Plover Japanese (StenoWord)

The Japanese StenoWord stenography system for Plover.

Activating StenoWord

After installing this plugin, you need to turn it on in Plover:

1. In Plover's configuration, go to the Systems tab, and change the active system to Japanese StenoWord.
2. You can use either a Qwerty keyboard or a keyboard speaking TxBolt (e.g. SOFT/HRUF Splitography) to use this theory.

Layout

TxBolt (Protocol for English Steno)

#  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #
P  T  H  K  S  U  A  O  I  E
P  T  H  K  S  U  A  O  I  E
      L  M     N  R

which originally look like:

#  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #
S- T- P- H- * -F -P -L -T -D
S- K- W- R- * -R -B -G -S -Z
      A- O-   -E -U

Notes

• 2 rows are exactly same. (TODO: Utilize one row for other usage)
• Home position for right hand is shifted to the right. First finger is on K and A.
• # is used for Undo.
• S is also on the right side

Keyboard

 #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #
  P  T  H  K  S  U  A  O  I  E
   -  -  L  M  -  N  R  -  -  
            arpeggiate             

which originally look like

 q  w  e  r  t  y  u  i  o  p 
  a  s  d  f  g  h  j  k  l  ;
   z  x  c  v  b  n  m  ,  .  
            space             

Command dictionary

There is no special entries like space or new line yet.

• S#: Set an empty string as a space in order not to output spaces between strokes.