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Love her passion and eloquence. If Plover can effectively make Steno keyboards understandable by our OS of choice... Should we start teaching our kids this thi

• noonespecial 12y ago
  The qwerty keyboard isn't going anywhere because of its prime advantage. It can be used when first encountered (albeit slowly) by someone who has never used one before. That said, I wish for a time machine so I could go back and give a Plover to 8yo me so that I could internalize it like only a child can. Then I could pull it out, jam it into a USB port and type like a Jedi to the amazement of all in the present day while spouting platitudes about an elegant keyboard from a more civilized age...
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  • d0m 12y ago
    If you go at the end of her talk, people in the room asked these very two questions.
• ploversteno 12y ago
  I'm in talks with a small NYC private school to possibly start some middle schoolers on an informal course in steno. We'll see if they take to it. I'm hoping it'll be like ducks to water. Stay tuned!