tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52811812867370112642024-03-15T18:10:44.945-07:00The Plover BlogCreator's blog for Plover, the open source stenographic program.Mirabai Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.comBlogger605125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-52065624660813829142024-03-13T19:33:00.000-07:002024-03-13T19:33:29.211-07:00Stenoknight's Steno Stash<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgRUOUiTHBSawQch9oBHV7zaHHrduZhSJDpA2klzvz5H49CcFQJEU4MTtH-ZEvyxO1iVzp-XULeWAMMpyYFKNKH-DO1uocHu2SR7vzr47jWByM0Qs6e3bf1lgsNNFeOk-6mfUEPkCyYJ1V7cjbhbtzbp5lGUT5RrvBGJE9ebaY_FkvVfuvI_MIQ2SM-FQ/s1600/PXL_20240314_021619402.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="an array of 13 steno machines arranged on a purple quilt" border="0" data-original-height="3163" data-original-width="4081" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgRUOUiTHBSawQch9oBHV7zaHHrduZhSJDpA2klzvz5H49CcFQJEU4MTtH-ZEvyxO1iVzp-XULeWAMMpyYFKNKH-DO1uocHu2SR7vzr47jWByM0Qs6e3bf1lgsNNFeOk-6mfUEPkCyYJ1V7cjbhbtzbp5lGUT5RrvBGJE9ebaY_FkvVfuvI_MIQ2SM-FQ/s1600/PXL_20240314_021619402.jpg"/></a></div>
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Preparatory to my presentation at the kid's class on Friday, I decided to try to dig up all the steno machines I had in my possession. I know this picture is missing at least three, because I don't want to risk waking the kid up extracting their Javelined Uni from the bedroom, and my trusty wooden-backed StenoMod bag is AWOL, which is unsettling, since it tends to be my go-to backup machine. I also couldn't find the pieces of my late lamented Georgi. There might be still others tucked away in the messy recesses of my home office. But I'm pretty happy with this array nonetheless! Not sure I'll take all of them to the classroom, but it was fun going back down memory lane while excavating these beauties. How far machine steno has come in a little over 100 years! I can't wait to see what the future brings.Mirabai Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-74466189085545958032024-03-06T19:25:00.000-08:002024-03-06T19:25:08.186-08:00Steno Presentation to Second GradersMy kid's second grade class is reading the excellent graphic memoir El Deafo, about the experiences of a kid who lost much of her hearing at age 4 (i.e., postlingually) from meningitis. Since people of that general description make up a large part of my captioning clientele, I'm going to talk to the kids about hearing loss, realtime captioning, the ADA, and accessibility work in general, but I'd also like to give them a rundown of steno and how it works. I'll be bringing in my professional machine and a number of hobbyist machines for them to play with, I'll give a live demo, and I'll also probably print out some steno keyboard diagrams for each of them to take home. Can anyone think of anything else that might be fun to do with a bunch of 7 and 8-year-olds during an hourlong presentation? Suggestions extremely welcome!Mirabai Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-82775537496307209172024-02-28T20:32:00.000-08:002024-02-28T20:32:12.601-08:00Typey Type Finger Drill Game<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/98642107?utm_campaign=postshare_fan">There's a new game on Typey Type to help drill your fingers!</a>Mirabai Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-82354361967427509672024-02-21T17:57:00.000-08:002024-02-21T17:57:12.475-08:00Talking to a Georgi with C [Steno Coding]<iframe class="BLOG_video_class" allowfullscreen="" youtube-src-id="egReh-6maNw" width="320" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/egReh-6maNw"></iframe><br>Paul says:<br>
<blockquote>This is my attempt at creating a basic HID host program using C to talk to a Georgi stenographic keyboard.The coding parts were done with Plover stenography and UltiSnips vim snippets.
