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Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine by Symmetry on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @08:37AM (#27603752)
Not while using an alphabet with just 5 vowel letters. Switching to IPA would do the job, though.
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Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine by TchoBeer on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @08:53AM (#27603930)
5 vowels, and then 25 more vowel combinations (e.g. ea)
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Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine by Symmetry on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @11:35AM (#27605713)
I don't think those 25 combinations are enough to cover all the cases of unique vowel sounds, diphthongs, and pairs of distinct adjacent vowels that you find in English. 'ea' for instance is ambiguous between sounds like those in 'great', 'deal', and 'creatine'.
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