Captioning With Plover and Vim
As promised, here's my video of using Plover to enter and edit text in Vim!And in case you're interested, here are the steno definitions of the commands I use in the video:"STPAO*EUL": "{#Escape}:w...
View ArticleTwo Quick Links
First, a fantastic post on the Plover Aviary by ezyang, detailing the ups and downs of just beginning in steno.Second, a new dictionary generated by Ted, which allows you to use the "EU" inversion flag...
View ArticleStenomatic 9000
New Plover learning tool: The Stenomatic 9000, courtesy of ezyang from The Aviary. Looks pretty dang nice!
View ArticleThe Cumulative Effect of Of, The, And, and To
A brief but notable gem from ellispratt on the Aviary: Peter Norvig has some interesting statistics on word frequency in the English language http://norvig.com/mayzner.html Four words - the of and to -...
View ArticleBack From Vacation!
The new semester has started, and I'm finally settling into a groove. I'm still working on a big post about where I see the Open Steno movement going over the next few years, but for now I just want to...
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Stenowiki and Bob's DIY Machine
The redoubtable ezyang (of Stenomatic 9000 fame) has created StenoWiki, a collaborative database intended to categorize and explain definitions in the default Plover dictionary! When a beginner first...
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Pre-Stenosaurus Crowd Supply Campaign!
Many exciting things to report!First off, Josh Lifton, Plover's first developer and inventor of the forthcoming Stenosaurus, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to offload some of the extra custom...
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Another Awesome DIY Plover Board
Check out this beautiful DIY Plover Board built by Timothy Aveni for less than $100! Seriously impressive.Speaking of DIY keyboard projects, The Matias Keyboard Switch Crowd Supply campaign is 176%...
View ArticleMonday Miscellany
Just two quick items:* Emanuele has started a Stenoboard blog. There's only a welcome post on it so far, but if you're interested in the progress of the Stenoboard, you might want to add it to your RSS...
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Plover-Inspired Geocache Puzzle!
Check out the amazing epistolary tale of Doris Plover, Court Stenographer circa 1935! I was contacted by someone trying to solve it (it's since been solved, but you can try it yourself for practice;...
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Odds and Ends
A few brief Plover tidbits for you on a lovely warm Monday afternoon:On the Open Steno Blog, there's a wonderful essay by Paulo Paniago about his experience with adapting Plover to make it compatible...
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Open Steno App Wins Second Prize at Connect Ability Hackathon!
Last weekend, I attended the AT&T Connect Ability Hackathon at the NYU Ability Lab, a competition to create accessible technology with and for people with disabilities over the course of two short...
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Three Rad Things
First, Lars (of Steno Diary fame) has updated Erika's PloverLearn modules to include analytics, plus drills for common briefs! Check 'em out at HaxePloverLearn. Second, Charles has produced another...
View ArticleRoslyn's Stenoboard Videos
I haven't gotten a chance to watch both of these all the way through, but I thought I should post them so that people who want more information on the StenoBoard can get a glimpse of what the assembly...
View ArticleFor-Profit Steno School Under Scrutiny
So it looks like the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs is investigating my old Steno School. Hm. Honestly, I doubt it's any better or worse than most for-profit steno schools. I had a pretty...
View ArticleKeyboardio Kickstarter is Live
Back in August, a Plover fan asked the Keyboardio Twitter account if their keyboard would have true N-key rollover. They said they were working on it, and asked us how many keys of rollover we needed....
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Beautiful Plover Skin for Rainmeter
Shayne from the Google Group writes:I've created a little (Windows-only) desktop widget to show Plover's status (running/stopped) in a more aesthetically pleasing way than keeping the window up all the...
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Open Steno Featured on Hackaday
Hackaday: Stenography (Yes, With Arduinos)Kevin emailed me a few days ago with his awesome USB hack for Stentura 200 (which he says would almost certainly work for Stentura 400s as well), and I was...
View ArticleSuccess Stories from Steno Autodidacts
Back when I started Plover in 2010, I had the idea that it could be a useful method of text composition. I wrote about it a little in What Is Steno Good For: Writing and Coding. I found the ease and...
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