Are you an experienced stenographer, who wishes there were a way to use a familiar steno keyboard to quickly enter text on your phone?
Or, are you a stenography student, who would like to spend time practicing on your phone?
Perhaps you're just interested in trying out a chorded keyboard?
Steno Keyboard is a replacement virtual keyboard for your phone that does just that!
Use dual finger swipe gestures to press the keys for a given stroke, then release to send the stroke.
Use the '*' key to undo the last word.
Or, plug in a hardware keyboard (see below), and really experience some speed!
Steno Keyboard comes with a default dictionary from the Plover project (http://openstenoproject.github.io/plover/), but is fully customizable.
SETUP:
1. Install the app
2. Open Steno Keyboard, and click the button to enable it in settings.
3.Once this is done, whenever a keyboard is showing, pull down the notifications shade, and select "Choose Input Method" to select "Steno Keyboard".
TRY IT OUT: (swipe across the following letters from left to right)
RU
PW
TOB
A
PHAEUFD
SKAPL
TIPS:
- Install my "Steno Dictionary" app to look up English strokes.
- Click "Quick Start Tutorial" in the settings to learn the basics, and find links to other stenography training sites.
**Hardware Keyboard**
Steno Keyboard supports attaching a hardware USB keyboard to your device using a cheap OTG adapter (premium feature).
Using a hardware keyboard allows you to achieve typing speeds approaching those of a traditional steno machine. Find out more about how to do this at: http://qwertysteno.com/Basics/HowItWorks.php
NOTE: the keyboard must support n-key rollover, (such as a gaming keyboard) so that multiple keys can be pressed at the same time.
Steno Keyboard is an Android Tools app developed by Brent Nesbitt and published on the Google play store. It has gained around 10000 installs so far, with an average rating of 3.0 out of 5 in the play store.
Steno Keyboard requires Android with an OS version of 4.0 and up. In addition, the app has a content rating of Everyone, from which you can decide if it is suitable to install for family, kids, or adult users. Steno Keyboard is an Android app and cannot be installed on Windows PC or MAC directly.
Android Emulator is a software application that enables you to run Android apps and games on a PC by emulating Android OS. There are many free Android emulators available on the internet. However, emulators consume many system resources to emulate an OS and run apps on it. So it is advised that you check the minimum and required system requirements of an Android emulator before you download and install it on your PC.
Below you will find how to install and run Steno Keyboard on PC:
If you follow the above steps correctly, you should have the Steno Keyboard ready to run on your Windows PC or MAC. In addition, you can check the minimum system requirements of the emulator on the official website before installing it. This way, you can avoid any system-related technical issues.
| Steno Keyboard APK 2.2 | 5.88 MB | 2.2 |
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