Asterisk

Maybe in future versions there will would be international support for a secondary languages - Slavic and Cyrillic, Asian, African languages. languages.

I have mixed feelings. I like it. Think it’s cool but not for what I had hoped to use it for. Taking a steno theory class and wanted to use it to practice without having to carry a heavy machine everywhere. With the keys being flat, the led sensory on the keys are so sensitive that it doesn’t allow you to comfortably feel your way around the keys. You’re literally hovering over it. You feel blind. It’s probably good for someone who has passed theory and wants to have it as an extra keyboard but for a beginner in court reporting school, I don’t think it’s the best option. That’s my take on it. I need to be able to feel my keys as I’m learning. The sensory doesn’t allow that.

The asterisk is by far the most economical stenography keyboard out there. I could not find anything else for beginner stenographers, and I only wanted it as a hobby so I didn't want to spend too much money on one. But the asterisk is perfect, a super slim and simple board that gives interested people an actual board for a reasonable cost. I had picked up stenography about a month before having this delivered, and until then had just used some plover software with my mechanical keyboard to get started, so I had very little experience and none with other machines. But once the asterisk came in it was a great experience having an actual board. While having the actual layout in front of me made it so much easier to chord, the capacitive hardware was unique to me. I did not have muscle memory for where the keys were, so it was difficult for me to get used to the new layout. As I could not rest my fingers on the keys, I found my hands getting out of alignment all of the time, causing me to hit wrong keys a lot. Upping the sensitivity of the keys helped a little, but not much. Additionally, when hitting WH-, I found that my middle finger would hit W with more of the nail part of my finger, which was fine with keycaps, but with the capacitive keys it took an awkward position to make it register. However, these are issues with me, and nothing with the board as it worked just as intended the entire time I had it. I have also seen some people in the discord experiment with 3D printing some prints that go through the holes between the keys as a way to rest your fingers, which is very creative. After a few weeks, I realized that the capacitive keys were just not for me, and went and bought myself a uni v4 which has been perfect. Overall, the asterisk is a great board for its cost and works exactly as advertised, however the capacitive keys were just not for me. I am happy that I bought it and was able to see how much I love learning stenography.

I just got my asterisk to start learning steno and so far it's great. The only thing that could be better is if there was a way to change the default sensitivity in the firmware as it resets every time the keyboard is plugged in. I'm sure there is a way to do this in the firmware, but that's for someone smarter than me to find out and make a video or something on how to do it.

100% satisfied with purchase. Just now learning steno. Laptop keyboard live at same time as Asterisk keyboard. Touch screen functions perfectly. You can add new definitions on-the-fly. On line courses are very good and there are many. The Discord app has a problem solving and question group. I use Compose key (ctrl-r) within Plover. Plover works good in Linux. If the manufacturer produces another similar keyboard with perhaps a split or perhaps an additional row I will be the first to buy it. Kudos! First class product.

Maybe in future versions there will would be international support for a secondary languages - Slavic and Cyrillic, Asian, African languages. languages.

I have mixed feelings. I like it. Think it’s cool but not for what I had hoped to use it for. Taking a steno theory class and wanted to use it to practice without having to carry a heavy machine everywhere. With the keys being flat, the led sensory on the keys are so sensitive that it doesn’t allow you to comfortably feel your way around the keys. You’re literally hovering over it. You feel blind. It’s probably good for someone who has passed theory and wants to have it as an extra keyboard but for a beginner in court reporting school, I don’t think it’s the best option. That’s my take on it. I need to be able to feel my keys as I’m learning. The sensory doesn’t allow that.

The asterisk is by far the most economical stenography keyboard out there. I could not find anything else for beginner stenographers, and I only wanted it as a hobby so I didn't want to spend too much money on one. But the asterisk is perfect, a super slim and simple board that gives interested people an actual board for a reasonable cost. I had picked up stenography about a month before having this delivered, and until then had just used some plover software with my mechanical keyboard to get started, so I had very little experience and none with other machines. But once the asterisk came in it was a great experience having an actual board. While having the actual layout in front of me made it so much easier to chord, the capacitive hardware was unique to me. I did not have muscle memory for where the keys were, so it was difficult for me to get used to the new layout. As I could not rest my fingers on the keys, I found my hands getting out of alignment all of the time, causing me to hit wrong keys a lot. Upping the sensitivity of the keys helped a little, but not much. Additionally, when hitting WH-, I found that my middle finger would hit W with more of the nail part of my finger, which was fine with keycaps, but with the capacitive keys it took an awkward position to make it register. However, these are issues with me, and nothing with the board as it worked just as intended the entire time I had it. I have also seen some people in the discord experiment with 3D printing some prints that go through the holes between the keys as a way to rest your fingers, which is very creative. After a few weeks, I realized that the capacitive keys were just not for me, and went and bought myself a uni v4 which has been perfect. Overall, the asterisk is a great board for its cost and works exactly as advertised, however the capacitive keys were just not for me. I am happy that I bought it and was able to see how much I love learning stenography.

I just got my asterisk to start learning steno and so far it's great. The only thing that could be better is if there was a way to change the default sensitivity in the firmware as it resets every time the keyboard is plugged in. I'm sure there is a way to do this in the firmware, but that's for someone smarter than me to find out and make a video or something on how to do it.

100% satisfied with purchase. Just now learning steno. Laptop keyboard live at same time as Asterisk keyboard. Touch screen functions perfectly. You can add new definitions on-the-fly. On line courses are very good and there are many. The Discord app has a problem solving and question group. I use Compose key (ctrl-r) within Plover. Plover works good in Linux. If the manufacturer produces another similar keyboard with perhaps a split or perhaps an additional row I will be the first to buy it. Kudos! First class product.