Show HN: I automated 1/2 of my typing

Re:Show HN: I automated 1/2 of my typing by throwaway738393 on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @08:13PM (#37330876)

> E.g. expanding "t" to "the" seems like a no-brainer, just like "st" to "something". Is there a minimal set of, say, 200-500 of these that could simply be turned into a "standard keyboard" that everyone could learn?

Take a look at Evans Basic English Code, a shorthand system based off of Phillips Code (for telegraphs). It's a little dated, but the most common words are quite useful. Useful for writing or typing.

https://archive.org/details/evansbasicenglis00evan

(use the pdf, the txt file is a bad OCR and practically useless)

Also useful:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_common_words_in_English

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Re:Show HN: I automated 1/2 of my typing by zserge on Thursday August 31, 2023 @09:00AM (#37336485)

I appreciate the fact that it contains shortcuts for such words as "endeavour" (EDV), "ecclesiastic" (EC), "notwithstanding" (NWG) or "vehemence" (VMC) being a dictionary of the "basic and most frequently used words". Also, the suggested abbreviation for "sex" is "SEX".

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