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Plover
What is it?
Plover is the software part of the open steno movement. Stenography is the practice of machine shorthand. Ever wonder how court reporters can type at the pace of a person talking for hours on end, without making any typos? Plover is a phonetic/mnemonic system that relies on "chording" words instead of typing them. Think of it as playing the piano; you can either press many keys all separately, or you can press many at once. Plover uses many at once and you are able to type most words in a single stroke, or at most about one stroke per syllable. Piked your interest? Well, you can learn more here.
*Main Websites
The Open Steno Project
http://openstenoproject.org/
Contains links to other steno resources, and also looks at the open hardware that was created in reaction to Plover, the open software.
The Plover Blog
http://plover.stenoknight.com/
The creator of Plover's blog, where she shares all sorts of links and thoughts surrounding Plover and open stenography in general. Hundreds of posts to read through.
*Let Me Try!
Plover Demo
http://stenoknight.com/kws.html
In browser demo to give you a feel for how Plover actually works. You can use any keyboard at all to try this out. See the layout, try pressing some keys.
Plover's GitHub
https://github.com/openstenoproject/plover
This is where you'd get the release of Plover, and also see its source code.
*Learning Resources
Learn Plover!
https://sites.google.com/site/ploverdoc/home
One stop shop for learning Plover from scratch. If you are ready to start learning, or if you want to learn the theory and you don't have any keyboard, this is the place to start and then stay for a while. It is a collaboration between CART stenographer and Plover creator Mirabai Knight and technical writer Zack Brown. It is the go-to resource in order to learn stenography for free.
What is it?
Plover is the software part of the open steno movement. Stenography is the practice of machine shorthand. Ever wonder how court reporters can type at the pace of a person talking for hours on end, without making any typos? Plover is a phonetic/mnemonic system that relies on "chording" words instead of typing them. Think of it as playing the piano; you can either press many keys all separately, or you can press many at once. Plover uses many at once and you are able to type most words in a single stroke, or at most about one stroke per syllable. Piked your interest? Well, you can learn more here.
*Main Websites
The Open Steno Project
http://openstenoproject.org/
Contains links to other steno resources, and also looks at the open hardware that was created in reaction to Plover, the open software.
The Plover Blog
http://plover.stenoknight.com/
The creator of Plover's blog, where she shares all sorts of links and thoughts surrounding Plover and open stenography in general. Hundreds of posts to read through.
*Let Me Try!
Plover Demo
http://stenoknight.com/kws.html
In browser demo to give you a feel for how Plover actually works. You can use any keyboard at all to try this out. See the layout, try pressing some keys.
Plover's GitHub
https://github.com/openstenoproject/plover
This is where you'd get the release of Plover, and also see its source code.
*Learning Resources
Learn Plover!
https://sites.google.com/site/ploverdoc/home
One stop shop for learning Plover from scratch. If you are ready to start learning, or if you want to learn the theory and you don't have any keyboard, this is the place to start and then stay for a while. It is a collaboration between CART stenographer and Plover creator Mirabai Knight and technical writer Zack Brown. It is the go-to resource in order to learn stenography for free.
