@jeffhorton @Chigaze @petejohanson

I am a fan of #chorded #keyboards. Alas the "improved" TAP wrist-based keyboard get hot fast and crapped out on battery time quite quickly, so I was glad to still have the wearable all-fingers-and-thumb version still.

I wish I knew how to program a keyboard to my own specs: #TAPkeyboard has a pretty decent chord system BUT users must be capable of hovering the hand prior to pressing on any horizontal flat surface, and I'd far prefer to be able to rest my fingers on keys until pressed.

Also: I LOVE typing in #Braille which is a two-handed chorded system BUT I only have access to a manual #brailler not a digital, which isn't helpful with digital devices no matter how lovely it is to use. 🙂

#disability
#accessibility
#keyboards
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#UIX

@BryanGreyson

If you acquire a #brailler, which is like a typewriter that allows you to type #Braille, you are entering characters left-to-right, but now you have to simultaneously press up to three keys on each hand for each character.

It feels a bit like unfolding origami (to my brain) because you now mentally split the character so the topmost dots are your index fingers, the bottommost are your ring fingers.

2/x

@senanthic @Chigaze

I also enjoy alternate keyboards.

I'd be happy to promote the Tap2 chorded wrist module except that it runs very hot and only lasts ~3 hours at best, ffs. (The finger-ring version ran for DAYS!)

Most fun typing is on a #brailler, which is also chorded but with three fingers from each hand. Alas, I only have a manual #PerkinsBrailler so haven't had the chance to braille directly to a computer.

#typing

@juxtacognition Lol! It's always funny how certain things get worn in a particular way by users.

My #brailler has a funny patch of surface finish worn right off to the underlying metal. Took me awhile to realise that it's the perfect point to rest your left hand as counterbalance whilst proofing a line of braille by the cursor along the top of the machine with the right hand. 🙂