Sometimes the essence of the word makes a good brief. For example, ' extraordinary' is stroked KPRAORD.Reusing the same stroke could lead to word boundary errors Avoid strokes that are already used for other words, or for one of the strokes of a multi-stroke word.Briefs should be easy to type and easy to remember.Ask for advice from other steno people.Check the dictionary file to see if a brief already exists - no sense reinventing the wheel.
These are some of the most commonly used briefs, most of which don't have any phonetic alternative in the dictionary file: ' the': - T For example, ' portal' is stroked PORLT.īriefs are dictionary entry that violate Plover theory in order to use fewer strokes. This is equivalent to the string STKPWHRAO*EUFRPBLGTSDZ which you should memorize.Īdditional ways to try to fit a word into steno order:
