13. The stenographic device according to claim 12 , wherein: the at least one word located has a letter matching a first stroke of the received series of strokes.
12. The stenographic device according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is operable to: determine at least one phonetic profile of the series of strokes; and locate at least one word in a steno-to-text dictionary that corresponds to the at least one phonetic profile to determine the at least one alternate translation.