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I don't know Lapwing theory, and at this point (almost 20 years into steno with Plover theory, a semi-homebrewed but ultimately very standard, middle-of-the-road steno theory) I think it's unlikely that I'll be learning it myself, but I think Aerick makes some compelling points in its favor in this video, and I'd say if you're interested in new and potentially improved theories, it might be worth a watch! Mirabai Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-24595147204453295182024-02-07T16:19:00.000-08:002024-02-07T16:19:55.129-08:00Creating Plover Plugins with PythonCheck out this <a href="https://www.paulfioravanti.com/blog/creating-plover-plugins-python/">fantastic post by Paul on creating Plover Plugins with Python</a>!! So cool!!!Mirabai Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-30901353744306574672024-01-31T17:36:00.000-08:002024-01-31T17:36:49.822-08:00Steno in the Spotlight I confess I haven't yet gotten a chance to watch it, but this video has been blowing up the steno community online for the past day and change, so I thought it would make sense to post it here. Apparently it doesn't mention Open Steno per se, but the comments have already led a bunch of viewers to our Discord, so that's something!<br><br>
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<blockquote>Over the last couple of weeks, Javelin has seen a number of improvements. Initial support for Asterisk has been added. A couple of long standing issues resolved, and a more robust translation windowing mechanism (how many strokes to consider when converting to text) has been implemented, with a side effect of dramatically improving performance, which also improves battery life on the Jarne.
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Over a slightly longer timeframe (few months), there have been other improvements. Here are just a few:
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• Improved Linux/Android compatibility
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• Added =retro_transform command -- this is particularly useful if you want to share strokes or definitions in your dictionary.
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<a href="https://github.com/jthlim/javelin-steno #retro_transformnformat">Documentation here</a>
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• Added TX Bolt and ProCAT output support
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• Added dynamic TRS/bluetooth hotplug support for Jarne Variant B
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• Added Yubikey support to Jarne
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• Improved support for media keys
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If you haven't rebuilt a full firmware in a while, now may be a good time; and keep the feedback/bug reports coming!</blockquote>Mirabai Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-54762047385852036152023-12-20T20:18:00.000-08:002023-12-20T20:18:47.340-08:00Paul's Q&A Plugin<iframe class="BLOG_video_class" allowfullscreen="" youtube-src-id="wZFj0q0d9uo" width="320" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wZFj0q0d9uo"></iframe><br><br>Somehow I missed this when Paul posted it back in October! Paul made a <a href="https://github.com/paulfioravanti/plover-q-and-a">Plover plugin for legal testimony</a> to follow up his <a href="https://www.paulfioravanti.com/blog/plover-for-the-record/">2021 post on the subject</a>, and the above is a video demonstrating it in action. I'm happy to say the only time I've had to do this sort of writing is when I've taken the <a href="https://www.ncra.org/certification/test-center">NCRA certification tests</a> (I've got a CRC and an RDR); since I'm temperamentally averse to the legal side of steno, I've never actually done this sort of thing in a real deposition or courtroom. But it's cool to know that Plover is up to the challenge!Mirabai Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-5573928042870117692023-12-13T16:21:00.000-08:002023-12-13T16:21:14.430-08:00Typey Type Now Works Better With Screenreaders!The wonderful Di of <a href="https://didoesdigital.com/">DiDoesDigital</a> has <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/93486004?utm_campaign=postshare_fan">improved accessibility</a> on <a href="https://didoesdigital.com/project/typey-type/">Typey Type</a>, fixing some incompatibilities with screen readers and making a few other bug fixes as well. All extremely good and important stuff!Mirabai Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-71991129405471196462023-12-06T18:11:00.000-08:002023-12-06T18:11:07.341-08:00Programming With Steno at EmacsConf!<iframe class="BLOG_video_class" allowfullscreen="" youtube-src-id="McHurKmk-rQ" width="320" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/McHurKmk-rQ"></iframe>
