tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post1982962478638880152..comments2024-03-10T12:37:59.227-07:00Comments on The Plover Blog: Introducing the Stenosaurus!Mirabai Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-47421811623491505742017-03-06T19:43:24.345-08:002017-03-06T19:43:24.345-08:00Hellow....Getting in to the groove of buying the c...Hellow....Getting in to the groove of buying the cheapest laptop in the market is quite fun and simple. Many succumb to this great deal due to numerous reasons: they have a tight budget to follow, they would just give it as a gift to their children who most often than not break things a lot or owns a company and would like to give each employee a laptop to increase efficiency.For more details……<a href="http://www.bestbuy.com/" rel="nofollow">Cheap laptops</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16904633274959532804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-85606013272770816432016-01-11T09:37:29.924-08:002016-01-11T09:37:29.924-08:00Not sure! I was able to participate in the NCRA re...Not sure! I was able to participate in the NCRA realtime competition using Plover without any problems. I think they just need an ASCII transcript and a notes output, so I don't think they'd object to what Plover gives them? But I got all my certifications before they started online testing, so I don't know for sure.Mirabai Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-16267621088769606332016-01-10T17:31:41.536-08:002016-01-10T17:31:41.536-08:00Now if only they'd update their instructions f...Now if only they'd update their instructions for the online test to reflect this reality...<br /><br />In a blog post you had in 2014, you talked about some guy Mark who planned to take the certification test using Plover -- any idea how that worked out?<br /><br />Does the fact that they're using online testing change anything?Gabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16265978727759955103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-46169662845299216782015-10-19T08:50:06.896-07:002015-10-19T08:50:06.896-07:001. No, it should be pretty easy. I don't fores...1. No, it should be pretty easy. I don't foresee any real difficulties.<br /><br />2. Plover is already accepted software for certification tests and other NCRA events! I used it for the National Realtime Championship last summer and got 11th place. (':Mirabai Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-7805551268424921192015-10-18T00:33:19.979-07:002015-10-18T00:33:19.979-07:00I'm really interested in learning to use Plove...I'm really interested in learning to use Plover I have a couple of questions:<br /><br />1. If I learn with the modified computer keyboard, will it be difficult to transfer to a Stenosaurus later?<br /><br />2. Do you have any plans to work with the NCRA to have Plover become an accepted software to use to obtain certification with them?<br /><br />Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-56983477299626775522015-09-03T06:44:13.172-07:002015-09-03T06:44:13.172-07:00Whoah, impressive! Sounds like you jumped into it ...Whoah, impressive! Sounds like you jumped into it with both feet and hit the proverbial ground proverbially running!! I can't wait to see what your progress looks like!<br /><br />"With" is just W-, btw.<br /><br />Hoping the Stenosaurus is out before we even know it.Mirabai Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-78952565632118407312015-09-02T17:53:20.729-07:002015-09-02T17:53:20.729-07:00Seems I got into this whole steno through plover t...Seems I got into this whole steno through plover thing at the right time! I literally just ran into it last night, bought the keyboard hours ago, read the manual on the 3hr bus trip, and I'm already feeling settled into the basics: I go slow but typed all words after the 2 dots wit out the use of eyes<br /><br />Yeah, weird word choice, and I meant "colon", and I can't type the th in "with" or end my sentence in a period, but my point is, for someone in a rush, Stenosaurus seems like the horizon everyone else wishes they'd long ago had. Lucky me =)chajadanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04033981742745267874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-9711595062735852492015-02-09T11:05:49.139-08:002015-02-09T11:05:49.139-08:00Hi, Anonymous! We hope that the crowdfunding campa...Hi, Anonymous! We hope that the crowdfunding campaign will be launched in the next few months!Mirabai Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-10091667468421169882015-02-08T03:49:56.530-08:002015-02-08T03:49:56.530-08:00This is AWESOME!!
