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An illustration of a plover (bird) showing a steno keyboard layout on the underside of its left wing — Dolores, the Plover mascot

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 Official Site	Download Plover	Open Steno Discord	Plover Documentation	Plover Blog

New to steno? Start here	Coming from court reporting?	Having trouble?	More about Plover	Contribute to Open Steno
Beginner's Guide	Installation Guide	Troubleshooting issues	Plover software	Open Steno GitHub
Installation Guide	Setting up your writer with Plover	Ask in the Discord server	Plover theory	Plover Development
Theory	Dictionary format		Mirabai Knight	Plugin Development
Dictionary			Open Steno Timeline	Learning Resource Development
Choosing a steno theory			Open Steno Community Survey	Theory Development
Supported hardware
Javelin

Open Steno

Plover is part of Open Steno. Open Steno aims to open up stenography to the general public. Open Steno has manifested as efforts for free software, free learning resources, and open source hardware options.

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+[[File:Plover-mascot-Dolores.svg|thumb|alt=An illustration of a plover (bird) showing a steno keyboard layout on the underside of its left wing|link=Dolores|[[Dolores]], the Plover mascot]]
+'''[[Plover software|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.
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+|width="20%;"|[https://opensteno.org/plover Plover Official Site]
-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.
+|width="20%;"|[https://github.com/openstenoproject/plover/releases/latest Download Plover]
+|width="20%;"|[https://discord.gg/0lQde43a6dGmAMp2 Open Steno Discord]
+|width="20%;"|[https://plover.readthedocs.io/ Plover Documentation]
+|width="20%;"|[http://plover.stenoknight.com/ Plover Blog]
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-Plover runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
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+! New to steno? Start here !! Coming from court reporting? !! Having trouble? !! More about Plover !! Contribute to Open Steno
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-[[Beginner's Guide|'''Beginner's Guide: Get Started with Plover''']]
+| [[Beginner's Guide]] || [[Installation Guide]] || [[Troubleshooting issues]] || [[Plover software]] || [https://github.com/opensteno/plover Open Steno GitHub]
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+| [[Installation Guide]] || [[Setting up your writer with Plover]] || [https://discord.gg/0lQde43a6dGmAMp2 Ask in the Discord server] || [[Plover theory]] || [[Plover Development]]
-== The Open Steno Project ==
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-Plover is part of the [http://openstenoproject.org/ 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.
+| [[Theory]] || [[Dictionary format]] || || [[Mirabai Knight]] || [[Plugin Development]]
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+| [[Dictionary]] || || || [[Open Steno Timeline]] || [[Learning Resource Development]]
-== Contributing to the Wiki ==
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-Contributions are welcome, but edit permissions are restricted to accounts with a validated email address.
+| [[Choosing a steno theory]] || || || [[Open Steno Community Survey]] || [[Theory Development]]
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+| [[Supported hardware]] || || || ||
-[[Special:ConfirmEmail|Confirm your email address here.]] Please be sure to check your spam folder.
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+| [[Javelin]] || || || ||
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+== Open Steno ==
+Plover is part of [[Open Steno]]. Open Steno aims to open up stenography to the general public. Open Steno has manifested as efforts for free software, free learning resources, and open source hardware options.
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