What is a palantypist?

Answer 1

A palantypist is a person who uses a special type of keyboard (a Palantype system) to render speech to text for the use of captioning. This is a system used in the UK and has a competing design called the Stenograph system.

Unlike standard text typed on a QWERTY, Dvorak, or Colemak keyboard, not every letter in the word is typed. Instead certain letters are typed and software then translates those shorthand letter groups into actual words. Using this method, a palantypist or stenographer can type in excess of 200 words per minute.