I recently did a recording of a podcast with my editor Ethan over skype which will be posted online next month. One part of the process which I read online is a good thing to have is a transcription of the podcast because it can be useful for search engines.

Transcribing sucks.

I have voice to text software and that sucks too.

So, I've had to go through and listen to the audio at half speed and type out everything by hand, and even at half speed I can't keep up. It's not fun.

As the title says, I imagine being a stenographer is a pretty intense and stressful job. Not to mention that you can't let yourself be inattentive for even a moment. Nowadays there's probably really good software that can be used to minimize a stenographer's need to be there, but there is still a need.

Certain specialty jobs will never die as long as there are people to enjoy them. It's probably because on one side, machines just aren't capable of making something of the same quality yet, and we have a longing for the way things used to be. Tailors will never go out of business, calligraphy will always stand the test of time, and there will always be books on paper.

How much of those are left in 10, 50, or 100 years depends on how much we care for them. It's up to us to keep up that legacy.