Saturday, October 1, 2011
Captioned PyGotham Presentation is Up
Here's my talk. I stumbled over my words a bit at the beginning, but I think all in all I said pretty much everything I wanted to, and the audience asked lots of questions, which is always a good sign. When the camera pans over to the audience it looks like there are only a handful of people there, but actually I think there were about a dozen all together; several of them were on the other side of the aisle. I've been talking with several people I met at PyGotham, and the Plover Google Group has also picked up quite a bit lately. I'm really excited to see what's next. Josh sent me a small update the other day, with a few little bugfixes, and it seems to work perfectly, so I have a feeling the hiatus is almost over. Fingers crossed.
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6 comments:
You're so cool (in a geeky kind of way)! Nice job.
This has so much awesomesauce all over it!!! Go you! I'm so proud to be associated with you. :)
Hi. Great talk and an interesting subject.
As for raising money, what about doing a kickstarter.com project?
I see two projects are at obvios:
- doing the plover game (sry forgot its name)
- doing a plover keyboard (hardware usb n-key controller with the right ergonomics)
Heya, Svennek! Thanks for the kinds words. We're currently applying for a grant that will hopefully cover the cost of the game development, but if we don't get it, a Kickastarter campaign is next on our list of options. I'll definitely let you know if we end up going that route. A lot of people have expressed interest in making a low-cost steno layout keyboard, but so far no one's actually come up with hard specs for it, and I think the cost of custom fabrication might be prohibitive, unfortunately. But maybe as 3D printing comes down in price, that'll be a thing that we can start offering in the next couple of years. It would definitely be a wonderful thing to have.
Great presentation . I have found your site to be a wonderful resource... I have been interested in Steno since i was little. My grandma was a court reporter... And am taking the plunge to learn it. I am a musican so hopefully some of those skills help. Your site is a wonderful resource of information and has helped me with a ton of questions I had. Thanks for doing it :)
Thanks for the kind words, Jesse! Keep us posted on developments in your quest to learn steno!
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