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Mini Georgi Preview!
Germ is innovating faster than I can keep up! Kailh, the keyswitch manufacturer, is prototyping some new tiny narrow low profile switches, and Germ got to try a batch. They're not yet commercially...
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Meanwhile, in Wearable Land
Not directly steno-related, but I was tipped off by @brewsternorth that BillieRubenMake has been prototyping cloth-mounted membrane keyboards. I know membrane keyboards are anathema to the mechanical...
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Steno Progress Graph
Now, this is a pretty sight, posted on r/Plover: MagneticDuck writes: How fast do self-learners learn to use Plover? TypeRacer might be a good source of data to answer this question. Via automatic...
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Picture Post Roundup
Have a few delightful images from the open steno community over the past few days. First, Typey-Type for Stenographers now gives you confetti when you beat your previous high speed! Â Ted has a snazzy...
View ArticleProprietary Steno Machine Teardown Video
From Shaun-Mahood on the Plover Discord, for any of you tinkerers out there who might be curious about the internals of a lever-style machine.
View ArticleIndicator for Multilingual Plover
Over on Martin's StenoBlog.com you can see a new article about switching between different language versions of Plover (using the Plover system switcher plugin) and letting the Windows taskbar show you...
View ArticleNimble Numbers and Trackball Georgi
If you've been frustrated with the default system of writing numbers in steno, go read through Nimble's new system of stroking numbers more efficiently!. It looks very powerful, if a bit time-intensive...
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Steno in a Cigar Box
From Hermes on the Plover Discord: $5 Cigar box + OTG + 9" left USB + Android + TinyMod3 + Dotterel + DiDoesDigital = awesome Steno laptop. I love the OpenSteno community! Thanks! I love it, and might...
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Typey Type's New Robots
Not a huge update in terms of content, but I just wanted to mention how big a fan I am of Typey Type's new Steno Robot friends, who cheer you on when you complete your steno drilling goals. Ain't they...
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Gherkin with 3D Printed Keytoppers
Check out Ewen's machine, a Gherkin with keytoppers that he printed from Thingiverse. Gorgeous, huh?
View ArticleOSP on Hacker News
Rather an interesting conversation on Hacker News about the OSP from earlier in the week. We've made Hacker News a few times over the past ten years, and I have to say this is overall the least...
View ArticlePlaceholder/Promise
Well, I got a call from The Neutrino Group today, saying that my new Infinity was ready to ship out. I've been using the Georgi for nearly all my work since around August 1st (when I sent my old...
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Stuck
I got my Infinity today, but one of the keys seems to be sticking? Enough excuse for me to kick my Georgi review down the road by just a few days until I get the issue sorted out. No more, I promise.
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Georgi Review!
All right, friends! Here it is! When I first got the new version of the Georgi with the reinforced connectors and lovely heavyweight case, I figured I'd try it out, put it through its paces, do some...
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TinyMod Review
Last week I did my Georgi review, focusing on its utility as my daily driver for the past several months as I waited for my new Infinity to be built. I've switched back to the Infinity full time since...
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Spectra Lexer + New Typey Type Lessons
Spectra Lexer a tool to visualize steno strokes by chord and phonetic correspondence by longtime OSP community member incognition, is back online after a brief hiatus. Useful for memorizing the...
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Semi-DIY TinyMod Stand
Check out jladd's new TinyMod stand, which started life as an art frame, but with some clever hardware is now a rock solid and beautifully minimalistic tripod-mounted steno surface. Nice work!
View ArticleTypey Type Is Now Open Source!!!
How amazing is this?! Di, the inventor of the invaluable steno learning resource Typey Type for Stenographers, has released her source on Github! I already admired the everloving heck out of her, but...
View ArticleJumping Into Steno
I just wanted to link to two really nice blog posts by OSP community member Jladd: Jumping Into Steno Part One and Part Two. I always love personal accounts of how people discover steno and what...
View ArticleInput Wanted for 2020 OSP Community Survey
I massively dropped the ball on the annual Community Survey in 2019 due to toddler parent brain and a host of other boring non-excuses, but the excellent Ty is helping me revive it for this year and is...
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