The Dutch Velotype https://www.velotype.com/en/homepage-eng/ https://www.velotype.com/en/homepage-eng/ / Veyboard http://www.veyboard.nl/en_main.html http://www

The Dutch Velotype https://www.velotype.com/en/homepage-eng/ https://www.velotype.com/en/homepage-eng/ / Veyboard http://www.veyboard.nl/en_main.html http://www.veyboard.nl/en_main.html design seems to be a slightly more general-purpose version of the same chording idea. Classical steno is based on quickly producing a cryptic stream of personal abbreviations then manually patching it up into a proper text later; though ofc computers can now assist with the second part, and it seems that now some people are using steno boards (or steno layouts/software on normal KBs) as general PC input devices. There's also the question of how useful steno-like high WPM is. For transcription (using a keyboard) it's obviously somewhere between very useful and essential, depending on the task; but it also requires a lot of skill, so most people will probably never achieve it even given everything else they'd need. (And there's the alternative of using stenomask https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenomask https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenomask -style dictation and/or computerised text-to-speech.) For other things like computer programming or natural-language composition extra speed may not be worth a lot of extra bother. However there are some other things chording could be useful for instead (or as well). It's a fairly obvious way to easily access extra characters if you have an NKRO board: I'm a bit surpried I haven't heard of anyone using chords for mathematical symbols etc. yet. And it's a way to achieve one-handed typing. One-handed chorded typing isn't as fast as two-handed conventional typing, but it offers the opportunity to type with one hand while controlling a mouse with the other, eliminating the delay in switching between mousing and typing. (Though a thumbable touchpad now also offers low switching time. The Matias Half Keyboard/508keyboard https://matias.ca/halfkeyboard/ https://matias.ca/halfkeyboard/ approach offers one-handed typing with a minimal amount of chording.)