[wlug] Re: The Reinvention Of The Chord Keyboard

On 13/01/22 11:06, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

Come to think of it, is there any reason you cannot add chord recognition to a conventional typewriter-style keyboard? As in holding down multiple non-modifier keys at once.

Plover https://www.openstenoproject.org/plover/ has been around for about 10 years. It is possible to use a regular keyboard, though it does require one with N key rollover i.e. that doesn't fail when multiple alphabetic keys are pressed at once (typically "gaming") See This 2015 video "Thought to Text at 240 WPM" by its creator : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpv-Qb-dB6g -- Eliot