Plover, the Open Source Steno Program

Plover, The Open Source Steno Program
Donating to the Plover Project

Plover is currently being developed by a number of freelance programmers, working in their spare time. In order to increase the speed of development, Plover relies on donations from users and well-wishers. The more funding we get, the more time our developers can take away from their other work and devote to Plover. We're also in the process of applying for a grant that will hopefully be used to fund the development of the Hover Plover games suite, but Plover is still missing a vital feature -- Just-In-Time Dictionary Editing -- that needs to be functional before we begin work on Hover Plover. Mirabai Knight, the original founder of the Plover Project, takes no money from Plover donations; it's all given directly to developers. Donations of money can be sent through PayPal:

Donations of code, documentation, artwork, and signal boosting are also very welcome. We're also looking for ideas on revenue-raising merchandise such as qwerty-to-steno keyboard overlays and various objects emblazoned with the Plover logo. If we don't get the grant, we'll be launching a Kickstarter campaign to raise revenue for Hover Plover. We should know one way or the other in the next several months, so stay tuned.

If you want to help work on Plover code, see the Status of Current Tasks Page or the Plover Launchpad Page for information on known bugs and feature requests, or join the Google Group to talk about the current state of Plover development with its users and devs.