New Releases All the Time
Just a reminder that Ted, Benoit Pierre, and the other developers behind Plover continue to release new versions implementing new features and bugfixes on a regular basis, so if you haven't upgraded...
View ArticleDIY Uni PCB in stock!
Not only is the regular preassembled Uni (an excellent machine that I used for work recently with great satisfaction) back in stock, but also the PCB for the Uni by itself is now in stock, for anyone...
View ArticleStenoJam!
The magnificent Peter of Uni fame has done it again! Frustrated that the steno rhythm game Steno Hero isn't easily playable on a Mac, Peter rigged up a similar web-based app that uses embedded YouTube...
View ArticleStenoDoom
Paul has figured out a way to make a typing mod of the classic shooter Doom compatible with steno, especially if you have a Georgi. If the idea of that appeals to you, give it a try!
View ArticlePractice Plover: Even Better
I last blogged about PracticePlover.com back in December, when it was fairly new. But it's expanded quite a bit since then, and continues to be a really valuable resource for people who want...
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More Amazing Steno Charts
If you don't follow SKWREPB on Twitter, you really should, because she posts some incredible steno material on there. Look at these charts she made!! Gorgeous!
View ArticleOpen Steno Mid-Year Survey
Take the new survey! We only used to do them once a year, but we've grown a lot recently, so we've decided to do another one!
View ArticleNolltronics Multisteno!
Nolltronics has followed up the popular Ecosteno with a new machine: The Multisteno!The Multisteno is our new steno keyboard that adds enough switches to saturate the Gemini PR protocol, allowing it to...
View ArticleRecent Release
Not exactly new, since I haven't been staying entirely on top of the Plover continuous releases, but a little over a fortnight ago, we got a new version. Changes mostly include minor bugfixes and UI...
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NCRA Convention Guest Post by SKWREPB!
The annual NCRA Conference and Expo is one of the best ways to learn about new developments in the court reporting and captioning industries, get advice on improving your skills as a stenographer, and...
View ArticlePlover Ninja!
Plover Ninja is a new Plover Plugin by Jladd that can give you specific custom information about your steno habits and give you ideas on how you might improve them! From the plugin description: Plover...
View ArticlePlover Resources at ReadTheDocs
SKWREPB aka Sammi (of Steno Explainers fame and a recent guest poster on this blog, as well as an all-around beloved community booster and contributor) has a great resource guide over at ReadTheDocs,...
View ArticleAlleyCAT!
Making yet another appearance on this blog after two recent posts on her work, the amazing SKWREPB is at it again, this time with an open source CAT system that's compatible with Plover: AlleyCAT! As...
View ArticleUni V4 Open for Pre-Orders!
The Uni, a beautiful little machine that I bought with my own money (though I'm always honest in my hobbyist machine reviews, even when given complimentary units!), and which has sold out multiple...
View Article3D Uni Layout Key Display
Not a huge update today, but check out this incredibly cool 3D key display by gfixler, created with Maya and Inkscape for the SVG Layout Display Plover plugin. Wow!! I'm not sure if this is available...
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Steno on an Xbox Controller?!
So I've vaguely been following the saga of a mysterious person known only as 🎮 over on the Plover Discord Server for a while now, who's been doing steno... On an Xbox controller! How the heck does that...
View ArticleA Steno Learning Card Game
Last year around this time, I blogged about a word game my kid got for his birthday that I thought I might be able to turn into a steno learning game. I'm afraid I never got very far with that. The kid...
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Cantonese Steno!
Over on the Plover Discord, on our #multilingual channel, there's a very cool thread called 中文速錄（官／粵） (Chinese Steno - Mandarin/Cantonese), in which several Plover users (kaoffie, Jen, Samuel, KAEPBS,...
View ArticleA Heroine of Fictional Stenography
I'm not sure how many of you are participating in Dracula Daily, a free service that sends chapters of the classic novel Dracula to your inbox on the dates corresponding to each letter, newspaper...
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