 27 10 12 13 14 15 17 18

time .... - ......

......

ns ......

......

...... world applicatio ......

gue champion of Internet - ......

......

...... 2nd October ......

...... mother ton -

...... -

......

The Birth of Intersteno

- Honorary President of the German

- ......

......

Slovakian Championship

......

- 29th September

- International competitions The in Hague and Dutch ......

...... - ociation insert and retrieve notes on your portable phone.

- ......

......

...... Waltraut Dierks 2012 June 2012

- – ......

...... 12, 2012 = NCRA Conference Philadelphia in (Texas)

23, 2012 = AAERT Conference Philadelphia in 30, 2012 = Conference NVRA in San Antonio (Texas) - - - ......

14 2012 April - news 52 ontents - E NCRA Secures Nearly $1 million in Allocated Federal Funding for Real Education in iTEC Turkey: educational technology with real Stenotype on Ipad forRules using computer for transcribing shorthand dictations at the German national Championships. Subtitles on Webradio Vocal memory Is stenography a dying art'? national competition Nijkerk, in The Netherlands 22nd 23rd and March Events Finnish shorthand Society celebrated its 140th anniversary on April 21st. 21 June 27 June August 9 22nd April Stenographic Ass What's New NCRA Board selects Jim Cudahy as next executive &director CEO London 26 September, 1887 Giuseppe From Ravizza to Steve Jobs Intersteno groupUsa on Facebook Competitions Swiss shorthand competition Gossau in Lipsia Open 13 Internet competition 2012 Comments of the Jury President A winning experience by Carlo Paris contest 2012 In memoriam Marcelloprof. Melani Programme of the meetings of the Council Professionaland reporters' section in Prague A new for future Mr. Mark Golden (USA) C Contents theFrom President's desk

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e-news 52

3 ical d by d by

Pervoice, an

of sittings. their riginally it was the

s: speechs: recognition has now e can understand what ) for organizing) the cultural

enged steno the in production of timely

subtitling, the EuropeanParliament bulletin

digital has replaced analogue, and so on.

rmation standard (digital, audio/video/text ary officers have faced the challenge of a changing

; occurred in parliaments and focusing on the real ofneed

we update the concept of parliamentary reporting along with

, the advent of media new (satellite TV, Internet, tablets and June 2012

– sable standard, not in only court but in parliamentary reports. news 52 - The The Intersteno Board has created a steering group led by Prof. Carlo Eugeni Horlings(Lida and Jean Charles Le Masson E standard features of the report and to indicate the best practices adopted by parliaments. We start can from some result thereached best ever standards and keep on improving its performance, thanks to ongoing advancements of linguistic models, opening the way for services.new Synchronization of audio/video and text is more and more an indispen Nevertheless the intellectual contribution of the human being (the professional) in the reporting and editing is still the most important part of the parliamentary report. Starting from this w reporting will be in the near future, what work organization, what techniques, what technologies be will successful. synchronization etc.) have raised somequestions such as: what is now the meaning and the function of parliamentary reporting? O meansonly by which citizens were able to learn about activities MPs‘ or speeches. Is that still the case? Is the written text the main reporting product? Is it really useful ifand so to What whom? kind of information is needed? Shall the new ofera information and communication? Which are the new features of "parliamentary the report"? These and other questions are to be investigated, taking into account the thatchanges have citizens.the Intersteno must check whether it is possible to define a set of parliaments, in Europe and the East as as well South in America, have undergone a revolution the in production of the reports Some technologies have turned to be obsolete and no longer efficient: newer communication methods have become the standard for accessing parliamentary information: earlier techniques have been displaced: keyboarding and voice have chall and high quality text As a result parliament profession, with new tools and new work flows and organizations. Furthermore mobiles) and new info in thein Intersteno community. upcomingAn European wants project to put together and enhance techn research in the field of automatic recognition speech which(ASR) so far has carriedbeen some on in countries (namely Italy, Germany and in GB), order to convey this expertise to a common platform to be inused several (reporting) activities such as with all the languages involved and mobile, automatic translation We. want to learn more about this, which seem to me a crucial stepif Europe want to meet the challenges of development in speech recognition le international companies such as Google or Nuance. Another item is related to parliamentary reporting. In the last decade many desk President's From the a recentIn conversation with Alessandro Tescari, CE&O of Italian company inleader automatic speech recognition technology, the discussion has focused on two main themeswhich may of be interest to all

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e-news 52

Above

3 schools, schools,

1 2 2 The reason 13 26 40

487 121 258 ".

mp. Mother tongue

RU Taner Önder TR WronaSean USA Nikol Durčáková CZ Fatih Gümüş TR Stanislav Yagunov – Co

but werebut able, not

Children

Mother tongue

a better understanding.

a Odehnalová

and cultural or scientific

edition, representing 201

Pupils

s Klár CZ ÇiçekZorbey TR Hakan Kurt Daniel OndrašíkDaniel CZ Zehra Taşkale TR Mehmet Kurt TR

Countries India Italy Poland Russia Slovakia Switzerland The Netherlands Turkey USA

ratulate the competitors on their participation 1

1 1 6 13 16 61 18 38 23 217

Comp. mentioned themes. Artem Artem Yagunov RU İlyas Pamukçu TR Rabia Kardelen Çağlar TR Oğuzhan Akpına TR Carlo Parisi IT -

son, to the fulfill mother tongue test before the deadline.

June 2012 classifications lists category for the "

al al rea –

news readers, all Intersteno members and friends are asked to

"Second place" for the category "

champions of 2012 are: news 52 Belgium Brazil Canada Croatia Czech Rep. France Germany Hungary Countries Australie Autriche - E Children 13(< years old) Children (after deadline) Pupils 13(from to 16) Juniors 17(From to 20) Seniors 20(> years) The published 2 and 2 is that there were 19 young competitors from the same who school had already taken the test in a number of foreign languages for technic We have authorized them to 2 compete days after this date. 19 nations have registered for 10 our 246 and teachers 1434 students. Happy Happy reading. Fausto Ramondelli 2012 competition Internet President Jury Commentsthe of First we of all, warmly cong and their successes together with the teachers who have motivated them. Exceptionally, the 2012 classifications are a little bit Wedifferent. have sessions 2013 the in Intersteno Congress amI and sure that it will takeinto theaccount above We expect also that university student associations give support will us in seeking allall e , givevaluable their advice.

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e-news 52

, th

Italy

cpm.

software

), champion), - year.

