Plover Wiki

Plover (rhymes with "lover") is a free, open source stenography engine. It allows individuals who learn stenography to write into any program at speeds of over 200 words per minute.
Plover runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
- Beginner's Guide: Get Started with Plover - start here for set-up tutorials and first steps for learning
- Practice resources
- Essential Plugins
- Javelin - embedded steno engine
- User Theories - individual theories or dictionaries to expand your dictionary stack
- Plover Development - learn about contributing to Plover, theories, plugins through coding
- Steno in other languages
The Open Steno Project
Plover is part of the Open Steno Project. The Open Steno Project aims to open up stenography to the general public. The Open Steno Project has manifested as efforts for free software, free learning resources, and open source hardware options. Read about the Open Steno Project's history.
Contributing to the Wiki
Contributions are welcome, but edit permissions are restricted to accounts with a validated email address.
Translating the Wiki
The MediaWiki Translation extension is used for internationalizing the Wiki. There is a write-up on instructions for translation.
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