Steno Keyboard

Write whole words in one stroke.

Steno Keyboard brings stenographic chorded typing to iPhone and iPad. Press several keys at once, lift, and a whole word or phrase appears. No steno machine required.

Download on the App Store

Coming soon, as two separate apps: Steno Keyboard for iPad, and the smaller Steno Keyboard Pocket for iPhone.

On iPad

The Steno Keyboard key bank open on iPad below a note, with the K, A and right T
                keys held down and the word cat written above.
The whole key bank at proper proportions. Strike the chord, lift, and the word appears.
A four key chord held on the Steno Keyboard in its light theme, with the Translate
                key highlighted and the word Dogs written above.
One stroke, one word. Light and dark, traditional key shapes optional.
The Lookup screen showing the two steno outlines for the word stenography.
Look up how any word is written.

On iPhone

Steno Keyboard Pocket open on iPhone, a chord held down and the Translate key
                  highlighted where the space bar would normally sit.
Press the chord, then Translate.
The Lookup screen on iPhone listing six different steno outlines for the word
                  capybara.
Several ways to write one word.

What it is

Stenography is how court reporters and captioners write at speaking speed. Instead of one key per letter, you press a chord of keys together and a dictionary translates it into a word, a phrase, or a piece of punctuation. Steno Keyboard is a custom keyboard that does this anywhere you can type on iOS.

How it works

Private by design

Nothing you type leaves your device. There is no account, no analytics, and no server belonging to us. Translation happens locally against dictionaries stored on your device. Read the privacy policy.

Requirements

iPhone or iPad running iOS 15 or later. A steno dictionary, which the app can download for you or which you can import yourself.

New to stenography? The support page walks through turning the keyboard on, adding a dictionary, and writing your first chord.