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I wonder if anyone can invent a 1-handed keyboard?

by blackrock 6y ago

lionkor 6y ago
It would be pretty easy with a keyboard like this - just add a key that, while held, activates a seperate layout.
- aysterberi 6y ago
  Kind of like this: http://matias.ca/halfkeyboard/ http://matias.ca/halfkeyboard/
- DanBC 6y ago
  You used to be able to get software versions but Matthias was enforcing its patent. http://blog.monstuff.com/archives/000021.html http://blog.monstuff.com/archives/000021.html https://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3067497 https://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3067497
lucioperca 6y ago
https://www.maltron.com/store/p19/Maltron_Single_Hand_Keyboards_-_US_English.html https://www.maltron.com/store/p19/Maltron_Single_Hand_Keyboa...
- blackrock 6y ago
  Hmm. Not exactly what I had in mind. What a monstrosity this thing is. They claim you can type up to 85 wpm. I might be able to type faster. I assume that if you’re right-handed, then you’ll use your mouse on your right hand. So you would need the left-handed version of this keyboard. Anyone here ever use it before? Any feedback?
  - dahx4Eev 6y ago
    Not exactly the same but this might solve your problem. I am adding a trackball to my dactyl manuform mini so I don’t need to switch between the keyboard and the mouse on my right hand.
  - dsr_ 6y ago
    It might be faster to train your off hand to mouse than to train it to do all the typing.
  - Symbiote 6y ago
    It's intended for people who only have one working hand / arm. The company also make keyboards for people with no working hands. https://www.maltron.com/store/p24/Maltron_Head%2FMouth_Stick_Keyboard_-_US_English.html https://www.maltron.com/store/p24/Maltron_Head%2FMouth_Stick...
  - regularfry 6y ago
    I'm right-handed and use my left hand for mousing. I originally swapped so I wasn't having to move my hand over the number pad to get to and from the keyboard. I don't use a keyboard with a number pad any more, but I've stuck with it. It's quick to learn.
alanbernstein 6y ago
https://twiddler.tekgear.com/ https://twiddler.tekgear.com/
DanBC 6y ago
There used to be a thing called a FrogPad. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FrogPad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FrogPad
PAPPPmAc 6y ago
There are always chorders for that. I use a DIY'd chorder similar to an Infogrip BAT sometimes - I'm much slower and have a higher error rate on it than on my split QWERTY setups (which typically have a trackball sitting between the halves), which see more use, but it's damn alluring.

I wonder if anyone can invent a 1-handed keyboard?

lionkor 6y ago

It would be pretty easy with a keyboard like this - just add a key that, while held, activates a seperate layout.

aysterberi 6y ago
Kind of like this: http://matias.ca/halfkeyboard/ http://matias.ca/halfkeyboard/
DanBC 6y ago
You used to be able to get software versions but Matthias was enforcing its patent. http://blog.monstuff.com/archives/000021.html http://blog.monstuff.com/archives/000021.html https://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3067497 https://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3067497

lucioperca 6y ago

https://www.maltron.com/store/p19/Maltron_Single_Hand_Keyboards_-_US_English.html https://www.maltron.com/store/p19/Maltron_Single_Hand_Keyboa...

blackrock 6y ago
Hmm. Not exactly what I had in mind. What a monstrosity this thing is. They claim you can type up to 85 wpm. I might be able to type faster. I assume that if you’re right-handed, then you’ll use your mouse on your right hand. So you would need the left-handed version of this keyboard. Anyone here ever use it before? Any feedback?
- dahx4Eev 6y ago
  Not exactly the same but this might solve your problem. I am adding a trackball to my dactyl manuform mini so I don’t need to switch between the keyboard and the mouse on my right hand.
- dsr_ 6y ago
  It might be faster to train your off hand to mouse than to train it to do all the typing.
- Symbiote 6y ago
  It's intended for people who only have one working hand / arm. The company also make keyboards for people with no working hands. https://www.maltron.com/store/p24/Maltron_Head%2FMouth_Stick_Keyboard_-_US_English.html https://www.maltron.com/store/p24/Maltron_Head%2FMouth_Stick...
- regularfry 6y ago
  I'm right-handed and use my left hand for mousing. I originally swapped so I wasn't having to move my hand over the number pad to get to and from the keyboard. I don't use a keyboard with a number pad any more, but I've stuck with it. It's quick to learn.

alanbernstein 6y ago

https://twiddler.tekgear.com/ https://twiddler.tekgear.com/

DanBC 6y ago

There used to be a thing called a FrogPad. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FrogPad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FrogPad

PAPPPmAc 6y ago

There are always chorders for that. I use a DIY'd chorder similar to an Infogrip BAT sometimes - I'm much slower and have a higher error rate on it than on my split QWERTY setups (which typically have a trackball sitting between the halves), which see more use, but it's damn alluring.