I wish Gboard’s Swype typing feature worked for Termux, but for some reason it doesn’t. Something that is desirable for me, personally, is a portable keyboard that can be used with smartphone or small portable devices that is small in size, is intuitive, and works well for writing terminal commands and code. I don’t have a particular use for this device but it is interesting to see, one doesn’t have to learn a new language of typing but they need to learn a new layout. Each “key” being a 4-way directional d-pad is interesting. Given 6KRO or greater, this could be done in software. 6KRO or better is recommended for gaming and other oddities such as this piece of hardware. Not sure what the standard is for PS/2 but USB keyboards can have N-KRO if designed that way - or in other words, you can press all the keys simultaneously. It is a limitation of either how the key matrix is configured like you’ve said or the hardware controller for the keyboard.įor typical qwerty keyboards, 2-key rollover or 2KRO is recommended. The latter is a fancy term to describe how many keys can be pressed at one time. The hardware of the keyboard determines the level of ‘ghosting’ and ‘key rollover’. Posted in Hackaday Columns, Peripherals Hacks, Slider Tagged chorded keyboard, chording, chording keyboard, keyboard Post navigation Y’all know where to send donations to the keeb fund, right? Honestly, I’d have to try both to be sure. I think I prefer the individual switches of the DataHand, though I like the idea of slightly less finger movement from rocking those little joysticks around. This thing totally reminds me of the DataHand keyboard and its open-source successor the lalboard, although I don’t find it as aesthetically pleasing as either one. However, the site says that only wired versions are available, and the picture above shows that the halves are connected with a retractable 3.5 mm cable. Could Have Been an IO ProjectĪlthough none of the technical details seem to be listed anywhere on the site, there’s a rather nice GIF that shows the internals.Īstute viewers will notice what appears to be an Arduino Pro Micro along with another board that looks like a wireless module of some kind, and a single AA cell. So there’s none of this ‘learn a whole new language’ business to type syllables by shorthand, but of course, you will have to learn a new layout. Doesn’t matter if they hit the screen in the wrong order, because the processor rearranges them on the fly. According to the site, you just mash h, e, l, o at the same time, and you’ve got ‘hello’. The chording style isn’t particular, either. One of the cool things about Charachorder is that it accepts standard-one-at-a-time typing as well as chorded input. The founders claim that 300+ unique inputs and over 17 billion chord combinations are possible without lifting a finger. Instead of using up-down motion like a regular keyswitch, each little joystick has D-pad directionality for four-way input per digit. There are three golf tees for the thumb to wiggle, four for the fingers, and two extras beneath the middle and ring fingers for arrow keys and mouse control. Each hold has nine little golf tee-looking joysticks sprouting out of it, which take the place of keys. The Charachorder resembles a pair of rock climbing holds connected with a length of extruded aluminum. It acheives these insane speeds through clever mechanical design and, of course, firmware. Those apes forbid chorded input altogether, and automatically throw out entries above 300 WPM. FYI, that is fast enough to get you banned from typing competitions, including the monkeytype leaderboard. So here are several paragraphs, an animated GIF, and some extended commentary about the Charachorder, a new kind of input that came up through Kickstarter in 2021.ĭriving this hype train are some short viral videos that show the founder hitting 500+ WPM on this crazy thing. When three different people alert you to a keyboard within 48 hours or so, it calls for more than just a paragraph in the roundup column. We interrupt the flow of Keebin’ with Kristina to bring you this special bulletin.
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