EcoSteno Back in Stock!
I missed this bit of news somehow, so forgive the late update, but the Nolltronics Ecosteno is once more available to order. Great little machine! If you're in the market for an affordable and reliable...
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Beautiful Hobbyist Machine Collection
Check out this beautiful collection of hobbyist steno machines, posted on the Plover Discord by user TerraOccipital! What a glorious thing to see them all laid out like that! I have most of these...
View ArticleDerek's Journey Into Stenography
There's some extremely exciting stuff happening in Open Steno at the moment, including embedded steno on the Uni (!!!), but I'm not ready to blog about that just yet. Instead I want to link to an...
View ArticlePaul's Twitter Clone Steno Coding Demo
Longtime Open Steno friend Paul writes: I used @plover stenography and @SirVerII's Ultisnips to recreate @chris_mccord's @elixirphoenix Twitter-style timeline application. Seriously cool. And, shall we...
View ArticleThe Polyglot Kickstarter is Live!
The Polyglot, a new qwerty-steno combo board that switched modalities with a single keytap by the excellent Peter at StenoKeyboards, is currently running a Kickstarter campaign. It was funded almost...
View ArticleInfinite Gratitude to Benoit Pierre
An announcement from Ted, via the Plover Discord:I learned today that @Benoit Pierre has decided to move on from the Open Steno Project. I'd like to thank him for his years of service. No other dev has...
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The Steko: A new $85 Hobbyist Board
The Steko, a new keyboard from Quanicboards, is now available for $85. Steko currently does NOT come with any backplate. It will come with small rubber feet on the bottom of the pcb. A backplate may be...
View ArticlePlover Now Explicitly Allowed in NCRA Certification Testing
From NCRA Immediate Past President Debbie Dibble, via the dauntless Jen:I brought Plover to the NCRA board during our meeting this morning. I had staff reviewing the logistics of Plover users testing...
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Stenokeyboards Sticker Sheet
So I mentioned a while back that there's firmware available for the Uni v4 called Javelin steno that allows you to use it as an embedded steno device. I'm very intrigued by this and will probably be...
View ArticleYASK - Yet Another Steno Keyboard, a cool open source DIY option
YASK - Yet Another Steno Keyboard, developed by Thomas, is a nice new simple option for people who enjoy assembling their new boards. Thomas writes:It's relatively easy to assemble if you have basic...
View Article£19.90 NKRO Keyboard on Amazon UK
For our UK readers, Ryan on the Google Group just offered a tip on an NKRO keyboard for £19.90, the E-Yooso Mechanical Gaming Keyboard. Pretty decent price! The keys are staggered, of course, and the...
View ArticleCantonese Steno Explainer With English Subs
I love this video so much! It's in Cantonese with both Chinese and English subtitles, and it's full of beautiful demonstrations of how steno works, with clear visuals and a really engaging style. It...
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Embedded Steno on My Uni!
The amazing Peter of StenoKeyboards gave me a free Uni v4 after I mentioned wanting one to teach my kid on! I flashed Javelin firmware on it really easily. The hardest part was cleaning up my...
View ArticleAerick and His Multipurpose Multisteno
Aerick describes in this lovely video how he's replaced the bulky standard default keyboard with just a Multisteno for everything but gaming, using movement modifiers, symbol and command dictionaries,...
View ArticleCool Stuff Brewing
I haven't yet been given permission to post photos or videos of the very promising prototype under development in the #HobbyistLeverMachine thread in the #hardware-dev channel in the Plover Discord,...
View ArticlePaul's Steno Elixir Demo!
Paul Fioravanti, a longtime friend of The Open Steno Project, gave a presentation at the Sydney Elixir Meetup last week, demonstrating his steno workflow when coding in Elixir. He even realtime...
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Big Javelin Firmware Update
From the Discord: Javelin's online tools have been revamped over the last week. Newly added tools include add translation, writing speed, layout display, and console access, and most existing tools...
View ArticleNew Plover2CAT version released
plants from the Plover Discord says:plover2CAT has a new version 1.4.2. It can do rtf export (thanks, Elizabeth), translating from tape, and ability to set custom shortcuts for menu items.Download the...
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Erland's Beautiful Uni
Look at this lovely customized Uni v2, taken from the StenoKeyboards Discord. Striking and whimsical. A work of art!
View ArticleTinyMod Saved My Bacon Again
I bought an Infinity Ergonomic in 2019, but it became more and more unreliable over time and finally became unusable last spring. A court reporter friend of mine had decided to become a software...
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