Creator Jerry Lefler scores highest mark in English category using machine shorthand in 2014 INTERSTENO worldwide realtime text entry contest using the EDGE writer and Digitext theory!

Hi, my name is Jerry Lefler.  Welcome to my site.  In 1985, I authored the Digitext Theory and Translation logic, as well as patented the first fully electronic hall-effect stenographic keyboad.  Our earlier systems can be found in Dom Tursi's incredible Gallery of Shorthand, with many still being used by reporters and captioners today.  Many years ahead of the times, these systems set the bar for all the other vendors in the industry to shoot for.  Only now, 25 years later, has the competition finally introduced their own fully electronic keyboards taking advantage of the  adjustable and reliable magnetic hall-effect technology.

Well, the bar has just been raised again with the introduction of the revolutionary EDGE Tablet Realtime Writer. The EDGE will give you a competitive advantage and make your more productive, with a myriad of configurations you can use:

1. Use the EDGE as a fully functional stand-alone writer utilizing your own writing style and dictionary(s) and the version of whichever CAT software you are already so familiar with.  No more paired-down, proprietary limited translation software on your writer.  This gives you multiple backup files for added security and eliminates all those messy wires and power adapters.  You can also output wirelessly directly to your client's laptop or Smartphone directly from your Writer via SmartText or any of the other viewing packages on the market today.
2. For added versatility and safety, you can simultaneously interface with your CAT software on another laptop via wireless Bluetooth, giving you TWO COMPLETE TRANSLATION SYSTEMS RUNNING SIDE-BY-SIDE!  This gives you double and triple backup of all your work, including your steno an audio files! 
3. Using the included proprietary StenoMaker software, use as a simple stand-alone electronic writer by connecting directly to your laptop or computer via a serial USB cable, or wirelessly via Bluetooth, for realtime transation.

With the EDGE, you get unparalled flexibilility, coupled with the most dependable, smoothest steno keyboard ever invented.  The full electronic keyboard comes with two extra keys to the left-hand side for added flexibility in your writing (Optional).  In addition, here are 9 programmable keys that you can set up for saving your work files, editing text, or however you want to define them.  Each of these 9 keys also have automatic repeat capability.  Simply hold the key down and it will automatically repeat the stroke until you let loose.  This is extremely useful when defining the keys for cursor movement or character/word deletion.  If you want to be more productive, then give yourself the EDGE!