Sparrowhawk (stylized sphk) is a stenographic (chord-based) input system designed to improve the efficiency and ergonomics of keyboard usage in the 21st century and beyond.
In particular, sphk makes it possible to:
- Input natural language at speeds in excess of 200WPM (currently, English and Japanese supported)
- Navigate and edit text from the comfort of the home row
- Input symbols and Unicode characters semantically
- Input numbers on a chorded ten-key numpad
- Execute application-specific keyboard shortcuts and system-wide macros semantically
sphk has been in active development and full-time use since early 2017, and is now in the process of being documented and released for the world to see :) .
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Stenoing song lyrics to demonstrate basic usage. sphk was initially implemented on the ErgoDox EZ but is now implemented on the purpose-built aodox.
More up-to-date demos and videos coming soon...
Main keymap image shown above woefully out-of-date but mostly correct. Will update soon...
Documentation coming soon...
sphk would not be possible without and gives its deepest heartfelt thanks to:
- Plover, the amazing open-source steno engine
- Open Steno Project, a community of open-source steno rockstars