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Check out this awesome video on programming in steno from Discord member Sequential Design at EmacsConf 2023!!Mirabai Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-66869902486442865452023-11-29T18:51:00.000-08:002023-11-29T18:51:48.407-08:00TinyMod Split!!The ever-amazing Charley has made a new version of the <a href="https://stenomod.blogspot.com/">TinyMod</a>, which I've been carrying around as a backup machine in my steno bag for years now. It's the <a href="https://github.com/CharleyShattuck/Stenomod-Hardware">TinyMod Split</a>!!<br><br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS7i7tzsfOAdBtGSHZDFao6PhcG-SD1DDlttcPvPPrmHQQ1sxPZaIQwQ7YpNYCF0EQGZFzagZ3zVofpgg_TS2gaP2GwMKG42p1Mt_bhH-DpMG-sTlu7SNzhyphenhyphenHsiMSiGsSZqyL_E2XRvWg3a7Fqmoc-kqhmYVWPUbNNk1vq2iJfCLY0h1GtDiwe8BH2Dtuo/s4173/PXL_20231130_024348921~2.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="picture of a TinyMod Split on a wooden table" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="2603" data-original-width="4173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS7i7tzsfOAdBtGSHZDFao6PhcG-SD1DDlttcPvPPrmHQQ1sxPZaIQwQ7YpNYCF0EQGZFzagZ3zVofpgg_TS2gaP2GwMKG42p1Mt_bhH-DpMG-sTlu7SNzhyphenhyphenHsiMSiGsSZqyL_E2XRvWg3a7Fqmoc-kqhmYVWPUbNNk1vq2iJfCLY0h1GtDiwe8BH2Dtuo/s320/PXL_20231130_024348921~2.jpg"/></a></div><br><br>I just got this free review unit from Charley in the mail, so I haven't gotten a chance to put it through its paces yet, but I'm very excited about it. Ever since my late lamented Georgi gave up the ghost, I've really been hankering for a split-style hobbyist steno board that will allow me to tent my hands the way I do with my ridiculously expensive professional Infinity Ergonomic machine. Charley's machines tend to be rock solid reliable and have a really great feel to them, so I'm looking forward to giving it a try. Full review forthcoming!Mirabai Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-79381394375409289902023-11-22T16:42:00.000-08:002023-11-22T16:42:20.978-08:00Stenophonatic on the GoI'm taking my 7-year-old on a plane for the first time to visit my home town in Montana, so it's a short post today, but I brought a pack of <a href="https://stenophonatic.com/">Stenophonatic</a> cards with me, a generous gift from its inventor, so if we get some downtime during the trip to play it together, I'll be sure to report back on how it goes!
Mirabai Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-53942541483171831322023-11-15T19:28:00.000-08:002023-11-15T19:28:16.563-08:00Typey Type Updates!I always enjoy a <a href="https://linktr.ee/typeytype#344558899">Typey Type update</a>!
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<li> New Typey Type Voice settings
<li> When your accuracy is below 90%, Typey Type now tells you to repeat the lesson
<li> New exponent numbers dictionary to write E=mc²
<li> Emily's symbols lesson on Typey Type with new punctuation descriptions
<li> Typey Type now lets you save study type preset settings</ul></blockquote>
Mirabai Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-4203252065943117252023-11-08T19:33:00.002-08:002023-11-08T19:33:18.633-08:00Plover at the Bloop Museum!Read this delightful and heartwarming <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/78074244?utm_campaign=postshare_fan">story</a> about the Plover community helping to decipher and archive an old stenographic floppy disk from 1993! The Bloop Museum is a very cool project set up for the purpose of recovering and archiving both data and hardware. The upshot of the collaboration between Bloop and Plover?
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<blockquote>Combined with all the other evidence gathered, this document was handed back to the court system, and Maryland has now exonerated not one but two individuals from wrongful accusation.</blockquote>
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Pretty amazing. Well done, Bloop Museum, and well done, Plover community!Mirabai Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-50407452516743861252023-11-01T20:00:00.004-07:002023-11-01T20:00:51.917-07:00Steno Doom Typist<iframe class="BLOG_video_class" allowfullscreen="" youtube-src-id="a8Kp5s-jw5k" width="320" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/a8Kp5s-jw5k"></iframe>
Our dear friend Paul is at it again! Doom... But typing. Typing... But steno. Paul wipes the floor with inferior input methods and cleans up handily by using steno to tip-tap-type his way through monstrous mazes. Viewer discretion... Is advised.Mirabai Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-6766874885478751202023-10-25T18:46:00.000-07:002023-10-25T18:46:07.528-07:00Plover2CAT Captioning Options!!Wow! An update today that I personally find extremely exciting. Not only does the Plover2CAT plugin have a customizable window to display caption output, but it can also interface with Teams, Zoom, and OBS -- even captioning to Twitch streams! <a href="https://github.com/greenwyrt/plover2CAT/blob/main/docs/howto/captions.md">check out step by step instructions with screenshots to set it up</a>. Amazing work by Mythogenesis, Ashen, and Plants!!Mirabai Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-80444741341397193112023-10-18T18:21:00.004-07:002023-10-18T18:21:58.786-07:00Exponent Numbers Dictionary The inimitable, irrepressible, and irreplaceable Di has just uploaded a new <a href="https://github.com/didoesdigital/steno-dictionaries#exponent-numbers">exponent numbers dictionary</a> to her GitHub. Useful whether you're using steno for scientific purposes, captioning math class, or just want to be able to cover the arithmetical gamut!Mirabai Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-76121302919583414162023-10-11T19:48:00.005-07:002023-10-11T19:48:59.994-07:00AutoreconnectThis might be a little niche, but I'll ask you to indulge me, because it's kind of a slow news week in the Open Steno world. Today the autoreconnect plugin was merged into master:
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<a href="https://github.com/openstenoproject/plover_plugins_registry/pull/46">add plover-auto-reconnect-machine</a>
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This might not matter to a lot of you, but as someone with a finicky pro machine (a used Infinity Ergonomic with a somewhat wonky battery), when my machine is jostled, it sometimes resets, and having to reconnect manually whenever this happens is a royal pain. I'm really looking forward to getting this plugin on board to make the process less arduous! Thanks, Tschulte!Mirabai Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-73072600185834123432023-10-04T17:58:00.000-07:002023-10-04T17:58:07.075-07:00Taking a Mulligan on Thumbs Up Machines<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZcyMWS5awaV1wkIMEqPjVHmcUWwdJF2-YvVeIiM2FBa3c6dKf8OIZdLa2ExaZlzQFGyNB6GtWx6VMwx6kbIkxSNGFggSTTx6Is0vzzjiwRmM0qun3KwAUNwYT3meQmgpSqfnaYskNmSDaRpueoSuDYj2KOCOTq-dIj9THeWJLskw885GUIMkSFQujFQb/s320/PXL_20230321_011153074~2.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="two hobbyist steno machines with raised vowels" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZcyMWS5awaV1wkIMEqPjVHmcUWwdJF2-YvVeIiM2FBa3c6dKf8OIZdLa2ExaZlzQFGyNB6GtWx6VMwx6kbIkxSNGFggSTTx6Is0vzzjiwRmM0qun3KwAUNwYT3meQmgpSqfnaYskNmSDaRpueoSuDYj2KOCOTq-dIj9THeWJLskw885GUIMkSFQujFQb/s320/PXL_20230321_011153074~2.jpg"/></a></div>
A very long time ago I received the boards pictured above from SashaK of <a href="https://thumbsup.shop/">ThumbsUp</a> for free, with the promise that I would give them a review on this blog. Unfortunately, try as I might, I was never able to get them to work for my hands and fingers. Something about the tiered layers just always felt wrong to me, and for whatever reason I wasn't able to move past that. I felt like I wasn't able to give them a fair review, so I kept putting it off, but it's been so long now that it's just been too long. If anyone who lives in NYC and reads this blog would like me to donate the boards to them, I'd be very happy to do so! They're not for me, but maybe they would work for you. Message me on Discord if you want to meet me somewhere in Manhattan and take them. SashaK has said: <blockquote>I am preparing a couple of new versions and trying to incorporate users’ wishes into them.
For example, the MX version will be compatible with Gateron Low Profile switches instead of ALPS.</blockquote>
<br>So if that sounds appealing, or you have any other requests you'd like to make of Sasha, get in touch with him on the Discord or go to <a href="https://thumbsup.shop/">ThumbsUp</a> to order the new version of the boards!Mirabai Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281181286737011264.post-82380517966769185822023-09-27T19:33:00.002-07:002023-09-27T19:33:54.763-07:00New Builds!The amazing Sammi has been working tremendously hard on the Plover codebase recently! Lots of <a href="https://github.com/openstenoproject/plover/releases">continuous builds</a> of Plover 4 pre-release candidates coming out lately. And I feel like that means we might have even bigger and more exciting news soon, but in the mean time, it's still pretty great!! All thanks and credit to Sammi for being such a great shepherd of the project!Mirabai Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494847224950297255noreply@blogger.com0