Something which was particularly striking to me about this presentation was how the steno input system seems very similar to the Korean alphabet and writing sys

Something which was particularly striking to me about this presentation was how the steno input system seems very similar to the Korean alphabet and writing system, Hangul [1], a phonetic writing system in which each syllable is composed of a beginning consonant, a middle vowel, and an ending consonant. Steno seems to have a very, very steep learning curve, but Hangul has been around since the 15th century and is already used by over 50 million people. While the steno 'chords' seem to have as many as 5-6+ keys pressed at the same time, Hangul blocks are typically 2-3 characters. I've been learning Korean for about a month and though I only know a handful of words, I find the writing system easy to learn and use. While it doesn't allow for all combinations of consonants and vowel sounds that exist in western languages like English, with some modifications a hybrid writing/input system could be made which may not be as powerful as steno, but is easier to use and learn like Hangul, allows for all of the consonant and vowel sounds used by most languages, and gets you most of the efficiency gains of stenotype. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul