Open Steno and Plover
I'm Ted
from Canada
I work on Plover and use stenography every day.
Stenography
- Used in court reporting for 100 years
- Used for live captions on TV
- Live conference and lecture captioning
- Phonetic-based chorded typing
- Instant translation since the 80s
- Adopted by geeks since 2010
Why!?
- Fast: 225WPM+ (human speech)
- Ergonomic: less finger movement
- Fun: cool hardware
Before...
- 2-4 years of school
- Buy/rent a multi-thousand dollar machine
- Pay for software with an annual support fee
Easily looking at $20,000
Would anyone play piano if you had to buy one and attend college to learn the basics?
...now!
- Open Steno—www.OpenSteno.org
- Free, open source software: Plover
- Free learning resources and drilling tools
- Cheaper hardware:
- Open source builds like Stenomod
- Any N-Key Rollover keyboard
# S T K P W H R A O * E U F R P B L G T S D Z
T E D
S T A R T D
Stenomod
$200 @ stenomod.blogspot.com
Plover
Software that interprets steno and emulates a keyboard.
OpenSteno.org
Stay in touch
Do language, shorthand, and keyboards appeal to you?
Fun hobby that grows into a useful tool.