Under the hood of my stenograph

I've been getting a little frustrated with Eclipse and RealTime Coach recently. My accuracy scores on RTC have been falling - even during the audio takes that I have scored highly on in months past.

So I compared by paper tape with the computer "tape" on Eclipse. What I discovered was that when I write faster, I use a lighter touch and Eclipse (and RTC) doesn't read all of the characters of certain outlines. My paper tape is still legible, but RTC and Eclipse doesn't read the lightly printed letters on the tape. For instance, the world "people" (PAOEPL) will translate as "peep" (PAOEP). The word "any" (TPHEU) translates as "think" (THEU). My accuracy is actually higher than RTC is scoring. That's good news, but still frustrating.

I asked our instructor about adjusting the tension of my keyboard when I was still in theory because I thought it felt rather stiff to me. She pretty much scared me away from attempting any type of adjustments at that time, so now I'm afraid to try anything. But, with the encouragement of my newly found Twitter steno pals, I made some adjustments to the key contacts and keyboard tension this afternoon. One of my Twitter pals also suggested that I oil and lube my steno as long as I was under the hood. Which I also did. I haven't driven the Stentura Protege since it's tune-up, but from the few key strokes that I tried, I think it's going to be a lovely driving experience. I can't wait to settle in for a long practice session tomorrow.

Here is the link to maintenance instructions for the Stentura:

Stentura Stenograph maintenance