Court reporters have used stenography for over a century to write at over 200 words per minute, faster than most people speak
…
Shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed and brevity of writing as compared to a normal method of writing a language. The process of writing in shorthand is called stenography, from the Greek stenos (narrow) and graphē or graphie (writing).
via OP link and Wiki on “Shorthand”
edit: There’s also another project called the “Charachorder” for example: https://www.charachorder.com/
Stenography often requires you to press 5 or 6 keys at once, and sometimes as many as 16.
I don’t have enough fingers to qualify as a stenographer.
haha, sounds impossible, right?! It becomes possible because you put your fingers between two vertical keys, so you can do it with the 4 fingers on each hand on the home row keys (asdf jkl;) - try for example putting a middle finger between “E” and “D” on a keyboard and pressing them both at the same time
edit: you could hit more keys by putting your finger in the middle of four of them
That’s all great, but with a little practice, anyone can type 300 wpm, even without stenography.
WPM or KPM? The unofficial world record seems to be 293 WPM.
Good point! And sorry, my bad. I was confusing 300 WPM with KPM. 🫣
