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2025 Open Steno Community Survey
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Background
How old are you?
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Where in the world are you located?
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How long have you been learning or using steno?
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Approximately how fast do you write steno?
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Approximately how fast do you type on a standard keyboard?
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What layout do you primarily use on a standard keyboard?
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If your steno speed is faster than your typing speed, how long did it take to surpass your typing speed?
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How did you first learn about Plover and Open Steno?
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What made you decide to learn stenography?
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What is your current field of work or study?
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Have you been or are you currently enrolled in a formal court reporting or realtime captioning program?
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Have you held or do you currently hold a court reporting or captioning certification (e.g. RPR, state CSR)?
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What are your favorite things or activities outside of stenography?
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Usage
How much do you currently use stenography in your day-to-day computer use?
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If you answered a 1 or 2 to the above question, do you intend to use stenography on a regular basis?
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If you answered a 4 or lower to the above question, what is currently preventing you from using stenography more or exclusively?
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What do you currently or do you intend to use stenography for? (Check all that apply)
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Which languages do you currently use stenography in, or would you like to use steno in if Plover support were available? (Check all that apply)
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Do you use or have you ever used stenography most of the time or exclusively in your day-to-day computer use?
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Which of the following Open Steno community resources do you use? (Check all that apply)
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If you decided to learn stenography for specific reasons (e.g. to resolve wrist issues or to reach a certain writing speed), what were those goals and have you accomplished them?
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Learning
Which of the following stenographic theories for English do you use or are you currently learning? (Check all that apply)
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What made you decide to learn the specific theory/ies that you are learning over other theories?
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Have you ever decided to switch to a different theory other than the one you learned first?
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If you answered "yes" to the above question, what theory did you switch from/to, and why did you decide to switch?
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How far into your steno learning did you reach the following speed milestones?
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Which of the following Open Steno learning resources have you used? (Check all that apply)
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What techniques, learning strategies, or resources, besides the ones listed above, have you found most useful in learning stenography?
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What have been your biggest frustrations (if any) in learning stenography? (Check all that apply)
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What changes, if any, would you like to see to the learning resources mentioned above that would improve your learning experience?
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What other learning resources would you like to see in the future?
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Hardware
Which of the following STUDENT or PROFESSIONAL steno writers have you used? (Check all that apply)
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Which of the following HOBBYIST steno writers have you used? (Check all that apply)
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If you use or have used a keyboard that's not one of the hobbyist steno writers above, what type of keyboard is it? (Check all that apply)
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Which of the above writers did you use when you first learned stenography?
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Which of the above writers, if any, do you currently use the most?
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How important to you are the following aspects of a hobbyist steno writer?
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How satisfied are you with the hobbyist steno writer/s you use, if any?
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What have been your frustrations, if any, with existing hobbyist steno writers?
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What new features or improvements would you like to see in a future hobbyist steno writer?
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Software
Which operating system/s do you use steno on? (Check all that apply)
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Which of the following stenography software have you used? (Check all that apply)
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Which Plover features or plugins do you find most useful in your steno learning or regular usage? (Check all that apply)
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What have been your biggest frustrations, if any, with Plover or any of the plugins you have used?
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What new features or improvements would you like to see in a future version of Plover or a Plover plugin?
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Wrap-up
Is there anything else you'd like us to know that was not asked?
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Do you have any feedback on the contents of this survey, or suggestions for future surveys?
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