Pinchord

Pinchord is a chorded typing system/orthospelling steno theory designed to harness the power of phonetic steno for normal(ish) people.

For the steno crowd, see Why Orthospelling.

Rationale

• Steno is awesome. The speed and ergonomics are unmatched - Chording is just awesome
• Traditional phonetic steno is extremely difficult to learn
• Phonetic steno is optimized for court reporting. I am not a court reporter, I'm a programmer and yapper

Layout

Note that Pinchord is in development and that this graphic is missing a few things (notably h and q :p)

Learning

I'm learning Pinchord right now, you can see that on the Pinchord Progress page.

It's not done yet, but if you'd like to become a Pinchord guinea pig, reach out :)