Steno for Everything: Giving Up the Computer Keyboard (StenoFest 2019)
Channel: Art of Chording
Date: 2021-04-14

StenoFest is a virtual online conference aimed at professional stenographers, court reporters, and captioners. Ted Morin is a member of the Open Steno Project, whose mission it is to bring stenography to everyone. In this talk, Ted presents the software, hardware, and learning resources that Open Steno has created, and talks about how we can break stenography out of the courtroom and bring it into the future.

Check out https://www.openstenoproject.org/

00:00 Skit by the Scire Brothers
01:20 Introduction
04:22 Open Steno Project
11:14 How to Learn
16:16 Redefining Success
18:33 My Own Steno Journey
20:30 Why Use the Stenotype Instead of a Keyboard?
21:55 How To Do It
25:45 Symbols
27:14 Fingerspelling
27:54 Is Steno's Tiny Layout Enough?
30:45 Plover Macros
32:47 Keyboard Shortcuts
34:53 Demo of Keyboard Shortcuts
36:10 Briefs for Navigation, Media Keys, URLs
37:03 Demo of URL Writing
37:30 Briefs for Chatspeak
37:57 Coding
40:30 Demo of Coding
41:44 DIY Hardware Options
44:47 Hardware Enhancements
45:54 Demo of Hardware Key Repeat
47:11 Demo of Hardware Temporary Mode
48:48 Does Open Steno Cause a Loss of Income for the Industry?
50:46 Conclusion
52:57 Questions and Answers