Italy, Czech Rep.,

nd - Italy (

008 with 807

countries

Carlo Parisi ) ) not only for 2012 for the but cpm

and has achieved growing success over the

Pupils: 602Pupils: cpm 896Seniors: cpm 896 - a Václav (Czech Rep.) in 2007 with 872 who joined the group in its 2

regularly competing 2006. since

Turkey

and

f competitors increased rapidly and regularly, mainly in June 2012

–

), have), been Republic

Internet Internet contests. He beat the best record Internet(for contest)

news 52 - Turkey E Two software programs were proposed: the well known ZAV (which is also a keyboarding learning system) and a JAVA module conceived by the Italian group. The number o Czech These 2012 statisticsprompted me have to review the 10 first years of the contest. Initiated by the common efforts of and Italy Czech Republic before the 44 congress in Rome (2003), it was followed by 5 Austria, Germany and Belgium years. previously achieved by Mikul Carlo Parisi and the competitor with the second best result, Hakan Kurt ( The progress of Carlo is prodigious. Hakan Kurt was the Internet contest champion in 2 theAnd records are: 568Children: cpm 622Juniors: cpm will You find hereunder information about with the highest performance ( 10

ersteno.org t www.in

Intersteno e-news 52

to recruit

come next year. difficult

in increasingin the ofquantity

e 2005 and 2007. years‘ absence. sameThe is true of

sinc

the numbersthe from Croatia have also increased.

returning after 4

June 2012

– e contact in Rumania, now installed in Paris, is competing (in English) Netherlands is

news 52 - E fresh competitors.fresh The Switzerland. We regret that the USA has not succeeded competitors and Argentina, that India and Cameroun are no longer able to participate after encouraging tests. Our sol theunder flag of France. Poland and Russia have attended Canadian competitors are more and more numerous. Despite the presence of the active group "Zonedactylo", the participation from French competitors is irregular and it has proved Since 2005Since the number of competitors from Hungary and Slovakia have andimproved since2007 Every year more new countries are interested in our contest. The number of competitors fromAustria and Germany is fairly constant. There has a been decrease Belgium in that we hope to over

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e-news 52

so do testthe the in 15 languages.

rs (aged more than 20 years) is constantly increasing.

June 2012

–

news 52 - E 16 languages are now proposed for the contest. When competitors are registered in their mother language,they can al other languages. Some of them have excellent results in all More and more young very competitors are testing their ability, with great success. There There has also a been significant evolution concerning age the categories. theIn beginning competitors were almost pupils and juniors. The number of senio

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e-news 52

. - minima

Georgette Sante Georgette and represents a challenge

s Intersteno Congres 2003 Rome in

The youngest competitor is 7

th % … I am sure that there are a oflot

598 626 828 809 872 807 745 775 839 896 Kuyumcu (Turkey) has been a faithful

(Remember: the record was earned

the 44the Thanks for support. your

orthy of note. On the job market, speed (and Koulakian (France), has competing been since

of this contest will continue to increase and that

. performance. Emrah

June 2012

(68 the oldest) are competing. – Matoušková with 955,10 cpm). Pavel Pavel Hlavac, CZ Umit Seker, TR Mikula Václav, CZ Mikula Václav, CZ Mikula Václav, CZ Hakan Kurt, TR Hais Petr, WRONA,Sean USA WRONA,Sean USA Carlo Parisi, IT

sixties

is it possible still to type faster? news 52 - E their individualtheir competitor since 2004; Karen 2005, and has improved his speed 38 by other competitors lowerBut performances are w accuracy, of course) is a "plus" appreciated by employers and the required by the Internet contest for seniors meet the minimum require ments of many administrations and offices. I hope that the success "sleeping countries" will wake up. 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 As you see, our contest has a been great succes for many people: a challenge the to be best alsobut a challenge to improve Ever sinceEver the beginning, the number of characters per minute of the champion has been high. Nevertheless, it has increasing. been The question is: during the World Championship of by Helena In theIn beginning, seniors did exceed not 29 years. Now competitors to up the

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e-news 52

a over 20

an archer

for the mind and

the striking results.

Prof. Erminio keyboard,

uch including have been the the

in Eastern languages.

through time. as well!

the use of macros (which in mother tongue tongue mother

- is it a professional typist

a short additionally rritated thisby "handicap" a few I I have achieved s

special characters for foreign in informatics, told that me I could

ow h the have been

ies). me to attend competitions the Interstenothe contest

y work): it is the simply ofpower

y training methods, concentrating on autogenic ly interestedly

with

, keen, ine ' fingers' on the keyboard. June 2012 s

the aforementioned techniques of setting

– acquainted

and in 2006attended I for the first time. I learned the basics of and shorthand typing at vocationalthe school

from

. many years). Good results came inup

news 52 became - nterregional Championships organized by Istituto di Magistero Stenografico, E autogenic training, and my professional activity, which involves me daily in a of lot typing, I am still an "emotional person". This I year received positive "emotional charge" from Elena, a person who has somehow become part of my life. Thanks to andher a big rush of adrenalin, I "flew" on the keyboard. There is no technical secret, nor fact I never use in my dail what flows from it. isGhent not far off: and I thehope world record ParisiCarlo Soldati, Soldati, My big concern was about typing languages, which cannot be found on a standard Italian keyboard. As a matter of fact the need to use the ASCII codes consistently reduced my speed A friend of m "remap" the keyboard keys to adapt them for any language. This permitted inme, the following years, to compete Most recently, I have been asked Apart I (where I attended the classes of Ada Prof. Garbislander and Prof. Menozzi ). I also took part in many Italian Championships organized by EUSI (Italian ofentity secretarial activit Despite dozens of victories at both regional and national I level have always suffered of anxiety during competition, the panic that at first shakes and then 'freeze years ago, I changed m training techniques, coupled with archery meetings (I for I Paris Carlo experience by winning A 2012 of contest Internet champion I was in born in Milan 1970 and I years "Lombardini" Milan. in Here I met Prof. Erminio Soldati, my first teacher of shorthand, who motivate

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e-news 52

n 1928

ain, ain, legible words on a e review

ning the ofquantity steno Rodriguez. -

ers. These books were also Italy) on 22nd Novemb

- The The contacts with prof. Flaviano He taughtHe at that Institute and took ofcharge th 'Specializzazione' (i.e. specialisation) founded in 1963. This review was conceived for spreading the culture of fast writing without methods restriction to specific techniques or systems. During the following years the review increased interest i informatics, office equipment and procedures. rom with dictation on a range full of - only known steno machine was Michela, order to comply

sotto (Pisa

the word, since (with few exceptions) all Italian words t, being an experienced teacher, he was conscious of the need June 2012

