This documentation is my interpretation of the theory in the following book:
- Transcrição em Tempo Real: Teoria da Estenotipia compatível com o computador by R. A. Czerenda and J. de Andrade Pereira.
I am not fluent in Portuguese; I make no guarantees of accuracy.
| S | K | F | L | * | R | B | G | T | D |
| T | P | R | W | P | H | S | Z | ||
| A | O | E | U | ||||||
The steno order is:
SKTFPLRAO*EURWBPGHTSDZ
| Consonant | Chord |
|---|---|
| b | TP |
| c (hard) | K |
| c (soft) | SK |
| d | KT |
| f | F |
| g | KTFP |
| j | FPLR |
| l | L |
| lh | SKTFPLR |
| m | FP |
| n | LR |
| nh | KTFPLR |
| p | P |
| r | R |
| s | S |
| es ex |
S |
| t | T |
| v | TF |
| x* | SLR |
| Vowel | Chord |
|---|---|
| a | A |
| ae | AE |
| ai | AEU |
| ao | AO |
| au | AU |
| e | E |
| ei | AOE |
| i | EU |
| o | O |
| oe | OE |
| oi | OEU |
| ou | OU |
| u | U |
| ui | AOEU |
The asterisk is used to invert the consonant pairs above:
| Vowel | Chord |
|---|---|
| ea | A*E |
| eo | O*E |
| ia | A*EU |
| ie | AO*E |
| io | O*EU |
| iu | AO*EU |
| oa | AO* |
| ua | A*U |
| uo | O*U |
And some special vowel chords:
| Vowel | Chord |
|---|---|
| ião | *U |
| eou iou |
AO*U |
Most unstressed vowels in a word can be omitted: fonema FLR*EBG (FN*EM), mudos FPUDZ (MUDZ). Where necessary, the asterisk can be used to indicate a feminine gender: noto LROT (NOT), nota LRO*T (NO*T).
| Consonant | Chord |
|---|---|
| b | -B |
| c (hard) | -PH |
| c (soft) | -S |
| d | -D |
| f | -W |
| g | -G |
| h | -H |
| j | -BPGH |
| l | -GH |
| lh | -RWH |
| m | -BG |
| mb | -RWB |
| mp | -RWP |
| n | -BP |
| nc | -BPG |
| nch | -RWBPH |
| ng | -BPG |
| nh | -BPH |
| nj | -WBPGH |
| p | -P |
| r | -R |
| rr | -WP |
| s | -S |
| sc | -RWPH |
| sg | -WG |
| sse | -Z |
| st | -RWBPT |
| t | -T |
| v | -W |
| x* | -RWBP |
| z | -Z |
* The x consonant is NOT to be used to represent the sound /ks/: táxi TAEUKS.
| Starter | Chord |
|---|---|
| des- | S |
| in- | S |
| im- | S |
| Ending | Chord |
|---|---|
| -rá | /RA* |
| -ou | /O*U |
| -(a/e/i)nte | -T |
| -em | /*EBG |
| -mento | -BGT (-MT) |
| -(a/i)do | -D |
| -(ç/s/ss/z)ão | -H |
| -(ç/s/ss/z)ões | -HS |
| -cção | -HD |
| -tivo | -WB |
| -tico | -PHT (-KT) |
| -dico | -PHD (-KD) |
| -dade | /KTAD (/DAD) |
| -asmo/assem | -RWBG |
| -á(ss/c)imo | -RWBG |
| -cial | -GH (-L) |
| -vel | -WGH |
| -c(u)l(o/a) | -RWL |
| -cidade | -RWBPD (-XD) |
| -cional | -RWBPGH (-XL) |
| -gem | -BPGH (-J) |
As in the English theories, plurals are indicated with -S, unless the word ends with a -D or -S, in which case use -Z.
| Punctuation | Outline |
|---|---|
| . | -RBGT |
| , | -WPHS |
| ? | SKFL |
| ! | STPR |
| : | -RBGT/-RBGT |
| ; | -RBGT/-WPHS |