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by sdfin 1838 days ago
Does is work for programming? and does it work for typing in different languages?
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> Does it work for programming?

Yes, you can customize your dictionaries as much as you like and add common words/symbols that you use in programming, and there are decent options for writing in camelCase etc. There's also Emily's symbol dictionary which is good for writing various symbols [1], here's a poster showing all the symbols available in it [2].

> does it work for typing in different languages?

Yes. As long as there's an existing steno theory for the languages you want to use, then you can download those dictionaries and learn those theories. But if there isn't an existing theory/dictionary for a language then you can just use fingerspelling instead [3] (i.e., write letter by letter like on a regular keyboard), although that's ofc much slower than regular Steno is.

[1] https://github.com/EPLHREU/emily-symbols

[2] https://steno.sammdot.ca/emily-symbols.png

[3] https://steno.sammdot.ca/plover-fingerspelling.png

The dev of it uses it to code the program itself.