– ewriting, and, since he was living Tuscany, in he begun to have contacts news 52 - writers was not sufficient fully to cover the requirements. orderIn to E computer screen. This avoids feature the use of highly sophisticated software to detect words as happens for the English and French languages. MelaniProf. founded a company (Stenotype Italia) sale for the and rental of machines, bu for good education. Consequently he prepared instruction books for his system, which included a large quantity of training exercises, with the final goal to being prepare professional stenograph integrated with audio cassette and cd topics at increasing speeds. theAfter release of the new criminal law code in 1990 his steno machine was in widely used the courts, even if at the begin Thanks toThanks his experiences with Italian shorthand systems, he conceived an adaptation of the American stenotype keyboard in with the Italian language. arrangedHe a keyboard with twoseries of vowels, one series is placed in middlethe (as happens in nearly all steno machines), and the second is placed on the side.right This second series is toused terminate end with a vowel. This also gives opportunity the to clearly identify the end of automatically a word, inserting the space and thus simplifying the software needed for converting steno strokes into pl Rodriguez introducedRodriguez tohim Intersteno and to the evolution that steno machines were undergoing thein United States, especially in court reporting. At that time in Italy the but due to patent rights bybought the Italian State, it could not be used outside the Senate. second world war, due to political changes in that area. Returning to Italy obtainedhe the State diploma for teaching shorthand and typ with prof. Flaviano Rodriguez who founded at that time the institute IDI of Florence,which now hosts Accademia Aliprandi Melani Marcello prof. In memoriam 12thOn April 2012, prof.Marcello Melani died. wasHe born Castelfranco in di and his family migrated to Eritrea, where they remained till the end of the

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e-news 52

l -

wide - the great

marcello many Italian also later -

for the same held atheld the as sometimes he

– piangono - viewed at opposed by

ual meetings the strategic and practica

http://www.maitacli.it/.

asmarini time: Simonetta Cosi Francesca oth the in speech capturing and - -

to be spread among Italian people African sickness

( vigorously

and sponsored participation of which can be time formula.. was -

Eritrea,

Africa (

ons Mai the Tacli, newspaper to which he

South

was made by the Italian group following the

- of publish a newspaper

childhood in

and menti

new toolnew Journal

) following) the of death MelaniProf. is testament to June 2012

by him –

led led tohim

of shorthand who did not understand

The i, Simonai, Centurioni, Nadia Rossetto, Denise Mandirola, Busalacchi time competitions. -

news 52 - E http://www.lagazzettadelsudafrica.net/gli melani.html work done contributed and which can readbe online at May he in rest peace! gpt exciting moment when the young, very blind Spanish Ms Miriamgirl, Martin Garcia won the first place in her category b real The proposal for the first fast transcription competition Amsterdam Congress experiences Italy in and with the backing Melani, of Prof. who supported the improvement to real The memory of his it)called who had to leave Eritrea. alsoHe arranged ann purpose teachers ofvalue this adaptedHe his method for Spanish the is(it used in Spain and Argentina), Portuguese, Greek and Russian languages. MelaniProf. was always supportive of Interstenoactivity. He was among the first to an become Associated Member reporters using his system in the competitions. I onlycan mention a few names which can be found thein classifications lists of world the competitions for speech capturing and real Cabiat Daniela and several others. Those who were in Prague forget cannot the overcome this gap he arranged several training courses also for steno teachers. When Italian beganTV subtitling of the news specificallyhe trained a group of stenotypists Rome in to this meet demand, and the Melani stenotype is usedstill for this purpose today. His activity was successful very but

ersteno.org t www.in

Programme of the meetings of the Council and Professional reporters' section in Prague - 29th September - 2nd October

In our previous issue (e-news51) we announced the general programme of the Council and the IPRS meetings in Prague. Below you can check the agenda of the Parliamentary and Other Professional reporters' section. Additional information, with the relevant costs, is available at www.intersteno.info or www.iprs-info.org.

Saturday, September 29th 12.00 - 13.00 h Lunch at Hotel DUO IPRS meeting 1 13.30 - 13.35 h Welcoming remarks by Ms Rian Schwarz 13.35 - 14.35 h Plenary introduction, discussion in subgroups, plenary conclusions

mediator: Mr Fabrizio Verruso “In what way does synchronizing a transcript to audio/video affect the editing of verbatim transcripts (false starts etc.) for reporters?” 14.35 - 15.45 h Plenary introduction, discussion in subgroups, plenary conclusions

mediator: Ms Patti Calabro

“Can Virtual Reporting* be a solution for freelance (court) reporters to get more jobs covered?”

[*Virtual Reporting: access to a meeting, trial, arbitration, deposition, by seeing and hearing all participants via Skype or similar software, using an Apple iPad2/an iPhone 4 or a PC with a webcam]. 19.45 h Welcome dinner in Hotel DUO

Sunday, September 30th 09.00 - 10.00 h Plenary introduction, discussion in subgroups, plenary conclusions

mediator: Ms Marlene Rijkse

“In what way can hiring of external freelance reporting agencies/freelance reporters be a solution for parliamentary reporting offices to better cope with work peaks?” 10.00 - 11.00 h Plenary introduction, discussion in subgroups, plenary conclusions

mediator: Mr D’Arcy McPherson

“Is it a reporter’s job to prevent a speaker from looking ridiculous?” 11.00 - 12.00 h Report of IPRS meetings Paris 2011

Plenary discussion about further development of IPRS (website www.iprs-info-org; IPRS-sessions at Intersteno Ghent 2013; questionnaire)

Intersteno e-news 52

mjg 13

the

CZK 1500 ation’s activities ation’s

--- mily, then re

I look forward to a little little bit a to I look forward

using the blowing pipe blowing the using

works and Glass museum in Nový Bor Glass Nový museum in works and -

ican participation.

Association will a remain powerfulAssociation ursion to northern Bohemiaursion northern to

Optional excursion Optional

Pravčická brána (the largest natural stone bridge on our stone on natural bridge largestPravčická brána (the monumentof country) and continent a our and natural Falkon's Nest places, to above the price tickets The entrance includes andcake. coffee transfer, afternoon lunch, Arrivalthe in Hotel DUO Lunch DUO Hotel in to Prague and Trip Castle Prague Venice Optional exc Visitingthe Glass learn the not will can even (Those temptation who resist of and work glassmakers piece) glass first manufactureexclusive their inGorges Hřensko mediator: Ms Lida Ms mediator: Horlings Lunch at DUO Hotel in ofofDinner years INTERSTENO' 125 'Celebration Castle Mělník. Visit Parliamentto Czech

June 2012

–

15.00 h 12.00 h

20.00 h - - - news 52 - E National Court Reporters Biggers, Teri Virgene presence Karen within the Federation. Yates, involvement in carry Gaudet, NCRA’s forward Patty Calabro will forward and a the IPRS, and to Intersteno look I you can promise Amer continued increase in I thank luck Intersteno. you for Good and allto Godspeed you have into future. the continued success you done for wish me and I As many of you know, I am retiring from the National Court many am As fromretiring the National of you know, I as Association of 1 June Reporters 2012. withat home time my fa of a rest, enjoying some new some workforce takingentering on the association and forand change me a excitingpositive very challenges. is While this that I my goodbyesay to sadness personally, with some it is follow family. the feder to Intersteno I will continue great from and have afar,and and accomplishments I know friends I travels might mycolleagues the world, future throughout wherever take me. you that the scene assure I want to the Intersteno While I fade from 19.00 (USA) Golden Mark Mr. for future A new 14.00 15.00h Tuesday, October 2nd 09.00h 12.00h 18.30h October 1st Monday, IPRS meeting3 09.00

