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I was always curious about this. My dad was a lawyer. I basically learned to touch type by transcribing legal dictations. From about 11 years old I used to earn my allowance by typing up depositions that had been recorded in his office. My mom had an electric typewriter and a tape machine with a foot pedal attachment that let you play or rewind the tape with your right foot. They'd pay me $2 an hour to sit and type t…
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For starters, chording requires significantly more hand coordination than a normal keyboard. This is a significant show-stopper for many. Think about all the people you know that still have to look at the keyboard to type, that type just using one finger and one hand at a time, that still hunt for common symbols. None of this would work with a chording keyboard. Unless you're transcribing, typing is not usually a lim…
What is an ortholinear layout?
The keys are arranged in an orthogonal grid, instead of each row being offset from the ones it's next to.
I'm new to steno. This article in their wiki is great: https://github.com/openstenoproject/plover/wiki/Stenography-... It's essentially a chord-based, dictionary-based, short-hand typing. You write by looking up entries in a custom dictionary (a dictionary of syllables for example) by pressing combinations of keys. The stenographer's keyboard has few keys, compared to a QWERTY. You can define your dictionary however…
I don't get why that page doesn't call it stenotypy (as in, on a machine) instead of stenography (as in Pitman, Gregg, Teeline, etc.).
Also, I take it that "CAT software" does not refer to computer-aided translation here?
Forgive me, but is steno relevant going forward? Would recording audio and NLP be more effective? Genuine question, no snark.
I'm new to steno. This article in their wiki is great: https://github.com/openstenoproject/plover/wiki/Stenography-... It's essentially a chord-based, dictionary-based, short-hand typing. You write by looking up entries in a custom dictionary (a dictionary of syllables for example) by pressing combinations of keys. The stenographer's keyboard has few keys, compared to a QWERTY. You can define your dictionary however…
> I'm new to steno. This article in their wiki is great: https://github.com/openstenoproject/plover/wiki/Stenography-... I don't get why that page doesn't call it stenotypy (as in, on a machine) instead of stenography (as in Pitman, Gregg, Teeline, etc.). Also, I take it that "CAT software" does not refer to computer-aided translation here?
Transcription instead of translation.
[0]: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stenokeyboards/the-uni
I was always curious about this. My dad was a lawyer. I basically learned to touch type by transcribing legal dictations. From about 11 years old I used to earn my allowance by typing up depositions that had been recorded in his office. My mom had an electric typewriter and a tape machine with a foot pedal attachment that let you play or rewind the tape with your right foot. They'd pay me $2 an hour to sit and type t…
Ever come across something unsavory in those depositions?
Medium answer: The whole point of many depositions is to dig up unsavory information.
Long answer: Divulging information from depositions that haven't been placed into the public record is a serious breach of ethics, and may get someone into legal hot water. Even asking is considered pretty uncool.
I'm new to steno. This article in their wiki is great: https://github.com/openstenoproject/plover/wiki/Stenography-... It's essentially a chord-based, dictionary-based, short-hand typing. You write by looking up entries in a custom dictionary (a dictionary of syllables for example) by pressing combinations of keys. The stenographer's keyboard has few keys, compared to a QWERTY. You can define your dictionary however…
I'm new to steno. This article in their wiki is great: https://github.com/openstenoproject/plover/wiki/Stenography-... It's essentially a chord-based, dictionary-based, short-hand typing. You write by looking up entries in a custom dictionary (a dictionary of syllables for example) by pressing combinations of keys. The stenographer's keyboard has few keys, compared to a QWERTY. You can define your dictionary however…
> I'm new to steno. This article in their wiki is great: https://github.com/openstenoproject/plover/wiki/Stenography-... I don't get why that page doesn't call it stenotypy (as in, on a machine) instead of stenography (as in Pitman, Gregg, Teeline, etc.). Also, I take it that "CAT software" does not refer to computer-aided translation here?