Masters Theses

Jui-An Hsu

Date of Award

12-1982

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Electrical Engineering

Major Professor

Donald W. Bouldin

Committee Members

A. O. Bishop, J. C. Hung

Abstract

Machine shorthand is basically simplified phonetic spellings. It has long been a fast and efficient way to record as many messages of a speech as possible within a limited span of time. Since the machine shorthand can be executed at a much faster speed than pen writing, it provides a direct high speed interface between the stenographer and a word processing system.

The suggested automated system of machine shorthand consists of an Apple II Plus 48K microcomputer, a TV/CRT monitor, one or two floppy disk drivers, a printer, and an Electronic Stenotype Machine (ESM). The ESM has three main portions : (1)keyboard, (2)encoder circuit, and (3) interface card circuit. It was designed to interface between the stenotype machine and the microcomputer. A software package was created to translate the stenotype code into correctly spelled English. The strategy used was an one-to-one translation using a look-up table. A flexible and user-defined dictionary is included in the software package for efficient translation.

The realization of the ESM and the supporting software package makes machine shorthand a potential word processing instrument in business office applications.

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