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Title: Zenith's LightSpeed Writer - 'Steno machine' is a myth?
Post by: menuhin on Tue, 15 November 2016, 15:59:35

There has not been much I can find about this 'Steno machine' keyboard, called Zenith's LightSpeed Writer.
(https://www.stenovations.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Zenith-photo-1024x718.png)

First, who invented and tested this peculiar layout and typing system? Zenith?
It is also said that a world record holder of "360 wpm and 7x National speed champion" used this keyboard (!?) Does that mean on average 6 words per second? Is this a reasonable speed?

So far, no one ever appears to have this keyboard at the $3000+ price point.

Title: Re: Zenith's LightSpeed Writer - 'Steno machine' is a myth?
Post by: E TwentyNine on Tue, 15 November 2016, 16:02:57

It's the electronic equivalent of a stenography keyboard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenotype

Title: Re: Zenith's LightSpeed Writer - 'Steno machine' is a myth?
Post by: menuhin on Tue, 15 November 2016, 16:49:16

Quote from: E TwentyNine on Tue, 15 November 2016, 16:02:57

It's the electronic equivalent of a stenography keyboard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenotype

So this is how he did it on a Planck basically:

https://www.crowdsupply.com/open-steno-project/steno-hero/ (https://www.crowdsupply.com/open-steno-project/steno-hero/)

So now as a non-frequent gamer, I have one more reason to have NKRO keyboards, and the ErgoDox as it is officially supported by this open source project.