Joshua Lifton says you can learn to type at 225 words per minute with his
Stenosaurus, an open source stenography keyboard that has a not-there-yet website with nothing but the words, "Stenography is about to evolve," on it as of this writing. If you've heard of Joshua it's probably because he's part of the team behind
Crowd Supply, which claims, "Our projects raise an average of $43,600, over twice as much as Kickstarter." A brave boast, but there's
plenty of brainpower behind the company. Joshua, himself. has a PhD from MIT, which according to his company bio means, "he's devoted a significant amount of his time learning how to make things that blink." But the steno machine is his own project, independent of Crowd Supply.
Stenotype machines are usually most visible when
court reporters are using them. They've been around since the 1800s, when their output was holes in paper tape. Today's versions are essentially
chorded keyboards that act as computer input devices. (
Douglas Engelbart famously showed off a chorded keyboard during his 1968
Mother of All Demos.) Today you have
The Open Steno Project, and Stenosaurus is a member. And while Joshua's project may not have an actual website quite yet, it has an
active blog. And the 225 WPM claim? Totally possible. The world record for English language stenography is
360 WPM. And you thought the
Dvorak Keyboard was fast. Hah! (
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