- A thread by professional stenographer @stanographer was highlighted, arguing that high-quality live transcripts require trained human ears that act as “verbal moderators,” catching every word and filling gaps that most listeners miss; poor audio yields poor transcripts regardless of downstream tools.  
- The discussion implicitly frames the limits of automated speech-to-text and the irreplaceable role of human cognition in real-time language processing, a point relevant to BCI and assistive-captioning projects.