# Steno Keyboard Modules

**URL:** <https://community.frame.work/t/steno-keyboard-modules/44395>\
**Category:** Framework Laptop 16\
**Tags:** framework-laptop-16-amd-7040\
**Created:** [January 29, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/steno-keyboard-modules/44395 "2024-01-29T18:43:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![David\_Eastham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@David\_Eastham](https://community.frame.work/u/David_Eastham)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/steno-keyboard-modules/44395/9 "2024-01-31T17:54:12Z")

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> [@Avery\_R](#):
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> How hard would it be to DIY a reasonable quality keyboard module?

Very. There is simply not the headroom for discrete switches. As referred above, people are considering jacking up the hinge. Whilst this kludge may work, it would presumably work just as well on anyone else’s brand of laptop, so it does not strike me as a Framework “exclusive”.

> [@Aaron\_Baff](#):
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> The only real thing I can think of is for a court stenographer and similar folks who don’t need to carry around a bulky extra device that plugs into the computer, they just carry around a Framework with this keyboard as the input.

Even in this case, would a stenographer want to be hiding behind a 16" laptop? Stenography is not somethin I know about but I believe their machines are pretty diminutive as they are so proficient they don’t have to look down at what they are typing but up at the general proceedings. The little [pocket reform](http://community.frame.work/t/mnt-pocket-reform/19792) - a computer that intrigues me but I am unable to be confident it would suit my needs - would probably make the most wonderful stenograph DIY project.

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