Stiefo: Learn German Shorthand

Learn the German shorthand system Stiefografie!

Stiefo: Master German Shorthand Easily

"Stiefo: Learn German Shorthand" is an educational Android app designed to teach users the Stiefografie shorthand system, allowing for lightning-fast note-taking. Developed by Helmut Stief’s principles, this app features integrated guidelines, intuitive exercises, read-aloud dictations, and progress visualization, making learning efficient and enjoyable. Perfect for anyone seeking to enhance their writing speed and engage in a unique, analog skill in today’s digital world.
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Users: 17,483
84
Version: 4.0.2 (Last updated: 2023-09-05)
Creation date: 2019-12-27
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  • full network access
  • run at startup
  • control vibration

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App summary

Are your thoughts often faster than your pen and have you ever wished you could take notes at lightning speed? Would you like to have a way to write something down without the people around you being able to read it?
Or do you just feel like doing something analog again in this digital world?

Then Stiefografie is your solution! With the shorthand for the German language developed by the parliamentary stenographer and long-time world stenography champion Helmut Stief (1906-1977), it is possible to increase the writing speed by more than four times.
And not only that: Stiefografie was developed because other shorthand systems were considered too complicated and there should be a shorthand that you can teach yourself quickly and easily.

This app is all you need to do that. You can start right away and soon impress your circle of friends!

Main features:
• Integrated guideline
• Intuitive exercises
• Read aloud dictations
• Animated generator
• Detailed help guides
• Visualized progress

Stiefo offers you all this and much more in a modern, appealing design with many customization options.

The shorthand covered in this app is not "Steno", the German Einheits-Kurzschrift (DEK), which was very common in the past, but Stiefografie. This offers many improvements over the DEK, has a simple set of rules and is many times faster and easier to learn.

The goal of this app is to teach you the whole shorthand system step-by-step with effective exercises. For this purpose, it is divided into the successive levels "Grundschrift", "Aufbauschrift I" and "Aufbauschrift II".
With the "Grundschrift", you can already write more than twice as fast as with the everyday script, the long script, after intensive practice. You can buy the extension, which includes all the functions related to the extension scripts, for a small price in the app. If you find this price too cheap, you can also support me a little more with a separate in-app purchase.
Each of the three levels consists of a guideline and several exercises with which you can deepen what you have learned and further increase your writing speed.

Stiefo is a spare time project of mine, the development of the app requires a lot of time and work. Nevertheless, it is constantly being developed and with each update more great features are added. Thank you for your support!

User reviews

I'm glad that I find your apps, Stiefo helps me a lot in German language learning.
by Om Bharti, 2024-10-06

The app is wonderful! I've been learning for a few days and have already made significant improvements. It is clearly visible that the creator cares very much and I plan on donating as soon as I reach Aufbauschrift 1 to support the hard work. The only thing that bugs me is the "Read words" feature, where on my device sometimes the box is to short for the shown shorthand, so I cannot read it fully and complete the "translation". Apart from that, the app is delightful. Thank you so, so much!
by Luise, 2024-07-29

Großartige App! Endlich kann ich niedrigschwellig anfangen Stiefo zu lernen wenn ich unterwegs bin :) Eine Sache, die mir aufgefallen ist und die ich gern behoben sähe: ich lerne mit der Linkshänder-Option und in der Lektion "Vokale schreiben" sind die im Hintergrund vorgezeichneten Worte nicht gespiegelt, die Vordergruendigen Worte zum lernen von Abstand und Versatz aber schon. Das ist ein wenig verwirrend an sich und besonders, da die Konsonanten ja bereits in gespiegelter Weise gelehrt wurde.
by Max J., 2024-04-11
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