She was an expert in several pen stenography systems as well as stenotype. Steno paper has become almost obsolete with the advancement in paperless stenotype machines. The stenotype keyboard has far fewer keys than a conventional alphanumeric keyboard. The machine was a stenotype used for printing legible English text at a high speed. The keyboard layout of the American stenotype machine is shown at the right. Users of stenotype machines regularly reach rates of 225 words per minute. Many stenotype users can reach 300 words per minute. Currently stenotype machines hold the record for fastest word entry. H. S. Whitley founded the Stenotype School of Long Beach in 1961 as its director-owner.