Stenography has environmental benefits and can be an important employment-oriented skill, according to experts at a conference hosted by the Shorthand Writers’ Association of Karnataka.
Addressing newspersons here on Thursday at the Karnataka Working Union of Journalists seminar hall, H B S Aradhya, chairman, Shorthand Writers’ Association of Karnataka, said, “Stenography is a beneficial tool for journalists as it helps them take down quotes word for word. Computers and other gadgets are just a replacement for stenography and typewriters”.
He added that people working in different professions can learn stenography for as less as Rs 120 to Rs 170 per month.
Regarding the use of stenography in the current education system, Association vice-chairman E Krishnamurthy said that stenography demands two to three hours of dedication each day. “In the present schooling system, children already have many subjects to learn. It will be difficult for them to make time to learn shorthand,” he noted.
The Association will commemorate the 200th birth anniversary of Issac Pitman, the Englishman who developed shorthand, on May 12 at the BU Senate Hall. Panel discussions on English and Kannada shorthand will also be held on the day.