phonography
noun
- the science or practice of transcribing speech by means of symbols representing elements of sound; phonetic transcription
- a system of shorthand based on phonetic transcription
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: From French phonographie.
- The transcription of speech using symbols.
- A form of shorthand using such symbols.
- The art of constructing, or using, the phonograph.
- Pornography; explicit depiction of sexual subject matter.