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e-news 52

14 and - o ourbe one with our -

on president of - - d knowledge of the enterprise website. unications,a position made him the choice,best 15th May last. May 15th

ider recognition and appreciation of the half yearshalf as NCRA‘s senior director of court reportingcourt schools, and the -

introduction of a new Cudahy has more than 20 years of experience association in management. This work includes nine years as vice marketing and communications at CFA Institute inCharlottesville, Va. where he led Cudahy, 44, has served for the past two a marketing and comm from which he engineered keyseveral initiatives, includinga membership dialogue initiative known as "Writing Future," Our the development of a comprehensive marketing and communications plan for NCRA, and the Elect Elect Tami Smith, RPR, CSR.CPE, "From the - rd Jim‘s that passion, expertise, and dedication

hand familiarity of members our an - xecutive director," she said. "In Jim, we get the ofbest June 2012

nd others, look inthem the eyes, and ask ‗What‘s on – iation for Investment Management and Research" to "CFA Institute" in news 52 - members a E association as e worlds.both He brings an entirely new perspective to us based on his extensive experience from outside of NCRA, but he likewise ascends to the position with first opportunities and challenges that we face as a profession." indicatedCudahy that his first order of business will be to engage directly with key stakeholder groups as such leaders of state court reporter associations, administrators of representatives from the vendor community. "I need to extend my understanding of the issues that are directly affecting profession," our he said. "The best way to accomplish this is to sit down one a sustained campaign to build w Chartered Financial Analyst™ (CFA®) credential among investment professionals the and general public a on global basis. Cudahy likewise was credited for leading an effort to change the association‘s name from "Assoc 2004 and subsequently launching a highly successful rebranding campaign. It was as the much experience that Cudahy brought from his previous work as what he has accomplished at NCRA that according to NCRA President theoutset, search committee and the NCRA Board were looking for a fresh someoneface, who would inject new andlife new perspectives into the director and CEO, effective June 1. "The Board of Directors is thrilled Jim that Cudahy has t agreed executivenext director," said NCRA President R. Douglas Friend, CRR.RDR, "Having served as the chairman of search the committee that reviewedthe credentials of 100 nearly association it executives, was clear toboth the committee and to the Boa to profession the of stenographic court reporting made the him ideal candidate the to fill position." executive next as Cudahy Jim selects Board NCRA CEO & director web site newson NCRA This appeared on The Board of Directors of National the Court Reporters Association (NCRA) announced today that it has appointed Jim Cudahy as its executive

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e-news 52

15 gher

an American

offices and homes In the same year the

The Birth of of Birth The

even

ife by manythe mirrors which are the reports that are

ections where to installedbe for communications inside of persons, using different

June 2012

–

n 26 September, 1887 1887 September, n 26

brain, it only reflects what is placed in

news 52 - E One of the very few photos of the Queen's anniversary Queen's the of photos few very the One of that saw themselves as the vanguard of a new age" . British Empire celebrated Victoria's Jubilee Golden and statistician, Herman Hollerith, received a forpatent his punched card calculator: punched cards were used also on modern computers up to the 1960s. different kinds technologies and in many environments, were reflected. Today‘s mirror reflects a situation different from that at the ofbirth our Federation, and we can better perceive the andlong not always easy path infollowed its long l prepared after nearly all our Congresses. Monday 26th September 1887 marks birth the of our Federation, and in that year London was the most populous city on earth (4.5 millions people). Telephone conn townthe and also electricity was made available for " Intersteno History is the not only experience of the past seenthrough a list of dates, names, events but is mainly a of mirror how people and organizations met what we generally call 'the progress' when it is not always an improvement over the past. imageThe of a mirror applies well very to the historyof Federation: our the mirror has no offront and it, during the long history many mind?‘your It will be the answers to these questions that will help to inform the strategy we use the in months and years ahead to take stenographic court reporting, CART, andbroadcast captioning to hi levels." Londo

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e-news 52

By style of - he he Holborn leagues were able to

- iven aiven rough idea of life the news the many important topics, - This procedure was adopted again during twothe formal meals of the Congress: the first tookon place Tuesday at t Restaurant (24 pages are devoted to the speeches on this occasion) theand second was 'Luncheon', on Friday evening, at the Mansion house (the official residence of the Lord Major). Here the 8 speeches of (one iswhich French) in cover 12 pages. themreading I was happy to find again confirmation of my old thought that

this e

renowned Pitman system - ch are of still interest for us and aproduce printed

l shorthandl writing news issue have I g reporting in countriesall

- ve here a list of main the items.

i June 2012

– (tables with info from many countries are published 18in pages) Reporting by machinery Parliamentary Tables with the results of investigations collected from many countries cover 16 pages, followed by5 page dealing with the use of shorthand in the newspapers Historical section Phonography and phonetic subjects andLegal officia Shorthand in education Principles and structure of systems news 52 l speechesl were recorded with pen -

. E arrange, but I g ...... although stenographers must remain silent while taking down the speeches, makethey up for this long time of silence when they are given the floor! It's not easy to summarize in contributions and discussion at this Congress: a full list will includedbe in a final document about the history of federation our that I am going to proceedings as as well being presented with a ofbust himself. Al shorthand, in a very accurate vivid and way. of theAll discussions that followed were verbatim recorded. such assuch India and United States (no planes were on to duty!) discussfor five topics days, whi report of 460 pages, plus 45 pages of an appendix with the catalogue of the exhibitions of shorthand books, manuscripts, and typewriters. Pitman & Sons, the company founded the by ofinventor the worl for supporting teachers and students, sponsored this publication. Sir Isaac Pitman attendedpersonally the Congress and he was celebrated at various times during the ourIn previous e those years, which were without Internet, radio, TV, voice recording or social networks. Despite this of lack the facilities without which today we cannot function our in professional and social life, our ancient col organize a meeting which thecaptured interest of about 200 active persons (400 opening for the session), coming from very distant countries

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e-news 52

e week, permanent

Gibson, whoGibson, had -

services rendered to l l Shorthand Congress.. out 40 kilometres from considered the first person for which for which gothe a patent in 1855. devoted He 40 years of his to life creating 26 different models. He was inborn Novara town (a ab Italy)Milano, at that time in Savoiathe Kingdom. According to official the patent date Ravizza can be a of organizing the Congress as the ofresult this Congress"

wide meeting to mark the celebration of the - substantial and permanent to all membersto all and visitors at Congress. the Gibson was not approved on that occasion, e continued) .e. 'Writing.e. Harpsichord' because the keys were Mr Pitman's Phonography, waswhich first

laws of future the congress, it wasbut only on

(to b

4 pages). His idea dates back to 1885, when he prepared ducation June 2012 Gibson was not by profession a or reporter shorthand writer, he , but he, reiterated his idea a in paper addressed to the

