Stenograph elan Cybra, User Manual

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Chapter 5: Maximizing Key Contact Performance
contact zone. If you press the key until it stops you have reached the
bottom of the stroke. The bottom of the stroke is part of the contact
zone.
As you remove pressure on the key, allowing it to move up to begin
the upward stroke, the key remains in contact until it reaches the no
contact zone. When the key reaches the no contact zone it is
considered released. The key only needs to return to the no contact
zone to be released. It does not need to return to the resting position
to be released.
How Depth of Stroke Affects Key Contact
The depth of stroke, which determines the height of all the steno
keys including the number bar, affects the range of the no contact
zone. For example, the shorter the depth of stroke the smaller the no
contact zone resulting in a sooner contact point. Individual key
contact adjustments determine the range of the contact zone. The
depth of stroke and individual key contact adjustment together are
the optimizing factor in overall key contact performance. It is
important to set the depth of stroke before making individual key
contact adjustments. See “Adjusting Depth of Stroke” in this
chapter.
Overlapping Strokes and Missing Characters
Strokes that overlap or “stack” usually occur when the keys of one
stroke do not fully return to the no contact zone, before the keys of
the next stroke are depressed and make contact. All keys must
return to the no contact zone and be released to complete the
upward stroke. Carefully adjust each key to your writing style, as
outlined in this user guide, to help reduce stacking.
Characters consistently missing from an outline mean the key has
not made contact. The keys for these characters need to make an
earlier contact point on the downward stroke. Carefully adjust these
keys, as outlined in this user guide, to help minimize missing
characters.