Story: Voluntary welfare organisations

Shorthand machine (2nd of 3)

Shorthand machine

This shorthand machine, invented for use by blind people, made it possible for a skilled operator to write 100 to 150 words per minute.

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Blind Low Vision NZ
Reference: Ken Catran and Penny Hansen, Pioneering a vision: a history of the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind 1890–1990. Auckland: Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind, 1992, pp. 28

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Margaret Tennant, 'Voluntary welfare organisations - Welfare services expand, 1890s–1930s', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/29047/shorthand-machine (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by Margaret Tennant, published 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 18 Sep 2018