- The verbally disabled don’t have a good way to communicate with other people (especially those who can’t read sign language) at real time speeds. Average typing speeds range from 50 to 70 wpm and maxes out around 140 wpm, while daily English conversations are around 180 wpm, sometimes going up to 250 wpm.
- The common keyboard layout is not suitable for typing long texts efficiently. Even though there are a lot of alternative keyboard layouts that try to maximize typing comfort and efficiency, we still need to worry about spellings, and sequencing the letters correctly at high speeds is a problem for a lot of people. In addition, most parts of the keyboard are unutilized when typing.
- Traditional steno machines are very expensive, due to their limited use, primarily in court reporting. Open source solutions have been developed recently (e.g. Plover), but still require software to be installed on the host.
- The solution is to use stenography, which generally refers to pressing multi