Stenotype Mnemonics for Beginners (English)

##Learning Steno Sometimes the first steps of learning stenotype is an especially steep learning curve -- much like learning the alphabet and basic sounds of a new language. This page presents some mnemonic devices to help ease this initial learning process. These mnemonics are for use along with a steno tutorial, such as Qwertysteno, LearnPlover, Steno101, etc. These and more are available here: http://stenoknight.com/wiki/Practice

##Single-stroke consonants and single-stroke vowels

• Verbal mnemonic for consonants in steno order:
  "STicK PoWer HeRe FoR PuB LoGo: 'ToeS DoZe'"
  
• Verbal mnemonic for single-key vowels
  "The bAt-bOt bEt her bUtt that she could put cat-boy behind bars..."

##Compound-stroke Mnemonic Images Download hi-res version

Download hi-res version

##Mnemonic Image Keys:

• Consonants: shoe zebra vote javelin nose thought feather ducky gift yellowbrickroad chop machinegun bubble lion pump tooth yolk link patch curve crunch / -lch cash pawn kong pump ham badge (j) sock redaction (kshun) bulge (lj) lotion (shun)

• Vowels:
  moon - AO - identifies homophones spelled "oo" or "oa"
  mitt - EU
  ape-baby - AEU
  rowing-boat - OE
  pea - AE - identifies homophones spelled "ea" or "ae"
  wheel - AOE
  oil - OEU - often "wildcard" for making funky briefs
  saw - AU
  soup - AOU
  pow - OU
  eye - AOEU
  

##Notes:

• Layered "xcf" image files editable in GIMP are available here if you want to put in some of your own mnemonics.
• The best mnemonics are always the ones you make up yourself. So feel encouraged to make your own mnemonic sketches, or modify the xcf file with your favorite sound/image associations.
• Info about mnemonic methods: ArtOfMemory , JoshFoerTEDTalk, WorldMemoryChampionships ,
• The images provided are for education etc, "fair use". But other than that, feel free to use and abuse. :)