- – Doctor of Law, public accountant and actuary, and a member of the

8, and the8, Jubilee of Paolo Trivulzio

- Shorthand for Women The typewriter andLegal official shorthand writing Shorthand in e news 52 -

his birth. The Municipality of Novara with Chamber the of Commerce and E to effectively provide a solution to mechanical writing. His machine was named 'Cembalo Scrivano' i similar to those of a piano (harpsichord.) wasHe born 1811, in so this marks year the two hundredth anniversary of What happened after his proposal is now clearly know to even if... us, Gian Jobs Steve to Ravizza From Giuseppe Giuseppe Ravizza was the inventor and manufacturer of a writing machine, the organizationthe of what was the called Internationa One proposal of Dr Westby namely "to enable the International Shorthand Congress, as a association" Committee and distributed His words were see "I no reason, however, something why should not be todone set this scheme going for the benefit of Shorthand generally, so that addition in to the pleasure of the flying hours of a memorabl we may be able to point to Shorthandthe world for the years to come 1586 published in 1837. WestbyDr. was a StatisticalRoyal Society (RSS). He got ide the following his researches when collecting material for the 'History of shorthand' which had beennot published at the time of Congress. the In samethe year he released 'The bibliography of shorthand' printed by Pitman & Co. (24 constitutionthe and bye 10th April 1886 that a decision was taken to have a committee to take over . . . . The principal actor at this Congress was John Dr. Westby ideathe of organizing a world tercentenary of origination the of modern shorthand by Timothy inBright

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e-news 52

ers in in ers a feature now

– ''Communication

known teacher and -

the internet or on portable tablets.

by Giuseppe Ravizza be can seen the in

cluded the idea of the inking ribbon for neat

f the town, organized a celebration which included a mechanical machinesas a well meeting covering

June 2012

– steno Usa group on Facebook on group Usa steno ess. It isess. to up us to use it at its best'" news 52 iuseppe Aliprandi in several of his books and articles. He took on the task - E Linda BoydLinda Drake activated an Intersteno Usa group on Facebook about 2 months ago. We thank Ms Drake for this activity will which surely improve the spread of information about our Federation. We thathope many citizen of the StatesUnited will this join group. Of course, friends from over all the areworld kindly invited. Inter did on did on his machines. These in ofprinting the characters in the mechanical machine unknown to the digital generation but which was torture for the hands of many secretaries to theup '1970s. originalOne model manufactured main room of Novara the town hall. The meeting was not held in February, as announced on the postcard reproduced above, but on 20th since April, in February very bad weather conditions forced its cancellation. digital edition that can be accessed on A videoprepared by Alessandro D'Avenia, a well inblogger Italy was screened. His contribution had the title Technology ' is thelike youhand: can use it for giving a smack or to release a gentle car The andlife work of Giuseppe wasRavizza not widely known, so many other names were better known at international level. information Full about the of life Ravizza (who died Livorno in in 1885) was released by G of publishing in 1955 (to mark the hundred years of the grant of the patent) the writtendiary, by Ravizza with main references to improvements the he the Tourism Office o competition using different topic leadingby speakers. These included: technology' Massimoby Albertini, teacher of informatics, 'The dang surfing the net" by Rocco Pergola, police chief; "Newspapers and keyboards" by Dario Corradini, web editor chief in of 'La Stampa' the most important newspaper of Turin which has now (like other newspapers) a

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e-news 52

Stuttgart ompetitors

Some c

s the possibility for taltungen/berichte. and thus open time, had to cancel their presence for

which works in close association with the

giving ceremony. On the other hand, it is the from Dortmund and Ettlingen the in west to -

d writers, who can take down one or more of 3 the

shorthan -

June 2012

– titions. to shorthand competition, which has certain advantages, at least etitio p news 52 - who had tobeen Leipzig several various reasons. This was compensated for by the participation of E dedicate thein length of the prize competitiononly in Germany regulations of World the contest stenographers who do not speak the German language to compete. At the Leipzig Open on 31 2012, March 25 stenographer of sexes both came from all parts of Germany, from Delmenhorst in the north up to and Munich the in south, Dresden in the east. additionIn there were five Hungarians, two Czechs and one Austrian. The quantity of participants was numerically as strong as last year therebut were some differences the in groups. minutes dictations 5 in languages (German, English, Spanish, Italian and French.) Comments and classifications list are available at www.steno.ch. The complete islink http://www.steno.ch/0/index.php/verans 2012Open Lipsia annualThe Spring Open inheld Leipzig has at least two features. unique First, this event, unlike almost those all organized by the German Stenographic Associations, andits clubs associations, is exclusively in participants German Neubauer, Boris and Dischinger Petra Kampfer, :Stefan side From left compe these 66 competitors (34 from Switzerland and 22 from Germany) took part in competitionsthe that are organized every year by the Swiss Steno Association. These competitions took place on Saturday April 28th and were devoted to traditional pen Com competition shorthand in Gossau Swiss

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e-news 52

ere 20 463 463 463 442 394 367 344 "World wh

Syllables phic phic g

The fact

29 31 54 38 57 38 29

connection with

inner city

Penalties after a sudden

the

5 5 5 4 7 6 5 restaurant 'Alte

Min. Min. lables at 15th the

world champion Zsuzsa

favourable conditions.

A A A A B B B Cat. does an excellent job. The

Gewölbe,

never before been so many persons. Adolf

- world champion of the Paris Congress, -

typewriters ts, werets, fully booked..