I love Paulo's idea of atta...This is AWESOME!!<br /><br />I love Paulo's idea of attaching a screen to it and making it into a laptop.<br /><br />When will it be available to buy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-45899028211763650662013-08-23T15:28:36.170-07:002013-08-23T15:28:36.170-07:00Okay, fair enough. But everybody's different, ...Okay, fair enough. But everybody's different, and some people may feel that depressed vowels work better for them. Plus: if you can make some good keypads to cater to those people, you'd make more money. Win win? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07259909013271453824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-39860319649699458092013-08-23T14:44:15.344-07:002013-08-23T14:44:15.344-07:00Steno Duchess: Believe it or not, lowered vowel ke...Steno Duchess: Believe it or not, lowered vowel keys, as common as they are on most steno machines, are actually less ergonomic than vowel keys that are on the same level as the consonants. I used to have machines with depressed vowel keys; ever since getting my Infinity, which has them parallel with the other keys, I've noticed a lot less fatigue.Mirabai Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-61893942672221195642013-08-23T13:08:19.277-07:002013-08-23T13:08:19.277-07:00Looks great! Can't wait! Here's a suggesti...Looks great! Can't wait! Here's a suggestions: any way to make the consonants higher than the vowels so that it is more ergonomic? Maybe hard silicone keypads? Not soft, gooey keypads, though. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07259909013271453824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-32785765753121144822013-08-22T10:53:06.525-07:002013-08-22T10:53:06.525-07:00And ounce again, thanks again for those weapons. And ounce again, thanks again for those weapons. Paulo Paniagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04590732121091571537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-33780091257475630072013-08-22T00:12:14.802-07:002013-08-22T00:12:14.802-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Paulo Paniagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04590732121091571537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-88758513287619166792013-08-21T23:38:55.523-07:002013-08-21T23:38:55.523-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Paulo Paniagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04590732121091571537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-84660793336867948782013-08-21T22:45:07.505-07:002013-08-21T22:45:07.505-07:00Haha, yup. I don't think it'll make Plover...Haha, yup. I don't think it'll make Plover entirely obsolete, though. Just another weapon in the steno arsenal.Mirabai Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-10990634048995381072013-08-21T22:39:23.376-07:002013-08-21T22:39:23.376-07:00A simple machine, like the stenosaurus was exactly...A simple machine, like the stenosaurus was exactly what I thought I would find when I first looked over, ten years ago, into learning steno. “It just needed a keyboard” I thought. With the taxes fixed by the Brazilian government over importation (importação), the stentura with proprietary software was the price of a popular car in here. No wander we use pen shorthand.<br />Also, for the one above who asked about taking notes without carrying a computer, I would like to add something I was forgetting: <br /> The stenosaurus can do the translation by itself, as of what I could understand, it doesn’t need plover or any other installation onto the machine to make it work. Josh Lifton made it with its internal configurable dictionary, so that it could be used as a simple “plug and play” keyboard. Which means, ironically in a sense, that it was made by plover’s first programmer so that it wouldn’t need plover ;) <br />Paulo Paniagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04590732121091571537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-11378948238108717732013-08-21T20:52:52.609-07:002013-08-21T20:52:52.609-07:00All very good questions. I've got no idea. I&#...All very good questions. I've got no idea. I've stopped trying to analyze the inscrutable decisions of proprietary steno hardware and software companies.Mirabai Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-24478780119460522092013-08-21T20:51:32.724-07:002013-08-21T20:51:32.724-07:00For taking notes without carrying a computer, the ...For taking notes without carrying a computer, the stenosaurus just need to have Bluetooth with internal battery (something Mirabai have already mentioned as a possible next feature). Since it emulates a qwerty keyboard, you could simply type on a smartphone. For small notes, that would be sufficient. <br />And thanks for the compliment Mirabai, I just told my fellows that I’ve been called - brilliant - by someone in the other hemisphere of the planet. That is something that just doesn’t happen everyday. I’m glad I was, perhaps, the first one to think of that kind of “steno-capable laptop”.<br />And actually, I was even curious, why does companies such as stenograph didn’t made their machines using screens with android system, instead of designing the hole software?<br />Also, the slim keyboard produced by stenovations would be perfect to turn into a laptop like device. Haven’t they thought of that possibility? Wouldn’t stenographers be interested?<br />Paulo Paniagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04590732121091571537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-47869810551023576562013-08-21T05:38:12.572-07:002013-08-21T05:38:12.572-07:00I have a question about 'saurus - would it be ...I have a question about 'saurus - would it be possible to have a second option for transcribing, where you can write using only the machine independent of the computer, and the strokes are logged on some drive which you can translate later via a plover utility? Because carrying around a computer could be hard if you want to take notes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-75761188120380809562013-08-20T13:12:31.598-07:002013-08-20T13:12:31.598-07:00Paolo, that's brilliant! I've passed your ...Paolo, that's brilliant! I've passed your idea along to Josh. Maybe we can make it a stretch goal! I'd love to have a steno-capable "laptop"! (':Mirabai Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-45069602329199962852013-08-16T05:10:36.220-07:002013-08-16T05:10:36.220-07:00This looks amazing! I'm definitely going to tr...This looks amazing! I'm definitely going to try and get one of these once they come out (The sidewinder is great but isn't exactly portable), and I'll love seeing this taken to mobile devices!Bryce Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-59867843179173191662013-08-15T18:47:29.713-07:002013-08-15T18:47:29.713-07:00Beyond amazing! Any chance of having rounded edges...Beyond amazing! Any chance of having rounded edges?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01782739042299953660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-44992243325276544822013-08-15T11:57:44.803-07:002013-08-15T11:57:44.803-07:00It would be interesting, in a future perhaps not t...It would be interesting, in a future perhaps not too far away, if it could be mounted with a jointed dock that would hold a tablet pc. A moving doc that could make the two pieces “open and close”, turning the stenosaurus and the tablet into a laptop with the steno keyboard. Although larger – I was imagining something similar to the Eee Pad Transformer. <br /> This way, anyone seriously interested in using steno in everyday typing, when time came to buy a new computer, would already buy a tablet pc, perhaps with windows 8, thinking of the next possible stenosaurus acquisition. <br />Paulo Paniagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04590732121091571537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-38212318204938123502013-08-15T06:24:38.145-07:002013-08-15T06:24:38.145-07:00Brass keys = steampunk lightspeed. WANT.
I'm ...Brass keys = steampunk lightspeed. WANT.<br /><br />I'm glad crowdfunding exists. You'll be taking my money shortly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com