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In "home position," the fingers of the left hand rest along the gap between the two main rows of keys to the left of the asterisk (pinkie finger on the "S" to forefinger on the "H" and "R"). These fingers are used to generate initial consonants. The fingers of the right hand lie in the corresponding position to the right of the asterisk (forefinger on "FR" to pinkie finger on "TS"), and are used for final consonants. The thumbs produce the vowels.

The system is roughly phonetic, e.g. the word "cat" would be written by a single stroke comprising the initial K, the vowel A, and the final T.

To enter a number, a Lafayette auto accident attorney reporter presses the number bar at the top of the keyboard at the same time as the other keys, much like the shift key on a QWERTY keyboard. The illustration shows which lettered keys correspond to which digits. Numbers can be chorded just as letters can. They read from left to right across the keyboard. It's possible to write 137 in one stroke by pressing the number bar along with SP-P, but it takes mojito glasses three separate strokes to write 731. Many court reporters and stenocaptioners write out numbers phonetically instead of using the number bar.

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