La taquigrafía o estenografía es todo aquel sistema de escritura rápido y conciso que permite transcribir un discurso a la misma velocidad a la que se habla. Para ello se suelen emplear trazos breves, abreviaturas y caracteres especiales para representar letras, palabras e incluso frases. Generalmente la escritura taquigráfica omite partes de los textos, y un texto recogido por un taquígrafo no puede ser entendido fácilmente por otro que no haya escuchado previamente el texto original. Por tanto, los taquígrafos deben escribir posteriormente el texto taquigráfico en la escritura habitual. El aprendizaje de la taquigrafía es relativamente fácil, pero su uso rápido requiere mucha práctica.[cita requerida] Es importante resaltar que cada taquigráfo posee una forma muy propia de escribir sus signos taquigráficos por lo que es imposible estandarizar el tamaño y la forma exacta de los mismos.

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Shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed and brevity of writing as compared to longhand, a more common method of writing a language. The process of writing in shorthand is called stenography, from the Greek stenos (narrow) and graphein (to write). It has also been called brachygraphy, from Greek brachys (short) and tachygraphy, from Greek tachys (swift, speedy), depending on whether compression or speed of writing is the goal. Many forms of shorthand exist. A typical shorthand system provides symbols or abbreviations for words and common phrases, which can allow someone well-trained in the system to write as quickly as people speak. Abbreviation methods are alphabet-based and use different abbreviating approaches. Several autocomplete programs, standalone or integrated in text editors, based on word lists, also include a shorthand function for frequently-used phrases. Many journalists use shorthand writing to quickly take notes at press conferences or other similar scenarios. Shorthand was used more widely in the past, before the invention of recording and dictation machines. Shorthand was considered an essential part of secretarial training and police work, as well as useful for journalists. Although the primary use of shorthand has been to record oral dictation or discourse, some systems are used for compact expression. For example, healthcare professionals may use shorthand notes in medical charts and correspondence. Shorthand notes are typically temporary, intended either for immediate use or for later typing, data entry, or (mainly historically) transcription to longhand, although longer term uses do exist, such as encipherment: diaries (like that of the famous Samuel Pepys) being a common example.

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