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

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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.

http://opensteno.org

http://opensteno.org/plover