Phonography

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The art of constructing, or using, the phonograph.

II. Phonography ·noun A description of the laws of the human voice, or sounds uttered by the organs of speech.

III. Phonography ·noun A representation of sounds by distinctive characters; commonly, a system of shorthand writing invented by Isaac Pitman, or a modification of his system, much used by reporters.