Town/Ass. Budapest Budapest Budapest Leipzig Vest. StV. Budapest Delmenhort ons." ace to Olaf Rörtgen with 394 syllables. The results

ot able to receive any certificate.

done in rooms with disturbing no sounds , which certainly Uwe Name Erika Zsuzsa Judit Manfred Olaf Beáta

June 2012

–

Galus Surname Vicai Ferenc Dani Árvay Kehrer Rörtgen Barna

7 1 2 3 4 5 6 news 52

- # E competition among this group small is inspiring and almost automatically toleads excellence. Many of the participants have already announced that want they to return yearnext Results of Leipzig Open on 31. 2012 March syllables, and the 5th Pl successfulof all participants are shown in the attached list. Concerning the outstanding results of the Hungarian lady competitors it is to noted: be Hungary has a and long successful history of stenogra development. The reduction that is possible in the shorthand system arises from the peculiarities of the Hungarian language which is adapted well (almost predestined) for stenographic excellence. The National Association of stenographers Hungarian and Hungarian Parliament appreciates the work of its internal stenographers and it was extremely pleased this to year meet all costs in the participation of four employess the in Leipzig Open. The stron participants were n Unfortunately the weather was not so kind to the stenographers in Leipzig. It was windy rainy, and cool. Nevertheless, the participants were able to withoutreach, problems and through many passages, an evening event was arranged at the restaurant "Paulaner".. The ceremony brought no real surprises. The top three were from the Hungarian parliamentary stenographers‘ team who succesfully transcribed the entire dictation to theup top speed of 463 syl minute. Victory. went to the vice Erika Vicai who made two fewererrors than the Ferenc. Fourth place went to matador" "local Manfred withKehrer 442 Perhaps the biggest drawback of Leipzig the Open is that the actual shorthand competition takes place in a vocational training centre which is about 8 km from the city centre, but there are Dictation be can is case the not everywhere. A professional and extremely dedicated concierge will assist organizers local with andhelp advice, and ensures, for example, that the school is warm and comfortable even snapcold Dr. Prof. Reiner Kressmann was nominated as President of the International Jury and available to prepare and dictate the text. that the was text a little harder this year than 2011 in that meant four "newbies"nine whotried first for the time to write according to the wide championships‘ regulati It has becomea tradition that many of the participants Friday on travel for an informal gathering the in Gustav Rathaus" (Old town hall). There had The rooms, reserved for 27 gues

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e -news 52

- 300 278 278 278 278 278 278 278 256 256 256 256 236 236 217 190 198 198 198 198 331 322

č i

č 9 23 14 19 26 30 33 35 44 20 21 27 35 17 17 12 18 19 23 24 43 30

. Representatives in

3 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 5 4

minute text production

- B B B C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C yllabic keyboardchord and a minute text production

Jan den Holder. Both contests

ticks and then transmitted over the

Dresdner StV. Leipzig Ettlingen Aue Delmenhorst Leipzig Berlin1949 Leipzig StZV München Neukerchen Dortmund Stuttgart Stuttgarter StV StV Leipzig Dortmund Prag Dresdner StV Aue Wien ÖSTV Dortmund Prag Leipzig in in meeting the requirements

International competitions in The competitionsHague The in International

ika

Thorsten

- ate

Sigrid Dr. Petra Sabrina Veron Marlies Oliver Rosemarie Karin Hanka Margret Anneliese Edith Ingeborg Ivana Anita Ralf Monika Peter Simone Ren Sven Jochen

did succeed not

June 2012

–

ted back to The Hague, where, only moments the later, prize April 2012 April

Kürzel Nittka Möller Masling Hendle Haller Schimmel Wirsdörfer Baláčková Hennig Scherzer Vartok Kriesel Havlíková Wothe Butter Mahlke Erhardt Jordan Stolle Freitag Brieger 14

- 8 9 news 52 transcripts 17 18 19 20 21 22 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 - E One One participant used a Velotype keyboard s (a Dutch invention, by the way), while the others standardused keyboards PC (QWERTY for the Dutch, forAZERTY the Belgians). theAfter final whistle the documents for the 30 competition were stored on USB s internet to wherePrague, Helena Matoušková and Jaroslav Zavia processed the files using their special text evaluation software to compute the number of strokes and to detect the errors. The results were then transmit giving ceremony took place. By Geert Bonte AprilOn 13th 2012, two international competitions organized were by the Dutch Interinfo Group at the premises of the House of The Hague. The firstcompetition was a correspondence and summary reporting competition, the one second a 30 competition. Both competitions were accordingheld to Intersteno regulations and were coordinated by Mr. attendedwere Dutch by and Belgian competitors. Prior to the competitions participantsall had the opportunity to take part in a guided of tour the Dutch House of Representatives. 13 Netherlands national The competition Dutch in Nijkerk,and 4

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e-news 52

- 22

one,

list. place withplace ary basis, ition, coordinated by

vriendt (517 strokes per

minute text transcripts, . - nal competitionnal computer in typing involves a 10

284 points. Second place went to Daniel Tuijnman http://youtu.be/hmUpya0fT5s June 2012

– news 52 - yping speed of 612 strokes per minute), second place to went Andrea E participate in English. Because this was a national competition competitors from other countries welcomewere to participate but were ranked on a separate DutchThe best performance was provided by Bianca Graafstra (with a t Schipper (585 strokes per minute) and third place to NoorenWilly (407 strokes per minute). For Belgium, Geert Bonte won first place (534 strokes per minute), second place towent Danny De minute) and third place to Katja Germonpré (434 strokes per minute). For a Video impression of Dutch the national competition Nijkerk in see it on Youtube: but othersbut may participate as All well. Belgian participants who had competed in The Hague on the previous day were also participating in Nijkerk. The Dutch natio minute transcript, using the QMTT software, which shows results the on computerthe screen immediately after the 10 minutes have elapsed. A peculiarity of this contest is that all competitors are allowed not twobut attempts. So they typecan two 10 consisting of two different texts, and then the better of two the results is taken into account for the classification.final additionIn to Dutch, competitors could on also, a volunt In theIn correspondence and summary reporting competition, the Dutch candidates did better than their Belgian colleagues. Anja Stijnen won first place with a score of (278 and points), third place to Wouter Zwijnenburg (272 points). theIn text production competition, the situation was reversed: here, the Belgian competitors scored the best results. Geert Bonte won first 12,458 points. Second place went to Danny Devriendt (11,062 points) and third placeto Yannick Germonpré (10,860 points). theOn following day, April 14th 2012, Dutch the national competition in computer typing took place in Nijkerk. This compet BernhardMr. Boot, is intended primarily for students and young people,

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e-news 52

23 - g President

Secondary

Champion typewriting, in - JURY software.JURY Slovakia‘s41 most talented port and university city of Gent.. -

Slovakian Championship Slovakian

free AV - -

. č i could rejoice č

the Secondary –

420.6 error –

; ; he collected 10,550 points 10 in minutes performed for the June 2012 ľ

– rmances in two contest akia for school secondary students computer in information processing nd and 23rd March 23rd March nd and news 52 - held inheld 2013 in Belgium in the E performance of characters per minute. theIn ―Computer Text Editing‖ discipline, the host school Vocational Business and Services in School Prešov thanks to the victory by its student Tomáš Motý editing tasks. Already the winners of both disciplines are working hard in preparation for Worldthe Championships in computer information processing that will be contest, using the special Z students joined the event. an In extraordinarily tough competition they delivered outstanding perfo disciplines: ―Computer Typewriting‖ and ―Computer Text Editing‖. In ―Computerthe Typewriting‖ discipline, the winner was Petra Slúková from the Secondary Vocational Business and Hotel Services School Zvolen, in with a Both were actively involved in correcting the texts submitted during the The The contest‘s attraction was heightened through the presence of the 9 times World Champion in textprocessing and the computer typewritin world record Ing.holder Helena Matoušková, as well as Vice the of International the Federation for information and communication processing (Intersteno) who was alsoVice World JaroslavMr. Zavia 22 22ndOn and 23rd March 2012, thanks to the cooperation between the State Vocational Education Institute of Bratislava and the Vocational Business and Services School of Prešov, the Championships of Slov became a memorable event for everyone involved.

