This is a simple test to try out a chording keyboard system. I'm building a physical device, but wanted to build a web mock-up so collaborators could try it out before the firmware was finalized.

This demo is meant for desktop computers with physical keyboards. I can't imagine the experience will be satisfactory on a mobile device.

The Quick Word About Chorded Keyboards page provides a brief background about chorded keyboards and a few notes about how I developed the layout. The Admission of Sub-Optimal Behaviour page lists bugs in the implementation and design.

To see the demo, put your mouse in your left hand and your right hand's fingers over the space bar, J-key, K-key, L-key and semi-colon key. Now press the J & K keys at the same time. Then the space bar, J & L keys. Then the J & L keys. Then the J, K & L keys. Congratulations! You've spelled "THIS."

The space bar makes a space, the J key is Backspace and the K key is Enter. There are four "character sets" you can cycle through with the "Shift Top" and "Shift Next" key chords. The L key takes you to the first set and the L & Space Bar together take you to the next set. There's a table below, see if you can make sense of it.

This page was last updated on July 23, 2021. This page is a part of the Design Section, which is part of Meadhbh Hamrick's Web Site.