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Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine by resoluteteeth on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @08:39AM (#27603776)
That's impossible to some degree because English pronunciation varies so much across dialects.

Or rather, you could make writing phonetic but then spelling would have to vary by dialect.

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Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine by hoseja on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @09:32AM (#27604356)
I just realized it's done precisely like that in my language! Never even thought about it. But there is a standard "written" version of the language and dialects are mostly spoken.
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Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine by sdfjksbdf on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @09:57AM (#27604627)
Isn't that true for every language?
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Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine by gliese1337 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @03:55PM (#27609303)
Nope. Most languages have no written standard, and some have more than one (E.g., American vs. British vs. Australian English, or Nynorsk vs. Bokmal Norwegian).
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Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine by wfawejoiweoif on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @05:56PM (#27611004)
please specify the language so people can learn things, it's the internet
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