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The only one handed keyboard I know of is the one made by matias.

by ves 6y ago

phaus 6y ago
Some people have claimed its pretty good. The company claims you can learn to type 80 WPM with one hand. They are super expensive because they were designed specifically for people that have only 1 hand, but there are some people interested in just using a single hand to type so they can work more efficiently with a mouse. However, that might not be a great idea. Some two-handed keyboard reviewers have tried it out and at least one of them thinks its an absolutely horrifying device that he can't imagine anyone learning to type well on. He seemed to think it developed a reputation as being a good one handed computer simply because there aren't any other options.
fortran77 6y ago
See this review by Chyrosan of the "Maltron" which was also made for one-handed people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkGpFeUQ49Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkGpFeUQ49Y
bjoli 6y ago
Which imo currently makes the best tactile dampened mechanical switches as well. Their quiet click switch is silent and tactile, with actually solid tactility (as opposed to just about every other tactile switch out there). People have had some reliability issues though, so it's a mixed bag. They have recently gotten some new tooling, so hopefully they will start making keyboards that look somewhat not like a shit 90s keyboard.
- ves 6y ago
  Yeah, I love their switches but blew three of them in two years which is pretty unacceptable. I’ve used cherries far longer and never had that problem.
  - bjoli 6y ago
    I still hope they can fix their issues. I am not paying 150 bucks for a keyboard that might stop working properly without reason. Then I much rather get a high quality rubber dome board. The tactility in those is generally fine (at least better than cherry MX brown), even though I am no fan of having to bottom out. I am more interested in the newest addition to the unicomp portfolio. The "new model m" and their upcoming TKL boards seem like something I will like :)
Syzygies 6y ago
I bought that keyboard back when it was $95 not $495. The principle is that holding down the spacebar accesses the mirror half that's not present. I didn't believe this, so I taught myself Dvorak on the half keyboard while continuing to use Qwerty on other keyboards. Then one day I got curious. Like that dream where you walk up to a piano and can just play, my other hand had learned its mirror image role, and I could immediately type Dvorak with both hands. Our brains really are wired this way. One could program this on any half of a two piece keyboard that supports QMK or similar.

The only one handed keyboard I know of is the one made by matias.

by ves 6y ago

The only one handed keyboard I know of is the one made by matias.

Some people have claimed its pretty good. The company claims you can learn to type 80 WPM with one hand. They are super expensive because they were designed specifically for people that have only 1 hand, but there are some people interested in just using a single hand to type so they can work more efficiently with a mouse. However, that might not be a great idea. Some two-handed keyboard reviewers have tried it out and at least one of them thinks its an absolutely horrifying device that he can't imagine anyone learning to type well on. He seemed to think it developed a reputation as being a good one handed computer simply because there aren't any other options.

fortran77 6y ago

See this review by Chyrosan of the "Maltron" which was also made for one-handed people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkGpFeUQ49Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkGpFeUQ49Y

bjoli 6y ago

Which imo currently makes the best tactile dampened mechanical switches as well. Their quiet click switch is silent and tactile, with actually solid tactility (as opposed to just about every other tactile switch out there). People have had some reliability issues though, so it's a mixed bag. They have recently gotten some new tooling, so hopefully they will start making keyboards that look somewhat not like a shit 90s keyboard.

ves 6y ago
Yeah, I love their switches but blew three of them in two years which is pretty unacceptable. I’ve used cherries far longer and never had that problem.
- bjoli 6y ago
  I still hope they can fix their issues. I am not paying 150 bucks for a keyboard that might stop working properly without reason. Then I much rather get a high quality rubber dome board. The tactility in those is generally fine (at least better than cherry MX brown), even though I am no fan of having to bottom out. I am more interested in the newest addition to the unicomp portfolio. The "new model m" and their upcoming TKL boards seem like something I will like :)

Syzygies 6y ago

I bought that keyboard back when it was $95 not $495. The principle is that holding down the spacebar accesses the mirror half that's not present. I didn't believe this, so I taught myself Dvorak on the half keyboard while continuing to use Qwerty on other keyboards. Then one day I got curious. Like that dream where you walk up to a piano and can just play, my other hand had learned its mirror image role, and I could immediately type Dvorak with both hands. Our brains really are wired this way. One could program this on any half of a two piece keyboard that supports QMK or similar.