Stenokeyboards Sale

Some good deals going at Stenokeyboards right now!

Discord Server Renamed

The Plover Discord Server has been renamed Open Steno to better reflect the community it represents. Still the same lovely friendly nerdy place, though! Come check it out if you haven't already.

Extra Connectivity on Javelin

Tharelia writes:

Javelin has had a large number of internal changes and now supports extra connectivity methods for the Web Tools.

Previously, Javelin only supported WebHID. It has now gained support for WebSerial and WebBluetooth.

The original intention was to support all Javelin keyboards on Android via Chrome, however, I found out after it was implemented that Chrome only supports RFCOMM Serial, and not USB Serial 🙁 Since it has limited usefulness, it'll only appear on the main menu if WebHID is not available; but can be manually selected in the Console Tool. It is now available as a high speed, single-device option. Requires 2025-12-01 firmware or later.

WebBluetooth does work on Android though (with a little finnicky set up), so it's now possible to use the Jarne with all of the Web Tools wirelessly on Android now!

Note: Since the Bluetooth descriptors have been updated, Jarne users should forget and re-pair their devices after updating their firmware.

Electric Foam for the Asterisk

I got the new electric foam keytopper set for my Asterisk, and I have to say it makes a huge difference to my speed and accuracy when writing on it. Highly recommended!!

Open Steno Community Survey Results

View the results of the 2025 Open Steno Community Survey here!

Off the Shelf Jarne Tenters

TKAOEUS on the Plover Discord found these magnetic phone stands that apparently work great as Jarne tenters. I'm very tempted to get some and try them out. Ingenious!

Plover 5.1.0 Released

Our wonderful lead dev Mkrnr says:

Plover v5.1.0 released

⚠️ Important Notice: Version 5 updates the graphical interface library from PyQt5 to PySide6, which means graphical plugins need to be migrated. Please check the Unsupported Plugins List before installing this version.

Highlights
Add support for Plover HID protocol based on plover-machine-hid plugin by @dnaq. (#1777)
Add code signing and notarization for macOS app. (#1769)
Dynamically update individual status icons while loading dictionaries. (#1400)

Please check out the GitHub release page for all changes and for the installer files.

A note regarding the macOS notarization: It is now possible to open the installed app without going to Settings > Privacy & Security and allowing it from there. Also, moving forward, you won't need to remove the Plover entry in Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility every time since macOS will recognize it as the same app, as long as you install an official release or a signed and notarized build from the main branch of the Plover repo. This Accessibility toggle needs to be removed one last time now since the previous version was not signed/notarized.