stenography

(also phonography, shorthand), n.The process of using shorthand script1 to transcribe speech.The process of transcribing speech using a specialized typewriter.

Citations

Yates 1989, p. 37 Stenography1, or phonography (as it was often called) – taking dictation by shorthand and later transcribing it – seems to have played only a limited role in business before the typewriter.