


There’s no evidence, however, that this device was ever commercially produced or even ever made.Īnother typing machine, which was actually made, in 1808, was produced to make writing possible for the blind. This automatic typing machine, as it was called, was intended to be used to type documents so that the letters would be evenly spaced and easier to read than handwriting. The first typing machine ever imaged was patented in 1714. You’ll understand it more thoroughly and learn why we use the conventions we do now.

Do you know much about the history of transcription? Perhaps you should! It’s enlightening to learn about how something developed into what it is today.
