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I just learned of an open steno meetup that happened at the MRMCD conference in Germany earlier this month!

I asked the Plover Discord what to blog about today, and one person suggested wide keys.

I spent like two hours this morning going over steno theory with my 10-year-old this morning!

Plover v5.4.1 has been released!

Check out the GitHub for the Omron ThumbsUp!

A deep dive into building a custom wireless stenography keyboard, learning steno with Plover, and the design mistakes along the way.

Tharelia writes: TL;DR: Javelin web tools should work offline again.

Plover2CAT has been updated with new features: User manual is now bundled into Plover2CAT itself (F1 shortcut), no need for internet access!

Similar to Dotterel for Android, Steno Keyboard Pocket is a steno keyboard interface for your phone!

Please enjoy this somewhat cryptic video by Lima from the Discord.

Plover v5.4.0 has been released!

Go check it out!

JD Henning just wrote a wonderful article for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association called A 23-Button Stenography Keyboard: All Gain, Zero Pain!

Tharelia writes: **Mid -2026 Javelin Update** Firmware Updates * Added support for Leversteno and Jaffle * Added support for amplified piezo speakers and waveform audio playback. * Added support for split cable detection on Jaffle * Added support for trac…

CashewGuy says: I put some time into fiddling with my vial settings and plover and got the kyria quite workable, at least such that I can practice and get a feel for some stuff!

The Leversteno is now available for preorder from Nolltronics!

The Mejiro31 steno keyboard is now on sale in Japan.

So last spring I did an interview with the website Answer in Progress, which makes explainer videos on various interesting topics, because they said they were doing a video on stenography.

It was so good to see everyone at PyCon and to get to talk steno with a few of you!

I'll be captioning PyCon for White Coat Captioning this weekend.

The most affordable steno board of all time is back in stock!

Peter of Stenokeyboards has really been getting the word out about steno!

Update via the Plugin Manager.

Plover v5.3.0 has been released!

Mike Rowell, also known as Captioner Mike, is giving online steno classes and wanted to make sure that the Open Steno community knew about them.

Tharelia writes: Heads up to Jarne (Blade) owners that firmware April 2026 makes a change in the Bluetooth split protocol between the halves, and will require that you update both the main and pair firmwares.

From earlier this year, Gfixler plays Ztype with steno.