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e -news 52

24 - called beta ty, Jari -

Ing. IngridIng. Zurjová s still so in

nded innded 1872, at the time when President of the Socie -

ciety has approximately 150 members. Our printed , but the, Fabritius system never actually had an official

letter Pikakirjoituslehti issues(four a year) has been June 2012

– xamples with animated gif files, so that the student can the see

nts news 52 - E published for 120 with years, text in shorthandboth and longhand. At this 140th celebration, anniversary the Vice Niittuinperä, gave the main speech concerning the Society's history of international cooperation starting from the 1870s. theAfter main speech our online shorthand course was presented Keijo by Kuusisto, one of the persons behind the course. It i butmode will be fully operational later this year. For the last decades, there have been shorthand only courses in Helsinki, but shortly anyone interested will ablebe to learn it online anywhere in world.the We'll try to make e movements of the pen and learn them fromright the start. The FinnishThe Shorthand Society celebrated its 140th anniversary in Helsinki on Saturday April 21. The Society was fou the Gabelsberger system was for adapted Finnish by Lars Neovius Nevanlinna, whose shorthand system has been used almost exclusively here. It was in the only 1870s that there was some competition from another system, Fabritius printed textbook. It was considered lost until five years ago, when it was infound an archive and we a made small, slightly modernized edition to save it for the historic records. These days the So shorthand news on April 21st.on April Eve its celebrated 140th Society shorthand anniversary Finnish

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e-news 52

)

- - 25 sional.

Texas

p at a

he in city Niklas Varisto course dinner uch asAudacity, - ay that some of and many others..

such as:such -

on topics Navigating AAERT Website

- ifficult Contentifficult : Making: Our History, One Ste

http://www.aaert.org/?page=Schedule2012

ward to bringing its associates to 19th the nt (including me and Teuvo) that know

Dealing with D

Values of certification

- offer

f it instead of away running from it and this is an example

June 2012

30, 2012 = NVRA Conference in San Antonio ( 23, 2012 = AAERT Conference in Philadelphia in Conference 23, = AAERT 2012 – - - and the agenda includes many speeches

news 52 - E June June 27 sessions, while still affording participants time to unwind with andfriends colleagues The motto of this year‘s convention is Time Implementation and Management of a Successful Social Media Campaign Use of Social media Pay Rates and Methods informationFull is available at at a restaurant by the idyllic Töölönlahti bay the in centre of t cool but beautifulweather. spring 21 June AAERT is proudly looking for Annual Conference for the Electronic Reporter and Transcriber profes AAERT is striving to attendees more networking opportunities, interesting and useful At the FinnishAt the Parliament shorthand has not been used for a few decades now. We work with audio recordings, although there are still a few reporters at the Parliame stenography. isFinland a small country with a small language and machine shorthand has not entered the markets here. Neither has speech recognition. Actually there will be a Velotype presentation here in Helsinki M in us at the Parliament will attend. It will be interesting to if see Velotype gaincan a foothold here. anniversaryThe celebrations were rounded off with a three Some years ago,we uploaded audio dictation files on siteour to makethem available for speed training. With free computer programs s it's easy very to speed up or slow down dictation files, using only one take of dictation for many different speeds. We shorthandenthusiasts may not the be most progressive regarding modern technology, but we shouldreally make good o use of a simple but effective tool.

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e-news 52

time Job, - to believe

—

to promote our great —

Find out where your dream

start to BELIEVE. Begin to build

Top Five Things to Do on the

– o INSPIRE. You will draw inspiration g, g, How to Prepare for a Real StenAdvocates —

Secondary Setting, Voice Macros, Your

elect, porting

Transform that dream into reality in Philadelphia: sional court

Eat, Drink & Merry Be

d many others. June 2012

12, 2012 = NCRA Conference in Philadelphia in Conference Philadelphia NCRA 12, = 2012

! - –

time contests,

n theirn businesses and careers; and, most importantly, by learning - enda and accommodation information at www.nvra.org Transcript production basics The power of professionalism youcan‘tWhy succeed without a network Introduction to CART & Captioning, Federal reporting more! and news 52 -

E in yourselfin and in your ability. often It‘s said a that ofjourney a thousand beginsmiles with a single step. Take the next step your in journey: t on myriad levels at the NCRA Convention: by watching those court reporters who dare to participate in national speed competitions; by tolistening the uplifting stories of those who have achieved extraordinary success i how you can become ambassadors profession to students, clients, and others within your community. Please visit www.ncra.org Dear Colleagues, aboutThink this year‘s theme: Dream, Believe, Inspire. For each of you the journey to becoming a profes startedreporter with a DREAM. Now it‘s time to update that anddream take another step on your journey: takecan you now. Your dream begins to take whenshape you confidenceyour at the NCRA Convention to take that step next crowded agenda of events, among are which the Speed and Real certifications, vendors exhibitionsan We take the ofliberty reproducing here some thoughts from the welcome message of the President TamiMs. Smith: Other hints: inEthics Court Reportin CART: Recent Issues in the Post Favorites and and Mine, Other Tricks to Improve Accuracy do But not forget River Walk agFull 9 August (Texas) This Conference has a very Nuts and Bolts of Court Re theGet most out of your professional association . . . .

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e-news 52

27 -

time hat means - world world T

- or initiative, ated Federal ated Federal

also implementing the iTEC toproject expand the efficient Determined to improve access to technology in Turkish schools, Ministrythe of Education is carrying out a maj FATIH, which will promote efficient use of ICT tools in teaching environments. To this theend, Ministry of Education is nsideration for funding.

