CES: Another Chording Keyboard Hits the Market (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on Wednesday January 23, 2013 @06:54AM from the we-love-all-inventors-no-matter-what dept.

Wayne Rasanen's Decatxt chording keyboard may be new and exciting to him, and he says has a patent on it so apparently the USPTO found it novel and original, but it's not the first chording keyboard by many long shots. The idea has been around (at least) since 1968. And let's not forget Braille chording keyboards, as described in a 1992 IEEE paper. And if you have an iPhone and want to experiment with a virtual Braille chording keyboard, there's an app for that. Maybe we're just jaded. Or maybe we've known a lot of blind people who used one-handed Braille chording keyboards to type as fast with one hand as a sighted person using a QWERTY keyboard and two hands. So it's hard for us to get excited about a chording keyboard. Be that as it may, we wish Wayne Rasanen all the luck in the world as he brings his invention to market.

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Just had a look at the Decatxt keyboard... by blind+biker · 2013-01-23 07:03 · Score: 4, Funny

Man, that thing looks like it was sent directly from Hell by Satan himself.
As such, it would become the mandatory input device for Windows 8.. and Unity.

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Re:Ok... by cristiroma · 2013-01-23 07:20 · Score: 3, Funny

I've spent the last 30 minutes looking for a video of someone actually USING this stuff instead of just explaining the layout. Guess what? Nada ... I say crap!
Re:target market by __aaqvdr516 · 2013-01-23 09:45 · Score: 3, Funny

I really hope that there are only about 5 people in your office, or else it seems like your company is employing morons.
Yeah. All those people who can't type are such morons. They're just as bad as the people who don't compile their own stuff from source. It's just so easy and useful in everyday life.