'Exciting world' of quiet but essential observers

Stenographers are among the people I have met most regularly during my seven years working as a reporter.

On many occasions while covering seminars and forums, I have relied on them for when I can't split myself in two to hear speeches being given at the same time at different venues.

Sometimes I have observed the look of concentration on the faces of the stenographers sitting in front of me or nearby, their fast-moving fingers a blur as they type on their shorthand machines.