Honorary President of the of the President Honorary

- EBA, thatwill provide teaching materials

lude the provision of tablet computers and

time Education - time Writers‖ act in the current fiscal year. -

Waltraut Waltraut Dierks

June 2012

– New rting a sustained legislative relations effort on behalf of its

feld and Secretary EC in Turkey: educational technology educationalwith technology EC in Turkey: real news 52 - and community support for 770,000 and teachers 17 million E use of ICT in Turkish schools. ongoingThe FATIH projects inc smart boards in 42,000 schools across country, the and the creation of an educational resource portal, the NCRA has already mobilized an effort to work with schools to alert them to this development and will themguide in their efforts. This is a major victory for the court reporting profession and a tribute to the benefits of NCRA exe membership. iT applications What's Nearly Secures $1 in Alloc NCRA million for Real Funding As a result of NCRA‘s ongoing efforts to secure federal funding for court reporting education, the Department of Education has allocated $990,000 for ―Real NCRA‘s roughly $1 million grants in is available immediately for schools that can demonstrate they have the capability to train and produce real writers. Court reporting programmes have one month to submit applications August(by 2nd) to receive co 22nd,there were elections Board.for the President is Hannelore Schindelasch, Vice President Jochen Schön Andrea Wilke, sameAt the meeting, Waltraut Dierks, ofPresident the Intersteno group in Germany, was elected Honorary President after manyyears as Vice ofPresident this organization. 22nd April Stenographic Association German theOn occasion of the members' meeting of the German Stenographic Association on April

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e-news 52

er subjects.er

omputer. Functional keys were

ng ofng email with current steno work,

rmation is taken from flexible frameworks that facilitate the use of technology

June 2012

– nts. nts. These initiatives a provide good basis upon towhich carry out les for computer shorthand using for les transcribing news 52 splay andsplay additional four functional buttons. On the display the current - released onreleased notebook at the the Stenocompetitions of the German E via email or access directly through your desktop c Additional information can found be at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/istenotype/id422100154?mt=8 It requires iOS 3.2 or later. Ru Championships.national dictations German the at followingThe info http://www.stenografenbund.de/index.php?id=116 forThis year the first time beit will possible for the transcripts to be Stenotype is a shorthand machine software application designed for iPad devices. It can be used as an alternative to physical stenotype machines. iStenotypeThe application has a screen full keyboard of stenotype with di steno document is printed. can You easily scroll up and and down remove selected rows by simple finger sliding on the row. designed for configuration, sendi quick loading or createing new steno and for removing chords as an alternative of sliding of a finger. From application the you can export created documents by sending them science, Turkish, mathematics, and biologyand many oth on Ipad Stenotype stude projects such as iTEC. iTEC The inproject Turkey has been rolled out in 42 classes in 29 different iTECschools. is introduced to school the curriculum through the useof learning stories enhanced learningactivities classroom in environments. In Turkey, learning stories have been implemented successfully in teaching English,

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e-news 52 :

ding date

profit - PC PC stillcan decide

d here at the web page radio transmission. Dr.

must be charged and rbidden help (audio mail at the following address - change the room after

ROM orROM USB_sticks available for .

arried out by the non

Stick. - they must

r all all r participants

ROM or USB

using voice.your insert and retrieve notes on your portable insert notes on your portable retrieve and

scribing by handwriting or with will PC work in separate - n ra (technologically identical but visually distinguishable) must be

June 2012

– Therefore, if necessary,

. In . order to effectivelyprevent any fo During theDuring competition there will be CD competitorsall who registered for transcription with OnlyPC. these materials Theused. Jurymembers will maintain the necessary control. It is possible to download the software mentione shown at the beginning of this message. Technical questions can be submitted by e [email protected] rooms. dictation Competitors must use a laptop or notebook working with batteries, since no power connection is supplied. The batteries to workable for the time needed. The maximum time allowed for transcription is reduced by a third No is printer needed. The texts saved will on be a USB_stick and will be printed at the competition office. Proofreadingis mandatory fo Those who are registered for transcription using a spot,the to transcribe with handwriting, for example,if there are technical problems. Competitors t news 52 -

and time as well as the agenda and the software will you recall time in or E Vocal memory memory Vocal phone. Combining speech recognition technology and advanced logics of word prediction, this application is to keepable recordings of notes and messagesthat are dictated to portable your phone, enabling easy retrieval of recordings simply canYou for, example, insert all information for a meeting, inclu hearing hearing persons to better understand what is happening on the screen. isA project now under development aimed at producing subtitles for webradio transmissions. This project isc organisation for On A.I.R. webradio of Sardinia (Italy). You can check it at www.respeakingonair.org. Subtitles are produced with respeaking, i.e. with speech recognition of the words pronounced by a reporter who listens to the Carlo Eugeni, who is a member of Scientific our and Education Committee is this in involved project. . . . on Webradio Subtitles Until now subtitling has been applied to video and films to enable ofhard . . . . . Contests recording, wireless communication with other competitors, digital dictionary etc.) all competitors must participate using an operating system supplied by DStb on CD Please the note following instructions: .

ersteno.org t www.in Intersteno e-news 52

30 will take

Intersteno Intersteno

so far

to steno

says.

Storage (Darts)

refer stenography Publication QAxyNM_xlU

Processing Processing

e, Chrise, Summers

quality audioquality recordings and - and and Communication

www.intersteno.org. Text Text with signature could not reflect the

for any additional comments as well as names of names well as as comments any additional for

the Androidthe operating systems at and the

h tiny nuances. Sometimes you to need almost lip

that Stenography and stenographer " The ofadvent high

mail mail addresses of persons participating in the work of the - ed all all e

June 2012

– [email protected]

Sally Lines, a court stenographer at the Old Bailey and entities interested in receiving this message. If and to you entities want interesteddo message. not this in receiving

. news 52 and and sent to -

E sent sent using the form on place the at web the site discretion of the of the thewriter. of Intersteno, of the position but official one only Board Board. use Please persons in sendtheof statingUNSUBSCRIBE this receive please an email object letter, only the message. (shorthand). this of revision the for Walker to Peter thanks Many text This newsletter is Information Federation for International published under - the responsibility of members of Intersteno known to the Board. Contributions to the newsletter the can be Board of the "The strength of stenography is that if you are listening to something on a tape it's hard to distinguis read. Sometimes there is patois or slang or you need to know the context of case,the Some judges are believed to unhappy be with the changes too but none has put their head above the parapet.. canYou read the whole article at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine 13035979 Itn.b. to is be not machines Stenograph, (like Velotype, etc.), not to hand On 27thOn April, a in BBC news item with the same titl announced that stenographerscourt are being phased out in England and Wales with the last contract at the Old Bailey set to expire in March 2012. Besides giving information about the technique of steno machines, the alsoreporter stated: digital storage has inevitably cast a shadow over court stenography. The Ministry of Justice has decided to dispense with stenographers and replace withthem a Digital Audio Recording and Transcriptionand service. It believes the new system will be cheaper and gooddeliver results.‖ stenographersBut don't believe it's a wise decision. searchyou can for the information you have recorded, simply indicating the possible event, orthe date want you to search. This application is available for phones using itmoment is conceived and tested for the Italian language only. A demo of thefeatures is available at http://youtu.be/ a dying art'? Is stenography

ersteno.org t www.in

tersteno e tersteno

news

www.intersteno.org

5 INTERSTENO International Federation for Information Processing 2 Internationale Föderation für Informationsverarbeitung

Fédération internationale pour le traitement de l‘information