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<p><img src="img/2-key-positions.png" alt="layout finger diagram." /></p>
<p>That being said, the first steno board I ever used was an NKRO keyboard that I bought second hand for $30. It came with loud and heavy 60 gram switches. As you’ll often be pressing around 6 keys per stroke, you want to have very light keys. With this cheap keyboard, I could only steno for about a minute before my wrists started burning. For comparison, professional <em>steno machines</em> have tension mechanisms that bottom out at as low as 10 grams regardless of how many keys are pressed.</p>
<p>If you do choose to use a regular keyboard for learning steno, make sure you know where the correct key positions are. I’d recommend printing out or keeping a graphic like this handy:</p>
<p><img src="https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/136953735426473984/856464615469875200/Keyboard_Mapping.png" alt="steno keys on QWERTY layout" /></p>
<p><img src="img/2-keyboard_mapping.png" alt="steno keys on QWERTY layout" /></p>
<p>If possible, I would also recommend flipping the top row of keycaps to bring the top row a little closer to the bottom row. This helps a lot with pressing two keys vertically:</p>
<p><img src="img/2-inverted.png" alt="" /></p>
<p>It is definitely possible to learn theory with a regular keyboard (even one that doesn’t support n-key rollover), but it might be frustrating depending on your patience.</p>
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<p><img src="img/2-key-positions.png" alt="layout finger diagram." /></p>
<p>That being said, the first steno board I ever used was an NKRO keyboard that I bought second hand for $30. It came with loud and heavy 60 gram switches. As you’ll often be pressing around 6 keys per stroke, you want to have very light keys. With this cheap keyboard, I could only steno for about a minute before my wrists started burning. For comparison, professional <em>steno machines</em> have tension mechanisms that bottom out at as low as 10 grams regardless of how many keys are pressed.</p>
<p>If you do choose to use a regular keyboard for learning steno, make sure you know where the correct key positions are. I’d recommend printing out or keeping a graphic like this handy:</p>
<p><img src="https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/136953735426473984/856464615469875200/Keyboard_Mapping.png" alt="steno keys on QWERTY layout" /></p>
<p><img src="img/2-keyboard_mapping.png" alt="steno keys on QWERTY layout" /></p>
<p>If possible, I would also recommend flipping the top row of keycaps to bring the top row a little closer to the bottom row. This helps a lot with pressing two keys vertically:</p>
<p><img src="img/2-inverted.png" alt="" /></p>
<p>It is definitely possible to learn theory with a regular keyboard (even one that doesn’t support n-key rollover), but it might be frustrating depending on your patience.</p>
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If you do choose to use a regular keyboard for learning steno, make sure you know where the correct key positions are. I'd recommend printing out or keeping a graphic like this handy:

![steno keys on QWERTY layout](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/136953735426473984/856464615469875200/Keyboard_Mapping.png)
![steno keys on QWERTY layout](img/2-keyboard_mapping.png)

If possible, I would also recommend flipping the top row of keycaps to bring the top row a little closer to the bottom row. This helps a lot with pressing two keys vertically:

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