Ztype with Plover

From earlier this year, Gfixler plays Ztype with steno. I just really love watching demonstrations of video games + steno.

Awesome Plover Repository

This isn't actually new, but it's new to me: The Awesome Plover repository on Github. It's got a curated list of useful and popular dictionaries and plugins. If the master list of plugins is too overwhelming, it might be a good place to start.

Plover 5.2.3 Released!

Plover 5.2.3 has been released!

Features

No significant changes.

Bugfixes

macOS

• Fix DMG background image display issues on macOS 26.2 Tahoe. (#1821)
• Fix missing menu bar icon on macOS 26. (#1822)

API

No significant changes.

RPR With Plover Sans Steno School!

Check out this fantastic success story from Amy Hua, a self-taught stenographer who now holds an RPR (Registered Professional Reporter) certification from the National Court Reporters Association! This is something I really hoped would happen when I founded Open Steno, and I'm so thrilled to see that she managed to do it!

Plover 5.2.2 released!

Plover 5.2.2, a bugfix release, is now available!
Bugfixes

User Interface

Hide Wayland keymap help text when not on Linux and improve wording. (#1817)

macOS

Fixed startup hang when launching Plover on Intel Macs (#1820)

Cool New Prototype from Sasha

Look at this cool flex lever steno machine Sasha sent me! I love how the design almost looks like dazzle camouflage. I'll post a full review once I've put it through its paces!

Plover v5.2.0 released!

Plover v5.2.0 has been released!!

Features:

Linux

Support determining keyboard layout from Wayland with the wayland-auto layout. (#1807)

Avoid unnecessary rapid modifier key press/release while typing. (#1810)

macOS

Add appearance configuration option. (#1786)

Windows

Add appearance configuration option. (#1786)

Bugfixes

Core

Fix a corner case in plover -s (script). (#1803)

User Interface

Fix default window sizes and extensions config table. (#1789)

Update Thea's name and email. (#1792)

Remove broken use_timeout checkbox in serial options. (#1793)

Make the plugin manager handle some exceptional cases. (#1802)

macOS

Hide the Start Minimized setting on macOS due to bug in macOS 26. (#1788)

API

Core

Migrate HID library to cython-hidapi. (#1812)

Thanks as always to our lead dev, the wonderful mkrnr!