Here are some resources to start practicing stenography. I used these applications about a year before I officially registered for Mark Kislingbury’s Court Reporting Academy. I wanted to make sure I was really interested before I poured money into this endeavor. I love that they are completely free AND you can use your own personal mechanical keyboard, which will be converted to steno layout:
Plover Application (converts your keyboard into steno layout): https://www.openstenoproject.org/plover
Open Steno Project – Use this to learn the theory; https://www.openstenoproject.org/learn-plover/lesson-1-fingers-and-keys.html
Typey Type – practice steno here: https://didoesdigital.com/typey-type
https://www.openstenoproject.org/
The Art of Stenography 