Steno Keyboard Pocket
Steno chords on your iPhone
Only for iPhone
$4.99
iPhone
Steno Keyboard Pocket brings stenographic writing to iPhone. Instead of one key per letter, you press several keys at once. A dictionary translates that chord into a word, a phrase, or punctuation.
HOW IT WORKS ON A PHONE
Press your chord, then press Translate. The Translate key sits where the space bar normally would, so the rhythm is chord, translate, chord, translate. On a screen this size that is more reliable than trying to lift a whole chord cleanly, and it means a mistimed finger does not send the wrong word.
WHAT IT IS NOT
Pocket is Translate only. It does not include lift to send, the steno mode built around it, or the wide proportioned board those need. Those are on the iPad app, Steno Keyboard. If you want to write steno with both hands, that is the one to buy.
YOUR DICTIONARIES
Import Plover format JSON, or RTF/CRE files from most CAT software. Dictionaries are priority ordered, so a personal dictionary can override a general one. Large dictionaries are supported.
FOR LEARNING AND FOR LOOKUP
Look up how any word is written, and read a plain English explanation of what an entry's formatting codes actually do. Define a word you just wrote without leaving what you were doing. Useful for drilling a brief on the bus even if the real writing happens elsewhere.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Nothing you type leaves your device. No account, no analytics, no server of ours. Translation happens locally.
REQUIRES A DICTIONARY
This is a custom keyboard and it needs a steno dictionary to do anything. The app can download a free starter dictionary, or you can import your own.
Ratings & Reviews
- Ten color themes (in both light/dark mode) for the keyboard, with a separate highlight color and new Them & Color screen to preview the keyboard
- Keyboard size slider now shows the actual keyboard in a live preview
- Hold the Lookup button after translating a stroke or after highlighting a word to see every outline that writes the same word
- Export any dictionary as RTF/CRE, and RTF dictionaries saved on Windows now import cleanly
- New option in Settings > Typing: put a space after each word (for typing tests that stall without one)
- Fixes to Define, Lookup, and Number keyboard key spacing and sizing
- Define now says up front that saving a definition from the keyboard Define menu needs Full Access
The developer, MICHAEL ANGELO DURGIN, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- MICHAEL ANGELO DURGIN
- Size
- 10.8 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Michael Angelo Durgin
