Semi-modal Dictionaries

In steno, a semi-modal dictionary is a type of modal dictionary that uses a special grammar for its strokes that allows you to escape the mode by writing any other stroke that isn't included in the grammar.

For example, you could have a semi-modal movement dictionary that reserves the -R, -P, -B, and -G keys for movement, while any other stroke will exit the mode.

This is the most common, and most useful, type of semi-modal dictionary - one that allows you to exit the mode by just writing normal English.

• This is one example of context aware dicts? Is it? or are all modal dicts context-aware? Or are modal dicts not context aware at all!