8. The steno translator system of claim 4 wherein the exception dictionary memory comprises: a personal dictionary memory; a job dictionary memory; a fix dictionary memory; and a master dictionary memory, the hierarchy of searching through the exception dictionary memory by the translator means being first the personal dictionary memory, next the job dictionary memory, next the fix dictionary memory and next the master dictionary memory.
4. The steno translator system of claim 1 or 2 or 3 wherein the processor means further comprises: an exception dictionary memory for storing a list of dictionary entries, each dictionary entry comprising a subsequence of at least one lexical stroke symbol and an associated language part defining a translation of the subsequence for each dictionary entry; and searching means for comparing selected subsequences of lexical stroke symbols from the stroke symbol means, according to a predefined searching methodology, first against dictionary entries to identify a match, said match defined as a subsequence translation, and if no match is located in the exception dictionary memory next applying individual lexical stroke symbols to the scan chart memory to define a stroke symbol translation.