Stenography students battle for title of fastest fingers

Scores of college students studying to become stenographers competed in a nationwide fast-fingers contest in Queens on Thursday. With the rise of technology these days, some might call stenography a dying art, but stenographers say that's just not true. "It's a well-kept secret of a profession most people don't know about," said Plaza College Court Stenography Program Director Karen Santucci. More than 100 students studying at Plaza College to become broadcast captioners and court reporters participated in the contest. Check out more Eyewitness News - http://7ny.tv/2suJHTd NEW HERE? – Hi! We’re abc7NY, also known as Channel 7 on TV, home to Eyewitness News, New York’s Number 1 news. We hope you love us on YouTube as much as you do on television! OUR SOCIAL MEDIA – FACEBOOK:   / abc7ny   TWITTER:   / abc7ny   INSTAGRAM:   / abc7ny   NEW TIPS: Online: http://abc7ny.com/submit-a-news-tip/2... Phone: 917-260-7700 Email: [email protected] #abc7NY #localnews #nyc