Want to save time while note-taking? ✍️ This video explores simple shorthand methods, creating your own symbols, and using diagrams to condense information. Perfect for students looking to boost ...

Tang Yawei holds the stenograph machine he invented - which allows stenographers to type up to 200 Chinese characters per minute - during an interview at his home in Beijing last week. Wang Jing/China ...

Shorthand is widely referred to as stenographer - an art of writing quickly using specialised symbols and abbreviations. The word ‘stenography’ is derived from the Greek ‘stenos’ meaning narrow and ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...