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Ask HN: Is there a shorthand equivalent for taking notes digitally?

by borncrusader on 9/7/18, 6:54 PM with 6 comments

I have briefly studied Pitman Shorthand (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitman_shorthand) in the past and I've wondered how easy it is to concisely represent a lot of information in a few pencil strokes.

For those of you who take notes regularly - short of improving typing speed, is there a shorthand-like alternative to taking notes or encoding information digitally? Are there any efforts that have been made in this regard?

  • by elviejo79 on 9/7/18, 7:11 PM

    Stenography

    Look at this video introduction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62l64Acfidc&t=80s

    And this is a developer using steno, to program https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBBiri3CD6w

  • by auslegung on 9/7/18, 7:44 PM

    Have you thought about creating keyboard snippets for common words or phrases? Similar to how iOS replaces omw with On my way! You could create replacements at the OS level that would apply to everything you type. Build them as you go so that your average characters per word is 3-4 characters, it might work out.

  • by ClassyJacket on 9/7/18, 7:05 PM

    You could get a stenography keyboard, but they are expensive and hard to learn.