While the people who run Elmhurst-based Stenograph LLC are happy with the widespread recognition, they point out that the shorthand transcription machines they've manufactured here since 1938 carry a name that is a registered trademark. "It is our trademark, but people use the term interchangeably with the machine in general," said Star Levandowski, vice president of corporate strategy and business development for Stenograph. "People refer to it as the Stenograph machine, but the true common, non-branded term would be the shorthand machine. "Nonetheless, Stenograph could very well be considered the Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the niche industry of shorthand machines. Since the first Stenograph machine was sold 80 years ago, the.....MORE
