steno
Embedded steno firmware + custom steno PCBs (by crides)
sqdg
Shoggot's SQDG but in CadQuery (by crides)
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steno
Posts with mentions or reviews of steno.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-02.
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Handheld external keyboard options for iPhone
What I've experimented in the past (none of these lasted very long for me, but hopefully inspirations for you): - stenophone: back front - fistion: back front - clawor - musk (it feels okay pseudo typing on it in a jacket's pocket)
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BB Steno
The one feature I’m looking forward to is having the dictionary built in. The Black Pill used here supports adding memory chip; I just need to buy one and figure out how to flash crides/steno firmware on it.
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Long time no post to reddit: Daily driven boards
I haven't actually posted to Reddit for a while (other than comments that is), and I thought I should. I've been daily driving these 2 boards for a bit, the Fissure v3.2 and the Fusion. Both boards are fully BLE, and of course following my tradition on using the embedded steno engine.
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Are there any Stenographers here? Should I switch to Stenography?
Simple (and buggy) steno engine on my keyboard
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Can you add Steno as a layer?
You can actually run the code needed for steno completely in firmware. Check out https://github.com/crides/steno.
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Introducing the Uncokeeb: a new per-finger chorded keyboard concept prototype for fast typing
Fwiw, that’s a thing, though it’s still in progress. (This says QMK, but there’s def also ZMK work somewhere in there as well.)
sqdg
Posts with mentions or reviews of sqdg.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-11.
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How you guys press vertical combo?
Keycap and a bit of practice. MBK isn't that great for vertical combos imo, the chamfer on the edge makes it feel like the gap is larger (larger gaps more misclick). I have my own design of keycaps that tries to maintain a smooth curve around the gap, and with tight enough tolerance from the printing (final gap is like <0.5mm) vertical combos feel nice to press. I haven't tried caps other than MBK and kailh blanks, but MCC seems like a nice one to try.
- Choc keycaps that are shorter than MBKs? Or maybe a smart way to modify MBK keycaps?
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Cantor, Guts and Griffith Berserk-themed with MJF Keycaps
Keycaps are Blue MJF Nylon PA11 keycaps in SQDG profile by Shoggot. Had 2 sets printed out by Craftcloud who outsourced it to a different vendor. I used Cride's repo for it before realizing that they had very slightly altered the profile to accommodate their specific board so the keys are very slightly off in a way that I don't mind.
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Long time no post to reddit: Daily driven boards
Keycaps: SQDG with SLS nylon (on craftcloud too) and 2 resin (possibly) DCJS
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Are there any Stenographers here? Should I switch to Stenography?
On the desk board, it was DCJS (I wouldn't be able to find the link now) by u/shogzilla; now it's the same as the travel board. On the travel board, that is linked in the repo
What are some alternatives?
When comparing steno and sqdg you can also consider the following projects:
pheromone_keyboard
cantor - Cantor keyboard, a 42 key diodeless split keyboard.
tweetable-polyglot-png - Pack up to 3MB of data into a tweetable PNG polyglot file.
fissure - A 46/36/40 key split keyboard
qmk_firmware - See the "forkreadme" branch or the following link for a description of branches maintained in this fork.
LPX
handwired_preonic - QMK based 5x12 ortholinear keyboard
PseudoMakeMeKeyCapProfiles - Parametric Key Caps
Teensy3.2-CherryStream-QMK - QMK Firmware for handwired Cherry Stream keyboard with OLED running Teensy 3.2
steno-dictionaries - Di's Plover-theory stenography dictionaries used by Typey Type for Stenographers.
qmkbuilder - Online GUI for QMK Firmware
lalboard - A 3D-printed keyboard inspired by the DataHand