>> Stenography Primer [05] //

Hello, latent stenographers.

This is part five of an article series about stenography.

In the previous four articles, I covered the basics of stenography: the machine, how to write, theories, phrases, and briefs.

All this leaves me at a crossroad of where to go next. Do I cover what items you can use to start trying stenography yourselves? Or do I go into my own theory? Or maybe I talk about the court reporting profession and how to become a court reporter?...

>> Stenography Primer [04] //

Hello, stenography explorers.

This is part four of the article series about stenography.

Conflicts and Briefs are the topics that will be covered today. This one should be exciting as you'll see how I cut down 32 strokes on a qwerty keyboard down to just 1 stroke on a steno machine.

// Phonetic Limitations

As described in [03] on theories, stenographers write phonetically. But this is only partially true. The trouble with English is that we have many...

>> Stenography Primer [03] //

Hello stenography inquirers.

This is part three of the article series about stenography.

In Article [01], I introduced what stenography is and what it does.

In Article [02], I showed the differences between a keyboard and a steno machine as well as introduced the steno layout.

Now it's time to learn about theories.

// Steno Theories

Even though the steno layout is the same across all U.S. English steno machines (STKPWHRAOEUFRPBLGTSDZ), what is the...

>> Stenography Primer [02] //

Hello again.

This is part two of the article series about stenography. Now it's time to about how a steno machine works.

Let's dig in.

// The Steno Machine

The steno machine has 22 keys. This is fewer keys than there are letters in the English alphabet, and, for that matter, the steno machine repeats some letters. Why is that?

The standard keyboard layout assigns every individual key a specific finger, with the keyboard having one key for each...

>> Stenography Primer [01] //

Hello. This will be an article series about stenography. I will break down what it is, how it works, how to start doing stenography yourself, and more. I'll answer any and all questions left in the replies.

Each article will be numbered, and I'll try to organize the series in as coherent order as I can. Unfortunately, stenography is a very numinous skill and field of study, making finding the "perfect" entry point into it difficult to pin down, as I'm sure...