9. A stenographic device, comprising: a plurality of keys operable to receive a series of stenographic strokes; a steno-to-text dictionary of words operably associated with a processor; and the processor operable to: create a table of translations of one or more strokes within the series of stenographic strokes using the steno-to-text dictionary; sequentially assign a score to each of the one or more strokes; determine at least one alternate translation to at least one of the translations in the table of translations, the at least one alternate translation determined using at least one of a phonetic matching algorithm and an approximate matching algorithm, the at least one alternate translation beginning with a first stroke in the series of stenographic strokes; rank the translations and alternate translations based on an accumulation of the score of the strokes within the series of stenographic strokes; and select at least one of: one of the ranked translations from the table of translations; and one of the ranked alternate translations, based on a best score.
9. A stenographic device, comprising: a plurality of keys operable to receive a series of stenographic strokes; a steno-to-text dictionary of words operably associated with a processor; and the processor operable to: create a table of translations of one or more strokes within the series of stenographic strokes using the steno-to-text dictionary; sequentially assign a score to each of the one or more strokes; determine at least one alternate translation to at least one of the translations in the table of translations, the at least one alternate translation determined using at least one of a phonetic matching algorithm and an approximate matching algorithm, the at least one alternate translation beginning with a first stroke in the series of stenographic strokes; rank the translations and alternate translations based on an accumulation of the score of the strokes within the series of stenographic strokes; and select at least one of: one of the ranked translations from the table of translations; and one of the ranked alternate translations, based on a best score. 10. The stenographic device according to claim 9 , the processor being operable to create the table of translations by locating words in the steno-to-text dictionary that correspond to the series of strokes.