What does HackerNews think of lalboard?
A 3D-printed keyboard inspired by the DataHand
Original: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DataHand
DIY: https://github.com/JesusFreke/lalboard
Using a single direction for activation, requiring massive movements in 2d space, seems so silly. I haven't been able to find one, to purchase.
Related, I'm still learning how to use this one, since it's the only non-DIY equivalent I could find (great founder btw): https://www.charachorder.com/products/charachorder-one
It supports sequential and non-standard chords, mostly with x-y plane activation. Pushing down actually isn't used often.
These might be the closest ones yet: https://github.com/JesusFreke/lalboard
and the v2: https://hackaday.io/project/178232-lalboard-ergonomic-keyboa...
But they are (almost) only available with those bulky, loud, (imho) hard to use, "clicky" mechanical keys.
It's a pity nobody is building such a thing like https://github.com/JesusFreke/lalboard with keys like https://www.r-go-tools.com/products/ergonomic-keyboards/r-go...
The Azeron gaming keypad [1] has a similar design but it's mainly intended for gaming so you'd have to get two of them and do some remapping to use it as a proper keyboard.
I think the lalboard [2] and the other DIY efforts in this thread [3] are probably the closest thing to a modern DataHand right now.
Here's someone typing at 120 WPM on a lalboard [4]. It looks so effortless when compared to QWERTY [5].
I do wish we'd start to see some more mass produced DataHand-like designs. I've never used one myself but it does seem like it'd be comfortable to use.
[2] https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41422.800
[3] https://github.com/JesusFreke/lalboard
The best similarly ergonomic designs we have at the moment are a gaming keypad [3] and some DYI projects [4].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DataHand
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrRWTeJ0-Ow
[4] https://github.com/JesusFreke/lalboard see also https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41422.800
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On another note, does anybody know how good steno keyboards tend to be for RSI issues in the long run?
I've practiced some steno with a regular keyboard (thanks to plover [5] and Typey Type [6]), but I'd need an actual steno keyboard to continue since I don't have N-key rollover on my current keyboard.
The Georgi [7] seems like a good option and I'd imagine that it would be pretty good for ergonomics since it's a split design and also rather small. The only problem is that I'd have to learn steno which will likely take quite some time.
Here's a demo of someone writing code with a steno keyboard (54 keystrokes needed vs 143 if you were using QWERTY) [8].
[5] http://www.openstenoproject.org/plover/
[6] https://didoesdigital.com/typey-type/
If you want to type really fast (>200 WPM) and don't mind a VERY steep learning curve, then getting a $95 Georgi keyboard [4] and learning steno [5] is probably the way to go.
[2]: https://github.com/JesusFreke/lalboard
[3]: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41422.0
https://github.com/JesusFreke/lalboard
At CES Samsung demo’ed a “keyboard” using the Selfie camera.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-51057261/ces-2020-sam...
Once we use a camera to track our hands, we can invent other motions to augment a traditional keyboard.
Also, this keyboard reminds me of DataHand: