1. Intersteno uniting the world wide community of those…

2. …using a full range of speed writing methods to quickly produce high quality texts

3. Thus improving communication also with disabled people

4. Intersteno people are clever and open minded persons… … eager to take advantage of technology developments in language, speech and computer processing.

5. LOYALLY COMPETING AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AN IMPARTIAL BENCHMARK FOR ALL TECHNOLOGIES

6. Not only virtual meetings PARLIAMENTARY and PROFESSIONAL REPORTERS MEETING IN THE HAGUE 20-23 August 2008

7. 19 – 21 September - 2008 Council meeting Jury Meeting and Board meeting in Tychy (Poland)

8. Intersteno Congress China Beijing – August 2009 Congress Competitions Lectures Exhibitions Tourism

9. Keyboarding Competition via Internet April-May 2008 Over 2000 competitors in 2007 17 language versions available Minimum 200 characters per minute, max 1 % faults Multi-language formula: young competitors wrote up to 15 languages

10. Intersteno community brings together more than 2,550 individuals and firms, and keeps them constantly informed about technical developments, by e-mail letter.

12. Accademia Giuseppe Aliprandi multimedia of writings and information processes Florence – Italy www.accademia-aliprandi.it

13. Founded in 1927 Accademia Aliprandi exists to preserve and promote the culture and science of the reporting field in Italy.

14. The mission researches in the field of technologies which are strictly connected with language and speech, like shorthand, speech recognition, reporting as well as informatics and multimedia. Training, teaching and e- teaching in the field of interests. Fostering and participating into projects for researches and teaching paths.

15. Resources, also on line Documents covering contribution to several topics are available on line www.accademia- aliprandi.it An important historical library preserving more than 3000 books can be consulted in Florence (Piazza Duomo) and is connected to the Tuscan Library net. List of library books is also on line.