Stenographic Keyboard

A specialized keyboard used by CART captioners and court reporters that allows simultaneous pressing of multiple keys to represent syllables, words, or phrases in a single stroke, enabling transcription speeds of 200+ words per minute. Each captioner maintains a personal stenographic dictionary that maps key combinations to words and phrases. The technology is central to CART captioning and requires extensive training, but enables the near-verbatim accuracy that deaf and hard of hearing users rely on for real-time communication access.