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jp3
7y ago
I'm using a KB Paradise Keyboard for Full N-Key Rollover, as some stenotype chords require 10+ simultaneous key depressions. I do not recommend an actual stenotype machines, being a niche item; are usually on the order of £400 up to we
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jp3
7y ago
All my evidence is anecdotal (though confirmed with quantitative testing) but my sense of the "average user" is college friends of mine who do not program, and a broad selection of people seem to be able to hit 80-90WPM on the sho
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jp3
7y ago
Stenotype's current role as eccentric curio is largely due to its unattractive onboarding time costs. Even though stenotype is objectively the speediest keyed input system afaik for English, there's a steep learning curve, the ini
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7y ago
It's already an husked iteration of what the field was ten years ago. And within the last 2-3yrs, the business of transcription has headed towards SaaS-like providers with fairly dismal compensation structures. re: "extinct in a d
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jp3
7y ago
In modern practice, the shorthand is more or less instantly compiled. Using a desktop application like Plover, you will only ever see the actual word you meant to type. But yes, the old analog ticker-tape output would have been the shorthan