If you mean at a hardware level, yes. But that's not unique to steno. Mark Kingsbury, the world record holder, uses some touch sensitive board thing that isn't

If you mean at a hardware level, yes. But that's not unique to steno. Mark Kingsbury, the world record holder, uses some touch sensitive board thing that isn't mechanical (if I recall correctly). There are plenty of keyboard hobbiests who make chorded boards, some with more keys, some with less, some in line, others with curvature. This gets a little in the direction of "what is steno"? Is it the STPHKWRAO*EUFPLTRBGS layout? Is it the common portions between theories? What differentiates "steno" from "chorded"?