MECATIPIA Orthographic Stenotype System for the Spanish created by Rafael Quintana Salvo

CONTINENTAL KEYBOARD (21 Keys, V-shape).Z S X

B P Ñ

D T H

QU C G

CH M F

LL N V

* #

K L W R RR

J I Y

1 U

2 A

3 I

4 N

5 L

6 E

7 O

8 R

9 S

0 SPACE

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.Spanish letter Initial Z Initial S Initial X Initial QU Initial C Initial G Initial B Initial P Initial Ñ Initial CH Initial M Initial F Initial D Initial T Initial H Initial LL Initial N Initial V * # Initial K Initial / Half L Initial/ Half R Initial RR Initial W Initial J Half I Initial Y Vowel U Vowel E

Mecatipia letter SCPMTN*#LRIUEAOIRNSLs S * S X # C * C C # P * P P # M * M F # T * T T # N * N N # * # * L L R # R * R * I I # I U E

Example Za-mo-(ra) Se-vi-(lla) Ta-xi Quin-ta-(na) Cá-diz Gus-to Bar-ca Puen-te Pe-ña Cho-rro Ma-drid Grá-fi-(co) Pe-dal Pe-to Hoy be-llo Pa-na a-vión

Comment ( )3 Syl. Non written 3SNW 3SNW 3SNW

3SNW

Operator sign, only Operator sign, only Ki-lo Pla-no Crá-ter Pe-rro Wi-fi Ca-ja Cris-to a-yer a-ún Per-so-(na)

3SNW

Vowel A Vowel O Vowel I Final (inverse) R Final (inverse) N, M Final (inverse) S Final (inverse) L Space Number 1 Number 2 Number 3 Number 4 Number 5 Number 6 Number 7 Number 8 Number 9 Number 0 Correction Comma Period (.) New Paragraph (¶) Question mark (?) Semicolon Lock capitals Shift capitals Back space Brackets Suspension dots Colon

Mecatipia is an ortographic stenotype system.

A O I R N S L Sp. * * * * * * * * * *

An-tes Por-tón Cris-tal Car-ta Man-tón Dos Fá-cil

-N and -M share same key

Interwords space.

U A I N L E O R

# # # # # # # # # # #

S Sp. O R S Sp O A A A I AO E

Examples: 1370 20-0-9 12345 4568

You can write several Numbers in one stroke If they are in crescent Order. 1 Stroke 3 Strokes 1 Stroke 1 Stroke… and so on. Last sylabe written

Open/close lock capitals Two equals strokes

O R U

Open/close brackets S R

Optimized for Spanish.

160-180 wpm.

Mecatipia don’t need CAT software, translation diccio nary. Only ASCII reader. Sevilla (Spain), 3/6/2009