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Really keyboards should be engineered to be completely silent. Then, under each key there should be a small piezo electric speaker to make a key click noise for
by Theodores 6y ago
Really keyboards should be engineered to be completely silent. Then, under each key there should be a small piezo electric speaker to make a key click noise for reasons of haptic feedback.
The app that goes with this should then be able to do things like make the keyboard sound like an Apple keyboard, or a classic IBM one or even a typewriter. It should be one of those features like how digital cameras have a speaker in them to make a fake shutter sound.
Since keyboards can already cost $200+ (Looking at you, Logitech) I don't think this is too much to ask, particularly if spill proof.
- korse 6y agoPlease elaborate on why keyboards should be engineered to be completely silent. I don't think it a bad trait, and it may be beneficial in certain applications but I don't understand why this should be a universal property of keyboards (like suspension is a universal property of cars).
- Theodores 6y agoSo that you don't wake up others such as cats or coworkers.
- Closi 6y ago> Under each key there should be a small piezo electric speaker to make a key click noise for reasons of haptic feedback. That's not haptic feedback - Haptic feedback is the kinaesthetic / touch feeling of the keyboard. People are trying to engineer keys that are quieter, however they don't have the same haptic feel. The difference between cherry browns and cherry clears is huge! If someone gets a switch that feels like the brown but is totally silent, they will take the market, but it's hard to see how that is possible. The keys have to be stopped by something to get the correct feel, current attempts to use o-rings create a different feel. It's hard to see how you can do that and be totally silent.